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Кто-нибудь пользовался услугой печати по требованию в Amazon KDP?

Я задаюсь вопросом, стоит ли использовать эту услугу в Польше. Я слышала, что в США, Великобритании и т. д. это очень популярно, и есть даже люди, которые живут от создания таких продуктов. Многие начинающие писатели также издают свои книги таким образом, потому что им не нужно платить заранее за печать, а только после покупки книги читателем. У вас есть какой-либо опыт работы с Amazon KDP?
Я задаюсь вопросом, стоит ли использовать эту услугу в Польше. Я слышала, что в США, Великобритании и т. д. это очень популярно, и есть даже люди, которые живут от создания таких продуктов. Многие начинающие писатели также издают свои книги таким образом, потому что им не нужно платить заранее за печать, а только после покупки книги читателем. У вас есть какой-либо опыт работы с Amazon KDP?
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I personally used this service once and I must admit that it is worth it, people often buy something there and you can earn some extra money, even in Poland, I think that you should try because you will not lose anything and you can only profit from it
I personally used this service once and I must admit that it is worth it, people often buy something there and you can earn some extra money, even in Poland, I think that you should try because you will not lose anything and you can only profit from it

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Indeed, this service has developed incredibly in Western European markets and in the US, where Amazon comes from. It is cheap, fast and convenient, which means it meets all the criteria that attract customers. KDP has not only a huge e-book market but also a print-on-demand service known as Make on Demand (or Print on Demand). This means that the book is printed only at the time of purchase, so the author does not bear the costs of printing and storing a large print run. This greatly simplifies the life of novice authors. Some creators have made Amazon KDP (Kindle Digital Publishing) their way of life, and even boast that selling products made years ago still brings them passive income. This, of course, attracts newcomers to the platform, so their competition is growing month by month, but as everywhere, a novice user has to put in some effort before he starts earning real money. To create the first product, all you need is some skills and a graphic program, but this does not mean that it will surely find its buyer. First of all, it is important to hit the right niche and the customer's taste, and this is rarely possible for novice creators, but you should not give up anyway. There are even special plugins and programs that analyze Amazon KDP for trends and sales volumes in specific niches. Thanks to this, you can immediately start with the product for which there is a demand and increase your chances of selling. The more products you have as a creator, the greater the chance of a satisfactory result. In addition, I heard that Amazon supports such people through its algorithms, because they want customers to leave as much money as possible on the platform. This is easier to achieve by promoting someone who has several hundred products than someone who has only a dozen or so. For example, a lot of people buy there coloring books for children with a specific theme. If you do one or two, it will be difficult for you to break through the hundreds of thousands of offers in this category. But if you do 100 of them, not only will more people notice your products, in addition, some of them will probably buy more than one thing. And if they like the performance, they might come back for more in the future. Another, supposedly more profitable piece of the pie are ebooks. It was from them that Amazon KDP started, the name itself contains the name of their Kindle reader. Creating an ebook (especially one that also has a print option) is much more difficult than a coloring book, calendar or notebook. But at the same time, the competition on this market is much smaller (although we are still talking about hundreds of thousands or millions of different items) and the margin on a given product is higher, because it is between 30-60 percent. prices. It doesn't seem like much, but if you compare these numbers with offers from traditional publishing houses, which give authors a maximum of 10 percent. profit, and in addition not necessarily from the cover price. Until recently, Amazon severely restricted the languages in which books or ebooks were allowed to be published. Fortunately, in the fall of 2022, they allowed the possibility of creating also in Polish, so a quite interesting perspective opened up for Polish authors. Of course, the English-language market is huge compared to Polish, so there is no reason to delude yourself that someone will manage to break through with their book outside our country, if they do not decide to translate. But this is the standard in the publishing market. All in all, it is worth trying to get on Amazon KDP before it becomes very popular, because it may pay off in the future. Nobody will create thousands of products overnight, you have to do your time and make some mistakes along the way. But with the right perseverance (and expanding your range with products that can also be bought by people from other countries) the chances of success are still quite high. After all, we are talking about the largest bookstore in the world with millions of customers a day.
Indeed, this service has developed incredibly in Western European markets and in the US, where Amazon comes from. It is cheap, fast and convenient, which means it meets all the criteria that attract customers. KDP has not only a huge e-book market but also a print-on-demand service known as Make on Demand (or Print on Demand). This means that the book is printed only at the time of purchase, so the author does not bear the costs of printing and storing a large print run. This greatly simplifies the life of novice authors. Some creators have made Amazon KDP (Kindle Digital Publishing) their way of life, and even boast that selling products made years ago still brings them passive income. This, of course, attracts newcomers to the platform, so their competition is growing month by month, but as everywhere, a novice user has to put in some effort before he starts earning real money. To create the first product, all you need is some skills and a graphic program, but this does not mean that it will surely find its buyer. First of all, it is important to hit the right niche and the customer's taste, and this is rarely possible for novice creators, but you should not give up anyway. There are even special plugins and programs that analyze Amazon KDP for trends and sales volumes in specific niches. Thanks to this, you can immediately start with the product for which there is a demand and increase your chances of selling. The more products you have as a creator, the greater the chance of a satisfactory result. In addition, I heard that Amazon supports such people through its algorithms, because they want customers to leave as much money as possible on the platform. This is easier to achieve by promoting someone who has several hundred products than someone who has only a dozen or so. For example, a lot of people buy there coloring books for children with a specific theme. If you do one or two, it will be difficult for you to break through the hundreds of thousands of offers in this category. But if you do 100 of them, not only will more people notice your products, in addition, some of them will probably buy more than one thing. And if they like the performance, they might come back for more in the future. Another, supposedly more profitable piece of the pie are ebooks. It was from them that Amazon KDP started, the name itself contains the name of their Kindle reader. Creating an ebook (especially one that also has a print option) is much more difficult than a coloring book, calendar or notebook. But at the same time, the competition on this market is much smaller (although we are still talking about hundreds of thousands or millions of different items) and the margin on a given product is higher, because it is between 30-60 percent. prices. It doesn't seem like much, but if you compare these numbers with offers from traditional publishing houses, which give authors a maximum of 10 percent. profit, and in addition not necessarily from the cover price. Until recently, Amazon severely restricted the languages in which books or ebooks were allowed to be published. Fortunately, in the fall of 2022, they allowed the possibility of creating also in Polish, so a quite interesting perspective opened up for Polish authors. Of course, the English-language market is huge compared to Polish, so there is no reason to delude yourself that someone will manage to break through with their book outside our country, if they do not decide to translate. But this is the standard in the publishing market. All in all, it is worth trying to get on Amazon KDP before it becomes very popular, because it may pay off in the future. Nobody will create thousands of products overnight, you have to do your time and make some mistakes along the way. But with the right perseverance (and expanding your range with products that can also be bought by people from other countries) the chances of success are still quite high. After all, we are talking about the largest bookstore in the world with millions of customers a day.

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Yes, I have experience with print on demand on Amazon KDP and I can say that it is a very convenient option for authors. You don't have to worry about the costs of printing and storing books, and fees are only charged after a sale. In my case, using this service turned out to be profitable because I didn't have to invest large sums of money upfront. I recommend trying this option, especially if you are a beginner author.
Yes, I have experience with print on demand on Amazon KDP and I can say that it is a very convenient option for authors. You don't have to worry about the costs of printing and storing books, and fees are only charged after a sale. In my case, using this service turned out to be profitable because I didn't have to invest large sums of money upfront. I recommend trying this option, especially if you are a beginner author.

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