Publishing: Low Content and No Content Publishing Business

Low Content and No Content Books

No content and low content publishing at Amazon Bookstore is another great business idea that you can start anytime and continue to earn royalties as long as the e-books or books are available in the Kindle Bookstore.  So, what are no content and low content books?  No content and low content books are products categorized as books with minimal contents like coloring books, children’s books, journals and diaries, prayer guide journals, diaries, quotation books, etc. while no content books are products without any content at all like, notebooks, sketchpads, ruled notebooks, math notebooks and the like.

No Content and Low Content Books: How to publish

This article written previously will guide you how to create an account at KDP, "Earn Passive Income by Publishing E-books".  The simple steps are very easy to follow.  Then after account creation at Kindle Direct Publishing Platform,  you have to the following steps:

The No Content or Low Content Publishing Steps

Here let us focus on Low Content Publishing although the same steps are followed when publishing No Contents books. This list is my own procedure which you may follow if you wish or set this as a guide as a beginner in the KDP publishing world.

Low Content Publishing Step #1 Prepare the details of your low content book

You should have a clear title, sub-title and book descriptions ready. Why? This is where your basis on where to focus on working on the covers and interiors of your book. Amazon would like that the book front covers bear a word or phrases from your book title. When we (my family and I) first uploaded our first Low Content books, we did not know about this so the books were returned to “draft” mode for us to edit the covers and re-upload them.  So, if you would like your work to be smooth and avoid major edits, you should keep this in mind. Also, start to build your own brand which will give you a cutting edge in terms of advertising and product promotions.

Low Content Publishing Step #2 Research the keywords you will use and decide the categories of your Low Content books.

As a beginner, do not skip the keywords section because this is very important. Keywords are essential in finding your products across Search Engines as well as within Amazon.  If you do not know what exact keywords to use, go to the homepage of Amazon, choose books department then type in your niche in the search bar. You can see the search bar portion auto-filled with phrases while typing in – those are useful.  Now, decide what to use from there. Fill in all the 7 blank areas for keywords and make a research on what are the best keywords to use.

Then, decide two (2) categories for your books.  For me, this is essential to know at first before making the Low Content manuscripts and covers as these give me a clearer vision of the outcome of what the covers will look like. For example, on coloring books: you will decide if it is an adult coloring book, or kid’s coloring books. (these seats at different categories) diving deeper into niches, coloring book for adults – inspirational or motivational artworks and lettering. (these would again fall into another category) . Other publishers choose the categories after the manuscripts and covers of the books have been prepared. But, everyone has his own strategies how to manage things and make them work well with the right outcome.  Look and follow what will work best for you.

Low Content Publishing Step #3 Decide the size of the manuscripts

Since Low Content books fall under paperbacks, the size is definite. You should define what is the height and width and how many pages will there be. The minimum required number of pages for paperbacks in Amazon is 25 pages. I suggest that you make it a little bit higher.

TIP: Make an interior or manuscript that you can re-use even with just a little edits. Examples: Planners, Study Journals or any evergreen niches. With this strategy in mind and in place in your works, you  will save a lot of costs, effort and time which in the long run will make you more efficient and flexible.

Low Content Publishing Step #4. Work on your manuscripts and covers.

You can create your interiors or manuscripts yourself using Word document or Power point and export them to PDF. You may also hire somebody in Fiverr or Upwork to work on your manuscripts and covers. You may use Canva- free or pro in your interiors and covers, too. You can join Canva here

Design your covers according to your categories and titles. My family is helping me with these. My daughter, who is a grade schooler as o this writing, creates amazing cover designs in her free time when she is not doing her Lesson Modules or in her online class.  Most of her designs  have been uploaded to KDP and are now LIVE at the Amazon bookstore. She is so happy and my husband and I are so thankful  and glad as well.

Low Content Publishing Step #5. Publish your Low Content books

After the covers and manuscripts have been finalized, upload them to KDP, set pricing and publish.

Low Content Publishing Step #6. Advertise or Promote your Low Content books

To be found in amazon is neither easy nor hard especially if you have applied the best strategies and procedures but is the competition is very high especially these days, you need to step higher in order to be found. How do you do this? You advertise or promote your products. Social media platforms is one of the most effective way to advertise for free.

Resources and Tools

Here is a list of resources we personally use in our Low Content publishing business.

•        Microsoft Word - FREE
•        Microsoft Powerpoint - FREE
•        Microsoft Paint -FREE
•        Adobe Acrobat-FREE
•        Canva Pro
•        CreativeFabrica.

As a beginner, you may use all those resources mentioned to start building a passive income. Yes, there is a great passive income in Amazon. Here is a proof that building a strong foundation and clear goals for a business gives good results.

As of this writing, there are now over 200 Low and No Content books which are now LIVE at the KDP Amazon bookstore.  Some of these are already making income for us. Our goal is to add more low content books during the year and continue to add consistently in the next years to come.

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments." -Jim Rohn