The Alex Kaplo Podcast

You might be wondering how to price your self published book especially on Amazon KDP. One of the best aspects of self publishing your own books means you have full control over most aspects of your book. However, it also comes with its own challenges such as determining the most optimal price to generate as much sales.  Now maybe you're self-publishing your book on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing and you're asking yourself if it would be best for you to price your book as a premium, in other words charging a lot more than what your competitors are pricing their books. Inversely, you might also be thinking to yourself if it would maybe be best to actually price your self published book less expensively than everyone else out there and be the cheaper option amongst your competitors. This way, you'd attract a lot more sales but at a smaller profit margin. With that being said, what is the most optimal strategy to price your self published book that will lead to the most book sales generated for you and make you the most money? What I'm going to attempt to do in this video is share my personal best strategy I've successfully used and shared with many of my students to price your self published books that's been responsible for generating literally tens of thousands of book sales. 

Is KDP Worth It In 2022? For anyone looking to self-publish their own books or (do what I do) start their own publishing business and hire ghostwriters to write books for them to publish on KDP, it's been a very lucrative way to make passive income online! However, if you are reading this article in the year 2022, I'm guessing you want to know the answer to... Is KDP worth it in 2022? Is Amazon Book Publishing Dead? Is Kindle Direct Publishing even worth it anymore? Is KDP still profitable? How much money can you make off KDP? What is the truth? Well, I'm going to finally tell you the truth!  The short answer is YES, KDP is worth it in 2022 and no, it's definitely not dead in 2022. It's actually bigger now than it's ever been before thanks to changes in global buying behaviour. But, like all great things, over the years, more people discovered the KDP platform and started to publish and as a result this has created an influx of competition which has saturated the market... In this video, I'll be answering some of the most common questions about Amazon's KDP platform and determining with you if this is a viable online business model for you in 2022.

It's true, hardcover books for amazon KDP is a thing now and in this video, I'll tackle what you need to know!  Finally, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is giving self-publishers the option to begin selling print-on-demand hardcover books on Amazon. You can now create case laminate hardcover books along with paperbacks and eBooks. This means your hardcover book will not have a dust jacket and the art is printed directly on the cover.  Now with hardcover books for Amazon KDP, you can publish a hardcover book and turn an existing paperback or eBook into a hardcover book. You can format a hardcover file the same way you would with a KDP paperback book. I'll also be talking about the costs of Kindle Direct Publishing hardcover printing and advertising pricing strategies for your Hardcover Amazon KDP book.

If you're struggling to learn how to grow your kindle self publishing business to make $1000s per month, then you're going to want to stick around to watch this video! Scaling and growing your self publishing KDP business is one of the hardest things to do, so in this video I'll be pulling back the curtains of my personal Amazon self-publishing book business and showing you step-by-step how I went from not having too much money and having only 1 book (not to mention not too much confidence in me) to building my kindle business to over 300+ books in my kindle publishing business portfolio and making over $100,000+ for the last few consecutive years.  I'll also be sharing with you some of my biggest amazon self publishing mistakes I've made and what I would do differently in my kindle direct publishing business to shortcut my way to where I am today.

If you're an Amazon Book Publisher (aka own a self-publishing business) or even an Amazon FBA seller, this video is going to be valuable for you...  In this video, I discuss how I (almost) sold my online Amazon Kindle Direct Self-Publishing business, how I managed to get a $35,000 offer for it and why I backed out of the deal at the very last minute...  If you're looking to learn how to sell your Amazon self-publishing book business or any Amazon business for that matter, from someone that has gone through the trenches first-hand, so that you can cash out the money and move on to the next thing you want to do... Then you're going to love some of the strategies, tips and pieces of advice I share with you in this video. More importantly, you'll learn some of the costly mistakes that I made and how you can avoid them, so that you can sell your Amazon business to a buyer for the highest dollar amount.

Amazon is the best way to make money online today. If you've been doing your research, you've no doubt heard about the debate between Amazon FBA vs. Kindle Book Publishing. Which online business model is best for you to start today? In this video, I pull back the curtains of my own Kindle Book Publishing business as well as share my Physical Item business experience.    My goal is to help you make a conscious decision between which to start today Amazon FBA or Amazon Book Publishing. I'll be specifically doing a pros & cons on  how to write or publish a book as well as running a book publishing business on amazon and comparing that to an running Amazon FBA business discussing specifically the potential competition, risks, automation, difficulty, time frame, startup costs and experience involved and so much more!

