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Biggest Mistake I Did In Amazon KDP That Slowed My Sales

Here Is How To Avoid This And Set Yourself In The Right Track

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I have published low-content and medium-content books on Amazon KDP since March 2020. During this time, I made a few mistakes that slowed my earnings and dipped my book’s exposure, which helped me learn what it takes to succeed in self-publishing.

I also made one big mistake early on in my KDP journey that slowed my sales and progress for over a year.

In this piece, I want to share my experience and the lessons I learned so that you can avoid making the same mistake and set yourself on the right track.

Focusing On No-Content Notebooks

When I first started publishing on KDP, I followed the advice of many other publishers and began with low-content notebooks. These are notebooks with minimal content, such as dot grid pages or lined pages for journaling or sketching. They’re easy to create and require little time or effort to design.

However, I got too comfortable with the low-content notebooks and didn’t progress into high-content books like planners, guided journals, and workbooks. These books require more thought and planning but have a higher perceived value and higher prices, bringing them…