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Create 2020 Planners, Diaries, Calendar PDFs with InDesign to Sell on Amazon

Planners, diaries, calendars, agendas, organizers ... call them what you will. They sell on Amazon by the truckload! Over the years I've developed a time-saving method of creating planners PDFs in InDesign to sell on Amazon KDP. The above image is a couple of sample spreads of the many … [Read more...]

Moving from CreateSpace to KDP Print to Publish Paperbacks on Amazon

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 upload at KDP not … [Read more...]

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

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 first Kindle devices … [Read more...]

You MUST Publish a Business Book on Amazon

I still have to pinch myself when I say, “I’m a published author of eight books, most of them bestsellers". Trust me, I was such a dunce at school. I’m so glad I started to write business books. Amazon has revolutionized publishing. Whether is this is good or bad depends on your point of … [Read more...]

How To Make Sure Your Next Kindle Is An Amazon Bestseller

My new book, Free Your Thoughts: How I Re-programmed Myself For Happiness And How You Can Too, has been a bestseller in its category for nearly a month now. This is my sixth Kindle. Every time my writing gets better and I learn something new about the launch strategy. This time has been no … [Read more...]

Create a Kindle Mobi file and Epub from Word using Sigil

There's no better feeling than putting your heart onto digital paper, uploading a Word file and have your book sold in the largest book store in the world. I'm in love with self-publishing. However, your Kindle looks like a dog's dinner because of the crap that Microsoft Word inadvertently … [Read more...]