- In my previous video on profitable Kindle niches in 2017
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I covered some popular and lucrative
Kindle publishing categories.
As you can imagine, those Kindle publishing niches
are highly competitive and a bit hard to break into.
That's why today, I thought I'd share five untapped
Kindle publishing niches that you may just have
a fighting chance in making a little extra cash.
Don't go anywhere.
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Before we jump in to the top five
untapped Kindle publishing niches,
I'd love to hear from you.
What kinda crazy categories have you found
while browsing the Amazon Kindle store?
Did you publish in those rare niches
or did you pass because of its obscurity?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below
and I'll do my best to address everyone.
If you'd like to know how to add
your book to additional categories,
then make sure you review my post on how
to choose a category in 2017.
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I think you should know, there's a right way
and a wrong way to add categories.
In my search for untapped Kindle publishing niches,
I saw many books improperly categorized.
This could be due in fact to Amazon miscategorizing
a book based on key words or the publisher unfairly
leveraging the top of a Best Seller's list
for financial gain.
Hey, if you're one of those guys, then more power to you,
however based on Amazon's track record,
they'll close up that loophole
and you'll be back at square one.
If you're going to categorize your book
make sure you get in the right browse paths.
Now, let's talk about the five untapped
Kindle publishing niches in 2017.
I'll be frank with you in that I did a little digging,
but did not scour all the Amazon Kindle store.
It's my hope that you get inspired
to do a little digging yourself.
You may just find a unique category
you can dominate in right away.
Number five: Depositions.
This unique category is filled with a ton
of court cases in legalese style books.
The number one book is sitting at
a reasonable rank of 100,000.
However, I can't say slots below that
are faring much better.
As soon as you get past the top three books,
the ranks begin to break the 200,000 mark
in the paid Kindle store.
Meaning that you have a fighting chance in Depositions.
Number four: Oral and Maxillofacial.
This category is hyper-niched down under
the broad browse path of medical e-books
and sub-categorized under surgery.
The number one best selling book in this category
is ranking 130,000 in the paid Kindle store.
As soon as you pass the top three books
the rank drastically drops to the 300,000s.
It certainly seems that if you're going
to publish in this niche, then you better come
with your A game and specialized understanding
of face and mouth surgeries.
Number three: Maritime.
The top selling book in this niche
is approaching the 200,000-mark,
with a current rank of about 174,000.
You'll notice, too, that the book carries
a one star with a reader complaint of poor editing.
Someone should drop the author a link to my video
about seven self publishing mistakes
that kill your business.
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Number two: Serbo-Croatian.
The number two book in this category
is edging close to the 200,000 rank and it sits
at about 185,000 in the paid Kindle store.
I skipped the number one book,
because it's clearly miscategorized.
Ketogenic diet in English
with zero reference to Serbo-Croatian in the book
is the key indicator of its miscategorization.
The ranks drop considerably past the top three
and the rank even hits the half million mark
at the number 10 slot, so there's clearly
plenty of opportunity here.
Quite a few of foreign language study
and reference sub-categories remain untapped,
so make sure you browse through them
to see if you can fill the demand.
And the number one untapped Kindle publishing niche
is Computing, Internet, and Digital Media.
This one came as a surprise to me
especially considering all the buzz
surrounding recent breakthroughs in technology,
but if you pay close attention, you'll see
that the sub-category it's under is Japanese.
The number one best selling book in this category
has a 305,000 rank in the paid Kindle store.
Curious, I searched the book on Amazon Japan
and came to find out it's doing much better
in that market at the rank of 24,000
in the paid Kindle store.
This is further proof that you can invest your time,
money, and energy in a book and see success.
It just may not be in the Amazon U.S. marketplace.
I understand this isn't an exhaustive list
and it certainly leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
After all, if not many people are buying
then is it worth pursuing?
My thought is, that if you can find your niche audience
then all you have to do is market and promote it right.
That requires more effort than simply publishing
and praying for the best.
That's all the time we have for today
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Until later, this has been Self Publishing with Dale
and I'll see you guys soon.