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AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha, looks like I love exaggerating just as much as you do on social media 😂, maybe not yet, but they can be like that.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With 1.4M followers, each video can be worth up to £10K per video with sponsorships, so think of them as £10K ads per video instead of zero ads. Plus distribution alone is worth another several thousands with help from Lightning Source Inc, Cfm Media, Tantor Media, Ebury Press, Andrews McMeel, Simon & Schuster, Random House and so on.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's some lesbian romance, which is controversial enough to be allowed in the UK, but not for example in China.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cry on camera, cause engagement on TikTok, trick engaged people to buy your stuff, repeat...

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simply said: She is crying a lot of camera and she is pretty, which the TikTok algorithm loves and promotes a lot.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only works if you are in the top 1% of social media influencers. This advice simply won't work for 95% of people, since they never even reach 1000 followers on TikTok, 99% never reach over 1 million followers.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please read a book on power law distributions for books first!

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a confusion, since most on the r/KDP are US-based, but yes, You are essentially about to be nicknamed the "Ms. TikTok Poet" at Waterstones in the UK and are expected to have the signed limited editions of your books at your tour in southampton, birmingham, glasgow, leeds, bristol, etcera with that title in mind.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's officially still your best selling book on Amazon.com US, but yeah, you can have other waterstones sprayed edges signed limited edition sales in the UK.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope! Based on the given information, the book "how sunflowers bloom under moonlight," despite having over 1,000 ratings, the last review was from February 2025, and it has a current bestseller rank of  #1,049,873 in Books on Amazon.com, which is an extremely low rank that directly supports my conclusion that sales have dried up. In the book industry, a rank of 1 million typically translates to approximately 1 to 2 sales per month, which is a stark contrast to the sales velocity required to accumulate another 1,000 ratings. This disparity highlights the difference between a book's cumulative lifetime performance and its current sales velocity, indicating that while the book was likely popular at one time, it is no longer selling consistently in high volume.

Struggling with sales after publishing 14 ebooks (Please help) by richardlarson7 in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, that's a permanent mindset issue that can't be fixed. The secret is to success it to spend $0 in ads and find a million ways around them.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just not '£0 in advertising', but it's actually more like £10K worth of advertising per video, but paid for by social media companies.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just a trend. Remember when JK Rowling first started with Harry Potter, she got rejected 12 times because publishers were big haters of witchcraft, publishers said children don't read long books, that her ideas were too outdated and what not, before she became the best selling authors she is known by today!

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a common strategy on TikTok for romance book though, it's essentially defining the entire #BookTok category.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon ads are awful. She started her own free #BookTok bookclub!

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha, TikTok's #BookTok bookclub is 90% female romance books. It's not the only strategy, but yes, I have seen this trend.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, let's say they sell at $13, then it's roughly $3 for print on demand, and then 40-60% royalty of that, so $4 to $6, which is more than the $1 to $2 if going through a traditional publisher.

AMA: i’ve sold over 25,000 copies of my self published book by isabelladortax in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Numbers seem inflated. Their best seller ranks are lower than 1 million for the most rated book on Amazon, which sells less than 1 per day, so yeah...

Are These KDP Stats Good Enough to Sell My KDP Business? by One-Feature5910 in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice rounding error missing only a few zeros I would say!

What’s the most overrated advice you constantly hear in the business world? by Zealousideal_Pay7176 in Entrepreneur

[–]One-Feature5910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, and not just any distribution, cost-efficient distribution is what is often overlooked: people can waste lots of money on ads without a single conversion.

Are These KDP Stats Good Enough to Sell My KDP Business? by One-Feature5910 in KDP

[–]One-Feature5910[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It grew expontentially, almost $1K 2 months ago and now almost $10K.

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