Yes, stop paying people to teach you Amazon KDP. I'll use my story to prove my point.

I got an interest in Amazon KDP in August. Prior to that I used to write essays and short stories just as a hobby. But I was always a voracious reader. I have a background in medicine and Engineering as well as interests in history, literature, politics and cultural studies.

So after hearing about the residual income Amazon KDP provides, I decided to do my own research. Research has always been something I have a knack for. I can spend hours exploring a subject and this would lead me to newer subjects and eventually I'll begin making forays into rabbit holes. This was how I discovered the necessary tools I needed to make some money through Amazon KDP.

I found every information I needed online. YouTube, Reddit and to some minor extent, Nairaland, were main sources of information and this was all I needed. In a week I learned everything I needed to learn:
~ How to create attractive, professional looking book covers using canva.
~ How to do keyword research and the additional tools I needed for this.
~ Learned how to write to the market.
~ Learned how to format for Kindle and for Paperback
~ I learned the right font size, font type and cover template sizes for my paperbacks.
~ Learned how to hyperlink table of contents to my Kindle book
~ Learned how to publish correctly in order to avoid getting banned.
~ Learned how to use quillBot to properly edit my book.

I published two books in August, both of them in Paperback and Kindle format and got positive reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.

Asides learning how to connect your payooneer account to your KDP account, avoid Nigerian YouTube accounts that try to "teach" you how to make money from KDP. Those people are useless. In fact all Nigerian YouTube accounts that try to teach you how to make money online are useless. The worst are these guys on Nairaland that try to sell their poorly written books to you with the promise of turning you into a KDP God in a short period of time. Avoid those clowns. Most of what they teach you will get your accounts banned in no time.

Just do your own research. We are currently in an age where knowledge is easily accessible, and for free. Stop spending money on quacks. Unless you have a 2 digit IQ, you can learn how to make money from KDP on your own.

Currently I'm learning web development. I started in September just after publishing my two books. Already learned HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Currently learning React and Typescript and tackling Leetcode and HackerRank DSA type questions. I am still getting royalties from my books. I'm very focused on my web development journey, but in the future I'll release more books.

Below is the screenshot of the emails Amazon sent me concerning my royalty payment from the sales I made in August. I'll get paid on the 29th of this month. I edited out my name and personal information.

Keep working hard and smart. Everything is possible.

-You didn't tell us how royalty the payment is, maybe the amount worth you a listening ears or not.

Idiots will see this gem of knowledge and rather go to chat about how to spend 30k on an ashawo..

Devdevdev:
Idiots will see this gem of knowledge and rather go to chat about how to spend 30k on an ashawo..

You're not economical with words.

This is a public forum not ur private space dude.

People choose what they want in life. Ur choice of words hence should be civil.

Thanks a lot for the info. Godspeed!

RighteousDemon:


You're not economical with words.

This is a public forum not ur private space dude.

People choose what they want in life. Ur choice of words hence should be civil.

Thanks a lot for the info. Godspeed!

It's quite ironic that you are giving me a lecture on choice of words when you have "Righteous Demon" as your username.

Devdevdev:


It's quite ironic that you are giving me a lecture on choice of words when you have "Righteous Demon" as your username.

Isn't it Ironic that u failed to see the Irony in my moniker? Well, that's not it for now. I need u to broaden my know-how on this Amazon stuff

Nice thread full with facts....

Cool.... Makes sense

This is interesting....

You inspired me, honey!

Thanks for teaching me the way to grow!

imagrg:
You inspired me, honey!

Thanks for teaching me the way to grow!

Hi.
Sorry for creeping.
How has your KDP journey been like?