«Words aren’t a prerequisite for a book. Thanks to the Kindle Direct Publishing program, Cubbon can make and sell planners, sketchbooks and journals to customers all over the world, no writing experience or capital necessary»

Julia Glum
«Amazon Sellers Are Self-Publishing 'Blank' Books — and Turning a Big Profit»
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«Rob Cubbon has roughly 1,800 books listed on Amazon, but you’ve probably never heard of him. No, he’s not James Patterson in disguise — as a low — and no-content publisher, there’s one simple reason why Cubbon is so prolific.

»His books don’t really have words in them.

»See, in Cubbon’s universe, words aren’t a prerequisite for a book. Neither is storing inventory or talking to customers. Thanks to the Kindle Direct Publishing program, Cubbon can make and sell planners, sketchbooks and journals to customers all over the world, no writing experience or capital necessary.

»They’re similar to the notebooks you see lining shelves at Barnes & Noble. Using software like Adobe Illustrator, Cubbon creates an interior with digitally drawn lines, dates and inspirational quotes. He works up a cover with freely available art, a keyword-optimized title and a fun font — think “Nature Walks Journal” printed on a green-tinged illustration of leaves, “Blue Dinosaur Notebook” superimposed over smiling reptiles or “The Little Notebook of Big Ideas” in red-and-white block letters. He fills out some data on the back end, and boom. The book is up.

»Though the barrier to entry is low and the earnings potential is high, KDP isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme. Amazon is notoriously fickle, and the number of competitors grows every day. But with a lot of research and a little artistry, sellers like Cubbon can generate significant passive income like they might with a rental property or stocks. In 2018, over a thousand people pocketed more than $100,000 in KDP royalties.

»Just look at Cubbon, a 51-year-old Brit who lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and earns up to $3,700 a month selling books without (many) words in them.

»“I couldn’t believe that people would spend $6.99 on a hundred-paged blank paperback,” he says on his website. “But they do.”

»Printing Paperbacks — and Cash — on Demand Anyone who’s been anywhere near the internet in the past couple of years knows Amazon is no longer just a bookstore. Far from being the tiny operation Jeff Bezos started in his garage in 1994, the modern Amazon provides on-demand movies, web-hosting services, grocery delivery, cloud storage, streaming music, facial recognition and more.

»It also serves as a springboard for digital entrepreneurs. For a cut of their profits, Amazon gives small business owners access to its services and a seemingly infinite number of shoppers. Two of its popular programs are Fulfillment By Amazon, where ordinary people source name-brand items to ship to Amazon warehouses, and Merch By Amazon, where they design T-shirts that get manufactured by the company».

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