![]() ![]() It also serves as a springboard for digital entrepreneurs. ![]() 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. "But they do." Printing Paperbacks - and Cash - on DemandĪnyone who's been anywhere near the internet in the past couple of years knows Amazon is no longer just a bookstore. "I couldn’t believe that people would spend $6.99 on a hundred-paged blank paperback," he says on his website. 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. In 2018, over a thousand people pocketed more than $100,000 in KDP royalties. 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. Amazon is notoriously fickle, and the number of competitors grows every day. Though the barrier to entry is low and the earnings potential is high, KDP isn't a get-rich-quick scheme. He fills out some data on the back end, and boom. 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. Using software like Adobe Illustrator, Cubbon creates an interior with digitally drawn lines, dates and inspirational quotes. They're similar to the notebooks you see lining shelves at Barnes & Noble. 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. Neither is storing inventory or talking to customers. See, in Cubbon's universe, words aren't a prerequisite for a book. His books don't really have words in them. 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. ![]() ![]() Rob Cubbon has roughly 1,800 books listed on Amazon, but you've probably never heard of him. ![]()
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