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How I Stay Safe, Secure, and Sane Online

August 1, 2019 By Rob Cubbon 27 Comments

The Internet allowed me to set up this site in 2005, start a business in 2006, leave my job in 2008, and to start travelling in 2014. Now it's 2019. And I continue to do what I want, where I want, when I want. And I remain extremely grateful for the amazing experiences that … [Read more...]

Keyword Research For Selling Notebooks and Low Content Books on Amazon

June 2, 2019 By Rob Cubbon 13 Comments

Ask any online seller: What's the key to success online? They will no doubt tell you: Find a product niche with high demand and low competition. How do you do that? Simple: keyword research. And it's no different with selling no content and low content books (such as … [Read more...]

Tools, Apps, and Extensions for Merch By Amazon

March 27, 2019 By Rob Cubbon 6 Comments

Updated October 7, 2019 to include the Productor extension. This is by no means an exhaustive list for all the various applications, extensions, and tools for Merch by Amazon, Amazon's print on demand platform. But I think I've included the best Merch tools here. I was … [Read more...]

Sorry I’m Late! Business Review of 2018 and Plans for 2019

January 15, 2019 By Rob Cubbon 48 Comments

Regular readers will know, I'm a lucky guy. I hardly ever had a proper "job" and I stopped working for other people over a decade ago. I have run a business since 2005. I started in London, UK, providing web and graphic design services for clients but then branched out. … [Read more...]

Notebooks And Low Content Books To Sell On Amazon KDP

December 11, 2018 By Rob Cubbon 28 Comments

If you'd told me a year ago that I'd make over $3000 a month selling notebooks on Amazon, I'd have told you, politely, to go away. But the truth is that notebooks and low content books are quite easy to sell. In order to do this, all you need is an account at KDP. … [Read more...]

How To Design Merch By Amazon T-Shirts That Sell

November 29, 2018 By Rob Cubbon 6 Comments

Merch By Amazon is Amazon's print on demand t-shirt business. Once accepted on the Merch by Amazon program, you can upload designs, Amazon will sell the designs on t-shirts, and pay you a commission. I'm going to talk about how to design Merch By Amazon t-shirts, and the niches, … [Read more...]

Moving from CreateSpace to KDP Print to Publish Paperbacks on Amazon

September 29, 2018 By Rob Cubbon

On August 28th Amazon announced that CreateSpace is merging with KDP Print. So, pretty soon established authors on Amazon will have to move their paperback listings from CreateSpace to KDP (or have them moved). And, if you want to sell a paperback book on Amazon you should now … [Read more...]

How To Sell Notebooks And Low Content Paperback Books On Amazon KDP

July 30, 2018 By Rob Cubbon

This is the most fun I've had in business for a number of years! All I'm doing is uploading a couple of files and entering text. That's how you sell notebooks on Amazon! KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is Amazon's e-book publishing unit launched in 2007 at the same time as the … [Read more...]

My Business Affirmations

April 10, 2018 By Rob Cubbon

During the decade or so that I've been blogging I've usually steered clear from writing about "personal development". I've concentrated mainly on solid business subjects. However, business affirmations are in an interesting area where business and personal development … [Read more...]

Life, Death, and Good Deeds

February 20, 2018 By Rob Cubbon

This is a different kind of blog post. I won't be talking about business. This is personal. It's about a friend of mine who died recently. I live in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It's long been home to a community of western entrepreneurs. The community is only loosely … [Read more...]