Income Report Amazon KDP | 20 Coloring Books = How Much Money?

An in-depth Amazon KDP Income Report, looking at how much I made from my first 20 coloring books publishing on KDP in 2023.

In this video I break down my total sales, income, profit, and even look at how many books it would take to make £1,000 on Amazon KDP.

This is a completely transparent look at my finances, ad spend, titles and more and hopefully it will provide you with some great learnings, tips and tricks for your book publishing career.

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[abc]

I really appreciate your honesty! I get so tired of people telling me I can make $5, 000 a day sitting on a beach doing nothing.

[sarah-tb]

Alot of people think KDP is just an overnight thing - I appreciate you being totally honest about things. I am an Illustrator and Tattooist with experience in multiple different creative backgrounds, also including book illustration. I am currently working on a set of 12 colouring books which are all hand illustrated and themed, consistent with each other! I'm so very excited to have physical things of my personal style out in the world, not only to possibly earn a bit of passive income, but also to create possible traffic to my day-to-day tattoo work and other possible creative streams.

[percivalpenncoloring]

I've sold more than 60k books on KDP (in an adult coloring books niche). Here is my take:

1) It's important to constatly put out books (1 or 2 a month if possible)
2) You need great cover to really stand out in the crowd (I think all covers shown in the video can be improved. It's mostly a matter of picking the right colors).
3) Since 2016 (when the adult coloring "boom" happened) customer are much more experienced. AI book are easily spotted and in less demand than original books. So, be original.
4) I never paid for a cent of ad. You really need a free distribution channel that put you in touch with your target customers. Back in the day, I had coloring book groups on Facebook. Nowadays, it's all about other social networks and building a newsletter.
5) Keep learning (both the art and the market) and it will pay off.

[NH]

The KDP route is the first ‘side hustle’ I’ve thought is actually worth doing. I’m treating it as a no money upfront hobby, doing something I enjoy anyway as it’s related to my proper job. If i make a bit extra cash then great, if not, then so be it. A good honest video ensuring the viewer goes into this with their eyes wide open. 👍

[mauisam]

Thank you for being up front and honest about making money on KDP. So many YT videos click bait one into watching them by saying making megabucks.

[steveblog]

What a refreshing change from all of those ads YouTube attacks us with, where some spotty kid claims to be be making 100k a month self publishing!

Thanks for such an honest appraisal of your work to date.

[mayaencuisinedz]

Here is a guy in complete harmony with himself, and I even think for whom money does not have that much value, I am very happy that I met a person like that even only virtually.
in France, no one has dared to do this, everyone hides everything and only shows the little, which obviously doesn't help us at all for us who are just starting out, I would like to thank you for your frankness and above all stay like you will certainly live a very long time in peace. Thank you sir

[bookswithmariel]

Hi Craig! It takes guts and a certain level of confidence to make an honest video like this, which I think is great! Although I don't do AI content in my own books, I appreciate the thought you put into each book.

[melissaurrecha]

It is greatly appreciated that you give us realistic numbers and that your advice is about what one can really expect after paying all the extras (adds, taxes) that generating this type of content implies. Many other videos give you very large income numbers and not based on the sales of someone who is starting out in this buisness, so your video and tips that you give us are greatly appreciated.

[lars]

So nice to see and hear an honest, down-to-earth report. One fellow I follow says to start each book at an extremely low price just to get reviews, then raise the price. I'm gonna follow that advice. Considering that our only hope is long-term passive income, it may be cheaper than advertising!

[nich]

Thank you for being honest. Finally someone honest. I'm so tired of these leaches in the Make Money Online Youtube space duping unsuspecting followers into thinking making mass amounts of money doing all these MMO businesses is easy and viable. Especially the ones that haven't even done what they're pitching or are really making money selling courses to get people to try these ideas. A huge thank you again.

[sholao.]

This video has been NEXT LEVEL in terms of transparency. Much appreciated, thank you!

[royaltywizard]

Great video! I admire how you've managed to come up with ideas for such uniquely themed books. Colouring and activity books are something I am trying out this year.

[marcmeier]

Thank you so much for this really honest review, especially considering all the expenses! I am tired of these videos saying "It's so easy to make money with KDP" or "All you need to use is Midjourney" or "I made 10, 000 with my coloring book". No, KDP is definitely hard work and you never know if you will be successful or not! In my case (I do not only coloring books, but also guidebooks and storybooks), considering all the expenses for ghostwriters, designers, etc. I am still in the red, even though I made a net profit of about $800 last month.

[Pain-gtbb]

I saw this video by chance and I want to say that I am surprised by the amount of honesty and transparency that is lacking in this business. I just subscribed to your channel because you deserve that. Keep going Brother wish u all the best .

[shaunbell]

Currently, I have four coloring books for sale, and I plan to publish at least twenty more by the end of the year. I've already created the covers premade, and all my coloring books are part of a series. I've got a few other series planned to go along with several Webnovels we have published. I haven't made any more yet as I have not put any money into ads, but I plan to. Thank you for making this video; it was very informative and helpful. It will help us build our brand.

[gregjohnson]

Thanks for all of the detail you went into and makes it very real, I appreciate your honesty and transparency.

[GaetanoCrisci]

thank you man! you are the only honest YouTube till now, the others trollers are still claiming to make 5000$/month with colouring books and various journals

[Elena_Moralez]

Thanks a lot for this honest video. Right now, I am researching this whole field around Amazon KDP and this really is one of the first videos that shows a personal, complete honest view on it.

[Staceg]

Great honest video .. I am very new to this but of course have watched all the click bait videos about earning $$$ a month. Reality is one of my books has seen 10 sales in a month, the rest not a single sale. I am also in it for the long term and believe that if with each release i improve then it is a worthwhile journey ;-). The main point is I enjoy the process and am learning everyday.