In this video, I'll be specifically talking about Low content versus high content (ghostwritten) books, which Kindle Direct Publishing books are the most profitable to produce and publish today? It can be confusing to know where exactly to start or what book to produce and publish for your Amazon Kindle Direct Book Publishing business. This is mostly because of the amount of confusion in the marketplace of people claiming 'Low Content' is the way to go because it's lost risk and because others claim 'High Content' is the most profitable.  While both Low Content & High Content (ghostwritten) Kindle Books can be extremely profitable for you, there's a multitude of different factors you should consider before you decide to invest your resources in producing your first or next book.  So, after publishing well over 300+ high-content (ghostwritten) books in my online Amazon Book Self-Publishing business and experimented at length with low-content, I've had a lot of failures along the way... thankfully my successes have overshadowed the failures and one can say I've learned a few things along the way.  Therefore, in this video I want to share my unique perspective and tell wether you should publish a low-content / no content or high content (ghostwritten) book.  Lastly, hit the subscribe + notification button if you'd like to learn more about ways you can start & grow your own book publishing business from $0 to 6-Figures a year, just like I was able to do, then I'd think you're really going to like my channel because I'll be sharing more videos like theses where I pull back the curtains of my business and show you the 'inner workings' of it all. So, be sure to hit that subscribe & notification button. 

What was suppose to be a kindle self publishing success story interview in 2018 for one of my early mentors (who has since quit self-publishing), quickly turned into an 'education session' for the both of us.  While some things in self-publishing have changed... a lot of strategies we talked about in this video are STILL extremely applicable for you to use to gain success in your own Amazon self-publishing business today, and you too can become a self-publishing success story!  Also, a few months after doing this interview, I became a full-time self-publisher (using many of the strategies discussed in this video) and have since been able to scale to a 'passive' six-figure a year Amazon self-publishing business.

Is Kindle self publishing still worth it in 2021?! I know first hand there's always going to be some concerns and questions that can often affect some beginners and experienced book publishers, hence why I wanted to share my own personal thoughts on each of them specifically and finally address wether or not if Kindle self publishing is still worth it in 2021...  Moreover, my purpose in this video isn't to discourage you from starting or growing your online Kindle Direct Publishing business but rather to shed some light and be as honest as possible on some of the most popular myths and questions out there, so I can really reveal if Kindle publishing is worth it for you or not.  Often times, when you don't have theses concerns addressed it can quickly become a 'stick in your wheels'. However, I wish someone had explained to me all the 'pitfalls' to lookout for, including the skills needed, doubts that you will most certainly face, ambiguities, the (actual) capital $$$ needed to make this a lucrative online business for you... If you like this 'bullet point' type of videos let me know and I'd be super happy to make more!  Recording and editing theses videos takes a lot of my resources but if it was helpful to you, please hit the like and subscribe button so I can know for sure that you actually enjoyed the content. Also, so that we can stay in touch and so that you can keep learning as I share everything I've learn't so far about breaking free from the 9 to 5 rat race, launching and growing an Amazon book publishing business and growing it to six-figures a year...

I'm extremely excited to share my Kindle self publishing success story with you guys! I wanted to share a little about me and tell you a few stories of where I came from, some of the struggles I've experienced and overall tell you more about my entrepreneurial journey so far.  My purpose with this first video is to hopefully inspire you, no matter where you come from or how many failures you've experienced in life, you can always turn things around for yourself and make a positive change in your life just like I was able to do using the power of Amazon's Kindle self publishing to reach six-figures a year.  If you like this personal side of entrepreneurship, raw and honest, telling stories of my journey so far with my Kindle publishing business, let me know I'd be super happy to make more!  One of the biggest factors that motivated when I was just getting started was seeing real genuine people share their stories online about how they were able to achieve success... so, here's mine. Recording and editing theses videos takes a lot of my resources but if it was helpful to you, please hit the like and subscribe button so I can know for sure that you actually enjoyed the content. Also, so that we can stay in touch and so that you can keep learning as I share everything I've learn't so far about breaking free from the 9 to 5 rat race, launching and growing an Amazon book publishing business and growing it to six-figures a year...