A journey of discovery into self-publishing on Amazon KDP, exploring the passive income potential, learning from mistakes, and mastering the system to publish books independently while balancing a regular job schedule. The chapter highlights the early stages of building a self-publishing business, emphasizing quality content creation and strategic book launching methods to reach a broad audience. It also discusses the evolution of self-publishing, improvements in book quality, niche selection, and learning from existing book reviews.
In today’s episode, Patrick Donley (@JPatrickDonley) sits down with Nick Di Fabio who, prior to discovering Amazon KDP, had 30 jobs before the age of 30. He has since gone on to make over $1 million in Amazon KDP royalties, had a successful exit, and is now helping others clone his self-publishing strategies. You’ll learn how to get started in Kindle Direct Publishing , how to select profitable niches, how AI is changing the publishing landscape, how to 80/20 your marketing efforts and so much more!
Nick discovered Amazon KDP while working a 6 pm to 6 am job and has since gone on to publish over 250 books that continue to make him royalties. He also runs Publishing Profits Academy where he teaches others how to build a self-publishing business.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - What Amazon KDP is.
06:56 - How Nick found his niche in self-publishing.
07:58 - What are the demographics of people who pursue Amazon KDP.
10:02 - How publishing has changed in the past decade.
13:09 - How Nick selects niches to write about.
21:56 - How AI will continue to change the publishing landscape.
29:10 - What to do to 80/20 your marketing efforts.
35:47 - How to create an exit strategy in publishing.
42:46 - Why do people create a book as a business card.
49:26 - How Publishing Profits Academy was born and what people learn in it.
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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