Is KDP Out to Get You?

Lately there seems to be a number of new Amazon KDP publishing rules introduced and can seem like KDP is out to destroy the small self publishing businesses. And the latest rules involve a reduction in the number of books that can be published per day. In this video we look at the recent changes and look at what the limited uploads could mean and you may be surprised that it's not all as bad as it seems. Publishing no and low content books on Amazon KDP is still a great way to get started with an online business.

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00:00 Introduction
00:56 Increased KDP Fees
02:10 KDP Category Changes
02:40 KDP and AI
03:35 Limiting KDP Uploads

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About this video - In this video I look at the latest Amazon KDP changes and what the latest changes of limiting daily uploads means for self publishers of low content books on Amazon.

[rohvanah]

I’m just starting KDP. I’m glad they made the changes. I was overwhelmed with the whole AI stuff going around because I am an artist drawing my coloring book from scratch. I also was a little overwhelmed with the possibility of publishing books all at once. Too many anyway, unrealistic for most people. Now I don’t have to worry about that anymore. Thank you!

[denisesanders]

I’m still new to this, but actually think these changes are good. Those uploading 100s a day cannot be producing quality products. And you’re right…it’s the equivalent of spam.

I’ve added to my workflow, A+ content for every book. That way people can see the inside and at least get an idea of the quality of each book. The spammers can’t do that.

Now! To generate traffic to my coloring books!! 😅 still working on that.

[mrc]

In my opinion, all these changes are for the best!

[juliamascardo]

Honestly, when I was seeing people say that they were using AI to make and upload hundreds of books a day, I wondered if it was the end for me. I *know* that my books are better quality, since I take the time to make a quality product. But if I'm buried under hundreds upon hundreds of new books a day, it would be hard to get seen to gain traction. I also felt so ovewhelmed with how many I "should" be trying to upload to keep up, that I ended up not uploading much of anything on a daily basis. Instead, I'd wait until I had a huge backlog of stuff and then went through the upload process. At 3 books/day, that is a very doable goal for me -- 3 KDP books, 30 Teepublic designs, 30 Redbubble designs, 1-3 Etsy listings, and so on, makes it a very easy-to-plan workload. But I can see why spammers would be and GOOD. Getting them out of KDP will be better for everyone (except them, I guess).

[alicec.]

I really liked the daily limit for publishing. Publishers that value the quality of their books instead of quantity will get an enormous advantage.

[Telltalesign]

I started my KDP journey because of this channel. In all honesty, I am a novelist and was looking to do self pub, then I accidentally stumbled on this channel while searching for ways to format my novels to KDP. I also started publishing educational books that became one of my bestsellers. I think spamming books in one day is actually a bit too much. I used to publish one blank notebook per day then 1 medium content book aka educational books once a week, and one full length novel per month but never more than that.

[LiveLifeBeingThankful]

Thank you for all of your help always. Because of seeing one of your videos in my recommended videos, I started my KDP journey in May. So far I have sold 26 books. I bought 6 of the coloring books I created at author price. They are beautiful and it was a great way to see some things I wanted to change. I changed a couple of things on three of the books. Thanks for all this new info.

[DeputyChiefWhip]

Im glad. Theres very few quality books on the bookstore. All the people that have very little skill are following videos by kdp content creators using midjourney and templates to flood the market with garbage.

[shannagohlke]

Paul, I appreciate you advice and honesty. I'm just starting out and enjoy your videos as they are very informative

[sunshineandraintoday]

I think that assessment is spot on. I'm a recent beginner, hardly any sales. still learning the ropes, but I think getting rid of spammers will clear the path for people like me. On the review time point in particular, I've noticed an immediate improvement; before the upload limit I was waiting up to 12 days to get published, now it's 24 hours. Updates to existing titles that were taking days to review are now going through within an hour or two.

[chefdon]

I’m just starting out and I have always believed that quality over quantity is the way to go. I am building a brand and not in this for my sole income. I enjoy creating content and I am working on publishing evergreen books for the long haul. Thanks for all the videos… they’ve been a great help!!

[MrsChybowska]

I think this is normal when get-rich-quick channels made it look so easy to make fast money with shitty content, this was expected but sadly it affects people who worked hard too

[AliceHenry-ro]

I am really happy with the changes. I am new and felt pressure to use these methods just to keep up. Now I can breathe and build my business at a reasonable rate. Also, Amazon is a business and they have a right to quality control measures. I was surprised they hadn’t done this before frankly. I am sure there will be more measures to keep people from overwhelming their marketplace with nonsense. This creates a poor experience for customer and people hold them accountable.

[philwilliams]

Thank you, Paul! I appreciate your measured thinking and approach. Thanks again for your sharing your wisdom, insights, and experience.

[Wclyde]

I just had one of my coloring books blocked(I have made the sametype book in series and was fine) this one got blocked, then i got am email saying interior needto be fixed height width, i called them cause how can i fix it if its blocked, was told it was mistake and that block would be down, then got email saying suspended, and needed to reply with words saying i read content guidelines and that i would not publish anything like this book, they said in email they were not sure if i had right to sell my image.(if i did not reply with exact words they told me to write I would be banned) I sent them a copy of midjourneys paid member section saying I havethe right to use images i create, they then sent me a message sayin after review this book meets out content guidelines, no longer do i have to fix interior as they first said, i just need to repubish. needless to say that book is still waiting on me to republish which Im too scared to. ( i have 60 awesome coloring books)

[Swav.Zielin]

Seriously 3 booms a day is a lot already, good change. I haven't even published one book yet. I wish I discovered this years ago

[ionaleah]

I have always Published one book in 10 days or a month its over a year not Published any those that sell thats it. I focud on selling my art in creative fabrica i dont see how some can go on publishinh crap and puts us with quality work at a loss i think people who create videos on such topics should change their agenda stop people from doing such enormus publishing in fact maybe create educstional ones of course your videos are excellent paul everyone that publishes makes a video more people get into the band wagon and spoil it for others who genuinely do good stuff.

[NeetuBajpai]

Thanks Paul. I have learned a lot from you. When I went to edit details I was asked the AI question.

[rw]

Quality is always better than quantity I produce one book a week and have number one sellers for three books so I’m happy and I use AI all the time

[marymontgomeryclifford]

Thank you for your clear explanations.