Kindle Publishers - A Couple Of Questions

1) Kids fiction - short stories; self-help non-fiction; a few longer novels (sci-fi and fantasy)
2) Since I focus mostly on the kids books, I'd say about 50 pages is what I'm averaging, with 4-8 stories per book.
3) Earnings vary, but last month was almost $1000, which includes sales from CreateSpace.

As far as getting paid, it's about 60 days to get paid. So for all of the November sales, I get a report on Dec 15th that tells me how much I made. Tack on 30 days after that to mid-Jan for the "hold time" and then they pay at the end of that next month, so I will get my November sales payment at the end of January.

The 60 days thing really sucks, but once you get going it's not so bad. For me, every month I'm getting a "steady paycheck", which does vary, sometimes by a few hundred bucks each month, but still it's steady - every month end I get paid.

What will REALLY suck is that if I get a lot of sales in December or January due to the Xmas holiday and people getting new Kindles, I won't see any of that money until the end of February or March! At least it's nice to know that it will be coming in soon.

1. You can write about anything you want. Fiction definitely sells best but money can be made with non fiction as well. I've done both, but like Fiction better.

2. The average length of book varies based on what the goal of the book is. You can write a long novel, a short lead gen book, and everything in between.

3. Not going to disclose earnings or niches but Kindle publishing can be VERY successful as long as your books have high quality content, formatted well, and you brand/market yourself and your books properly. There are people making millions of dollars on the Kindle right now.

Hi Corey,

Kindle Publishing is really all about passive income. I have learned and am still learning from Geoff Shaw's Kindling program which I think is great. He emphasizes that there is a huge market for fiction but non-fiction "how-to" books are also good sellers.

My books average about 5000-10000 words. One is fiction and the other is a how-to in the weight loss niche. Geoff emphasizes quality so I take my time and am working on my next book, in the Western niche of all things. I've been inspired by John Locke's ability to combine niches and that's what I'm doing.

Anyhow go for it Corey. Best of luck,

Jerry

You can basically write about anything you want, but of course you have to do the necessary research to see whether a certain category is really worth the effort to "attack". Like mentioned above by some, "Fiction" can make you a lot of money if you do it right, but "non-fiction" can be really profitable as well!

Cheers,
Lester

Hello All...

This Kindle publishing opportunity has really got me thinking. I make a decent amount of money through the usual IM methods, but the thought of writing fiction and getting paid for it is really appealing.

I know that asking for specifics in terms of income is frowned upon, but what are the realistic expectations one can make if they were dedicating full or part-time efforts to Kindle publishing?

JoeMack

1. Fiction, non-fiction . . . whatever I think will sell best. I started off in non-fiction and am just now getting my feet wet in fiction. What I've seen so far looks promising, but it takes me a lot longer to write fiction than it does non-fiction. I look for trends and items that are popular and write a book about them. An example of this would be writing and posting a book on Abraham Lincoln a month or two before a popular movie comes out (there have been two recently). Hatfields and McCoys were hot recently as well. Kids books sell well, but illustrating them can take a lot of time or a lot of money up front. Keep an eye on the bestsellers lists and you'll see what topics people want to read about.

2. Between 100 and 200 pages, but I'm not tied to any specific page count. I write until I'm done, especially when it comes to fiction. Sometimes you can pound out 150 pages and not feel like a book is complete, while other times it takes 50 to wrap up a story.

3. I'd prefer not to give out exact amounts, but let's just say it's not quite enough to make a comfortable living. If things keep heading in the direction they're heading, it will be soon.

I recently attended a webinar, where the speaker was giving examples of three of the most successful Kindle publishers and they all write fiction. That's what I'm focusing on now.

You can have success with both fiction and non-fiction. It helps if you have a book publishing strategy. Like it's always better to publish a series of at least 3 related books than a single "one off" stand alone book.

Page length varies depending on whether its a novella, short story or full length novel. Same goes for a basic non-fiction report or book. Focus more on providing VALUE than page length. If enough value is there then people will gladly buy. I've got a really short book with simple content in a non-fiction niche that sells like clockwork.

Monthly earnings will fluctuate depending on the type of books you have, how well those books are written, quality of book covers, your promotion efforts, how much they appeal to buyers, mood of buyers, time of year, etc. Too many variables to predict how much money you'll make.

Just focus on providing quality books in niche markets to hungry buyers after doing some research. Also, you need to have an ability to connect with people through your writing. If you cannot, then outsource the writing part.

I also recommend joining the Warrior Forum Kindle Book Club.

I write Christian non-fiction, internet marketing and lifestyle related books. A few are full length; most are between 10000 and 20000 words. The shorter ones sell around
$0.99 / $3.99. I have in excess of 50 kindle books published and make around $300 / $400 per month at the moment - without any further marketing on my part. This is a great opportunity and publishing excellent books is super easy. I have a special warrior offer for those interested at http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...made-easy.html

Hey,

I am not sure whether you will be able to get the right advice here.

Buy a course from a Kindle Pro such as Ryan Deiss or Matt Clark and start making profits in days (or a couple of months depending on how quick you learn)

Holla at me if you need a writer.

Cheers

The world is your oyster quite frankly and, while fiction certainly seems to be hot at the moment, non-fiction books also do extremely well - especially 'how to' style books which help readers to solve a problem.

Whatever you write perhaps the biggest secret to selling Kindle books lies in having an eye catching cover design which will make your book stand out from the crowd and attract a buyers attention and that 'buying' click. The best book in the world with a bland and boring cover simply will not sell well on Amazon.