No content and low content kdp hardcover books are a relatively new offering on the amazon platform
and as such present a great business opportunity. So in this video i'm going to give you my top
niches, top picks of types of books that I think would do well in the hardcover format.
And that's not just now in the run-up to the christmas holiday period but that's also
through into 2022. So if you're looking to get into the publishing business looking to make money
online using your computer or laptop from home or anywhere in the world for that matter or you've
already got some soft cover books published and you want to convert them to hardcover format to
make some extra money then follow along as I give you my top picks. Now, if you've not been to this
channel before then welcome my name is Paul Marles and I do videos on how to make it keep it and
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I produce more videos like this. So why would you want to produce hardcover books in the first place?
Well the main reason is of the perceived value by the customer. These books tend to have a more
premium feel, more professional feel and they also last longer. So when i was looking or thinking
about the types of books that I thought would sell particularly well I bore those factors in mind
but also thought about books that people would want to keep on a more permanent basis and also
books that people would tend to give as gifts because I know if I buy books for people, whether
it's for birthdays or christmas I tend to buy the hardcover version because of that higher perceived
value. Ok, so let's get into the list of my top picks of niches or types of books.
First of all we've got, it's more of a broad group of books ,and that is the blank lined
notebook. Now why would this be particularly good in the hardcover version? Well it's because they
are often given as gifts. Now the advantage of blank lined notebooks is that they are easy to
create and if you've already got some created and published they're also easier to convert into the
hardcover format and in fact I've done a video on that which i'll leave a link to below. And here in
the the top right hand corner. Now I know there are those soft cover versions of notebooks like this
one I've got here which just gets scribbled in, fill them with lists shopping lists, that type of
thing and then get thrown away but there's also those like the one I've got here, in the hard cover
format, that can be kept for years and years and maybe filled in as a type of
diary, ideas, list of things that people want to keep permanent records of. So I think that
provides a very good opportunity and also I've got quite a few ,I don't know how many,
500 blank lined notebooks, many of which tend not to sell particularly well during the year
but when it comes up to the christmas holiday period the sales of those really start to ramp up.
And i've got quite a few with funny quotes on the on the cover so I think because of
the gift-giving nature of blank lined notebooks I think they would do well as a hardcover version.
So if you have got those in the softcover version, start looking at converting those to
the hardcover format because it's easy, it's free of charge and really there's nothing to lose. Ok,
the next type of book is the planner and the reason why these would do well as a hardcover
version is because people will tend to keep these for a year, 15 months or so. But they
put them in jacket pockets, they put them in bags and can get a bit of a beating so the hardcover version
will give it that longevity. Will last longer and you can see here in the listings
the hardcover versions of these types of books are quite popular, got extremely low bestsellers
ranks so sell well. And again, now in the run-up to christmas, early 2022 is a good time to get these
published because that's when they tend to sell the best as does the next book which is the diary.
Now this can be a year diary it can be an academic diary, for about 15 or 16 months, or it could be a
five year diary. Again people like the hardcover version because they want it to last for a long
period of time and they can sometimes get a bit of a beating. With a soft cover book you might
find after a few months it starts to look tatty and starts to fall apart. And again as you
expect very low best sellers ranks as we can see here with these types of books and in fact most of
them listed here on the first page are hardcover books. Now yes 20 000 results for diary for the
search results, so high competition. So if you were to go into niches like these you would need to
look at some niches, different themes of types of diaries that people might like to buy and also
a good one is different professions. So an example off the top of my head would be diary for teachers,
again competition for that might be quite high but you could think of lots of different professions
that could pertain to these types of books. Next we come to a particular group of niches that are
very similar and these are types of books that people will fill out over a 12 month period or so.
But not only fill it out over a longer period of time but will also keep them for a longer period
of time. And the first example I've got of this is the affirmation journal. This is where you might have
a quote, saying, motivation quote each day or each week that people will read
and get benefit from and again good best sellers ranks. Very popular. Again you might need to niche
down, target particular markets for these types of books. Another niche related is the prompt journal.
Now these are interesting.Iit's a huge niche which I might do a video on very soon actually. I was
quite surprised at the the opportunities here and again people will fill these out on a daily basis
usually or or maybe a weekly basis and they're prompts to do things like writing or drawing
or sketching. And there's lots and lots and lots of sub-niches within this. We can see here we've
got a 52-week mental health journal, very good best sellers rank and so this may be filled out
just on a weekly basis or on a daily basis. And if we look through the best sellers ranks these are
very good and present a good opportunity. again a similar book similar vein is the gratitude
journal. Again a particular type of book that sells well, lots of low best sellers ranks and these would
be books that people would fill out and keep for a long period of time. Now we come on to a book that
people would keep for a very long period of time, maybe years, and that is the password journal or
password notebook. Again a lot of competition, 3000 search results, so you could niche down to target
particular interest groups. But when people fill these out they want to keep them for a
long period of time, understandably. Now I know you might think well who's filling out these,
there's not a big market, people now save their passwords electronically on software like Lastpass.
Well nothing could be further from the truth. There are lots and lots of people that want to keep
permanent records of passwords in written format and in fact I do the same with certain types of
passwords. And this is born out by looking at these best sellers ranks here 8 215, 17 000 which are
selling very well. And you can see there's a lot of offerings for the hard cover versions of books so
I think if you were to do a listing of the softcover, hardcover version they'd sell particularly well.
Now the next type of book is a niche that I do particularly well in. I've mentioned this before in
previous videos and this is the business related logbooks. And the reason these do well is because
again people need to keep these for a long period of time and quite often for legal reasons. Now
I'm thinking about things like accounting ledgers, again great low best sellers ranks, the ledger book,
bookkeeping record books. There's other types of books in this niche but if you're looking
at these types of books the reason people often need to keep these for a longer period of time
for legal reasons is for things like tax reasons. Now I know in the UK you need to keep,
it's around about five years worth of records. I think in the US that may even be seven years.
So businesses will often buy these in the hard cover format just because they last
longer and sit better on the shelf in an office. Now I'm in the process currently
of converting all my business related logbooks into the hard cover version because it's free
and there's the opportunity for more sales. Now one of the objections to hardcover books is that
they cost more to produce so you'd have to sell them at a higher price but when it comes to the
gift-giving books that's less of an issue. People are willing to pay that extra price. And when it
comes to the business types of books well these are classed as a business expense so again is not
so much of a huge factor. So I've given you these niches here. Now I'm sure you guys have thought of
some other books ,some other niches, other types of books that would do well in the hardcover format.
If you have got some thoughts on that then please do let me know in the comments below because I'm
always looking for good ideas myself and I think it's good to have that two-way conversation
and I try to answer all comments on this channel. So please do go ahead and let me know. Now,
if you've not created a hardcover book before and are wondering how you create one of these
in the first place well I've done a video on that here where I take you through the creation and the
upload process of one of these types of books. Thank you very much for your time
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