Niche: Books, Information, Culinary

Listing Details

This listing is for an Amazon KDP business created in October 2019 in the books, information, and culinary niches. Included with the Amazon KDP account are 150 (98 live), eBooks paperbacks, and hardbacks across ~20 pen names covering a variety of culinary, technology, hobby, and general interest topics. There are several highly-rated books with many positive reviews. Content creation is outsourced and the business requires minimal effort to maintain.

The business generates all revenue through Amazon KDP. The Seller runs advertising on the US, UK, CA, IT, DE, and ES platforms. Translating the books into German, Italian, and Spanish to increase sales on these markets is an interesting avenue of growth for a Buyer to explore. The Seller has contacts within the translation industry that can be shared with a Buyer.

There are 150 books in the account but 98 of them are currently live. The Seller choose to set the books that weren’t selling to draft status. All of the books have a kindle and paperback version with some also having a hardcover version. There are also nine books in blocked status because they had a plagiarism issue or other content-related issues.

The Seller spends around three hours per week on the business primarily optimizing Amazon ads. When launching new books, they also spend time researching keywords, creating briefs for the copywriter and graphic designer, and getting the books ready for publishing. The Seller works with both individual freelancers and ghostwriting agencies to create content. The Seller uses VAs or other paid services to send newly published books to professional reviewers.

Opportunities for growth identified by the Seller include relaunching old books to give them a boost and creating book bundles. The Seller states that branching out to other in-demand topics could also provide a Buyer with an interesting avenue of growth to explore.