As many of you know, I LOVE Kindle.
I say it all the time – but Amazon is either going to always be #1 or they’ll spend millions of dollars trying. So it only makes sense to piggy-back on their traffic.
Why spin your wheels trying to bring visitors to your site when Amazon can do all the heavy lifting for you?
That being said… I have a VERY fun surprise for you at the end of this post… so keep reading all the way to the end.
Before we get to that though, I wanted to cover one thing.
While Amazon is a no-brainer in my mind, there are some things you can do that are BIG mistakes and will cost you a lot of money.
I know, because I’ve made them. 
In no particular order, here are the top 3 worst mistakes I’ve made with Kindle:
1. Choosing bad niches – When I first started working with Kindle, I assumed that the same types of books that sell well via internet marketing would work well with Kindle.
Not so much.
I also used Google Keyword Tool, thinking that if there were lots of searches for something, it would be popular to buy.
Again… no go.
As James Jones points out, people search on Google because they’re looking for INFORMATION… not necessarily things to BUY.
Amazon is a different ball game. People go there to buy.
Now, if I have an idea for a niche… I go into the Kindle store, type in the niche, and see how sales are going for that niche. If a book has a sales ranking of 20,000 or better, then I usually do it.
Here’s what I mean:
Simply type in your idea, scroll down on the Amazon page, and see what the Amazon best seller’s rank is.
I know a lot of people think they have their own, unique ideas… but in my opinion, competition is a GOOD thing. I LOVE to see competition for what I’m writing about.
If you check Amazon and see that something is already selling well, it’s basically a shortcut to telling you that your idea is profitable.
2. Bad Formatting – Blah! This one still stings because it hurt me BIGTIME.
I had one book that was selling VERY well. As far as I knew, the formatting of the book was fine. I was only getting positive reviews so I had no reason to think otherwise.
And then… the first bad review hit.
And then another, and another…
And for some reason, Amazon likes putting the 1 star reviews up on the front page. One of my books has 151 5-star reviews and 5 1-stars…. yet only the 1-stars are the ones on the front page, and they are NOT the most recent.
(And that’s even after I’ve fixed the mistakes.)
So if you’re going to put a book up, PLEASE make sure you have the formatting right. I don’t know why Amazon doesn’t make it easier, but it can be a headache and a half.
Though definitely worth it if you want to make sales.
(Side note: If you’re interested in a great formatter that does the formatting for you, I highly recommend this).
1. Rewritten PLR/Low Quality Books – I’ve had books that were MAJORLY rewritten from PLR. I’m talking…. most people would have ZERO idea that the author of the rewritten book even knew the PLR existed.
But for some reason, Amazon was still able to tell.
I can’t recommend NOT using PLR materials enough for your Kindle books.
Amazon will shut you down in a heartbeat if they suspect you of this.
In the same vein, I highly recommend NOT using low quality books.
Some people think getting a low quality book is a shortcut… throw up a book, make some sales, rinse and repeat…
BAD IDEA.
Aside from accruing lots of bad karma , people forget that Amazon is a REVIEW-DRIVEN shopping cart.
If you have a crappy quality book, people will leave you bad reviews, and you’ll have to start your book-writing process ALL over again.
So what are you supposed to do there?
Here’s Where The Fun Surprise Comes In…
As some of you know, I LOVE outsourcing. I like being off the computer as much as possible.
So it only made sense to combine my love of Kindle with my love of outsourcing. I started talking to people about how to outsource for Kindle books… and I was amazed at how many people were interested.
I shared this with James Jones, who is a total Kindle (and life) superstar… and we decided to put our knowledge into a course called “Outsourcing A Kindle Book“.
We’ll officially launch it tomorrow, but we’ve decided to give away 3 copies today.
Here’s what the course entails:
- How to get AMAZING writers (I’m talking MBA Level) to write your books for pennies on the dollar…
- How to get your book written VERY quickly… for HALF of what you expect, at least…
- What to do to find best-of-the-best writers immediately, WITHOUT having to deal with crappy workers…
- How you can get started for just $25…
- …and basically, everything you need to know to get QUALITY books written for you INEXPENSIVELY.
Sound like something you’re interested in?
SWEET!
Simply leave a comment below (Facebook or regular is fine) and tell us why you’d like to win a copy, OR your biggest take-away from this blog post.
We’ll pick choose some winners at 9pm EST tonight and email or Facebook message you with your prize.
And if you’d like to sign up for the early bird notification list for the Outsourcing A Kindle Book, you can sign up right here.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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