Publishing Low Content Books Start to Finish

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I thought it would be a good idea to give an overview of publishing low content books start to finish. 

What can you expect?

How hard is it?

What do you need to know to get started today?

I’ll also share my tips and techniques for making the process, faster, easier, and more fun. (How could it get more fun, though? ” /> )

What is a Low Content Book?

So what are low content books?

What I’m talking about are paperback books with very little content – books like journals, workbooks, and even notebooks.

But the list of different types of low- and no-content books doesn’t stop there.

Take a look at the table below:

Activity Books	Memory Books
Agendas	Notebooks
Calendars	Notepads
Coloring Books	Planners
Composition Books	Prayer Books
Diaries	Puzzle Books
Guest Books/Registers	Study Guides
Journals	Trackers
Log Books	Workbooks

These are books you can create in very little time and publish right on Amazon.

Publish Low Content Books on Amazon Step-By-Step

Sign In to KDP

You probably already have an Amazon account, right? Because I know you’ve bought some good stuff with that free shipping. But if not, you’re going to want to sign up for an Amazon account. 

That’s all you need to be able to sign in to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). 

Create the Interior of Your Book

Now you’re going to get started!

Once you’ve decided on the type of book you want to publish, you need to create your interior.

You can do this with document creation programs like Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

But the best and easiest way to create interiors (and covers, for that matter) is with PowerPoint.

You want to create a low-content book interior that’s 200 pages or less because once you go past 200 pages, your book starts to get big and harder to use.

Sure, you can create bigger books, but you’ll want to test that, so save this for when you have some experience.

Create Your Cover

Once you’ve finished your interior, it’s time to create your book cover.

You can pay someone to do this or you can create a simple book cover in just a few minutes.

And simple covers SELL.

You must have your interior done first because you’ll need to know how many pages your finished book will have.

Once you know that, you can download a paperback book template.

I do my covers in PowerPoint, so I convert the template to a PDF. You can do this as much as you want with Adobe Acrobat PRO or get limited free conversions with Small PDF.

In the image above, the arrow is pointing to where you’ll enter the details for your book.

You’ll need to know what size your finished book will be, how many pages it is, and whether you’d like it printed with white paper or cream-colored paper.

Hot Tip! Repurpose your book interiors by creating more than one cover! 

Save Your Cover and Interior as PDF

Both your interior and you cover must be saved as PDFs to be ready for uploading to KDP.

If you’re doing this in Word or PowerPoint, it’s as simple as clicking Save As  > PDF. 

If that’s not an option, you can use a program like PrimoPDF. 

Log In to KDP to Create Your Paperback

Once you have your interior and cover saved as PDFs and ready for publishing, it’s time to log in and add your new book.

Log in to your KDP account and click ” + Paperback.”

Enter your book’s title, subtitle, series and edition info, your author/business name or pseudonym, description, and select your publishing rights. 

Add your keywords and choose your categories. Then, click “Save and Continue.”

On the next page, you’ll get a free ISBN number and finish choosing the specifics for your book.

When you’ve chosen your paper type, book size, cover finish, and have uploaded your cover and manuscript, you’ll want to save your work. 

Note: it takes FOREVER for a preview to generate, so we’re going to pause here and wait at least 30 minutes before coming back to preview our book and continue on to setting our price and distribution.

In the meantime…PUBLISH MORE BOOKS.

Preview, Price Your Book and Submit for Review

Once you’ve waited a bit, come back to launch the book previewer and check over your cover and interior to make sure it looks how you want it to look…no mistakes.

Click on “Save and Continue.”

At this point, you’ll select your distribution (make sure you check “Expanded Distribution” so that your book can be picked up by other sellers – including bookstores).

The next step is to choose you price point. Research other similar books to find a range of prices and choose one that you believe is a good fit for your book.

And the final step is to publish and submit your book for review.

Amazon reviews books individually and it takes a couple of days to find out if you need to make some edits or if your book has been published to the marketplace.

Tips to Remember

• Take the time to research your ideas – the niche and keywords you choose directly affect your profits!
• Try this strategy to research keywords and get tons of ideas for books and niches.
• Once your book is published, that page is up permanently, even if you decide to “unpublish” your book.
• Don’t spam! Amazon has policies in place to prevent this, but it’s a good idea to keep your nose clean anyway. Follow the rules and create high-quality stuff.
• Try testing out a niche before you publish a series or multiple types of the same book.
• Use exactly what’s on your book cover as the title you enter in KDP. Amazon is a stickler for this. If you don’t want cover text, use Cover Creator to put you title on the spine.
• Templates save a lot of time – use high-quality ones and tweak them to make them unique.

Wrapping Up

I guess that about covers it. The next step is to choose the type of book you want to publish and get started!

Remember, you can create everything in PowerPoint, quick and easy. 

And if you really want to supercharge the creation process, try using a ready-made template.

Questions about getting started? Have you already begun to publish low-content paperbacks? Let me know in the comments! And don’t forget to sign up for my list!

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