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How to Make Money ($2,700/Month) Publishing Amazon Kindle eBooks with No Writing

Before the Dark Ages, the industrial revolution, the birth of technology, and even the internet — we had books. Books are one of the few constants that distinctly identify human culture. But with the birth of digital products and the internet, one thing has changed, and that is the explosion of eBooks.

With Amazon, Kindle eBooks have become a booming business, and writers of all types are creating a name for themselves, and making a nice income. Self-publishing has flipped the script on the traditional publishing model.

With the internet as our platform, anyone can create a new stream of income for themselves, of course with a little work. That’s where Saeed Rajan of Escape Your Desk Job comes in.

Saeed has been making around $2,700 a month by publishing eBooks on Amazon, and he hasn’t written a word himself. When Saeed wrote to me about this, I knew it was my duty to share his story and create this case study interview on his first book, so you could learn more about this opportunity.

Use Saeed’s experience as a model, and you could be well on your way to a brand new stream of passive income. In my opinion, this is a fantastic way to get started as a solopreneur and get your feet wet. I even mention self-publishing as one of my top 15 solopreneur businesses in this post.

Below is my case study with Saeed…

Why did you decide to get into eBooks publishing?

I didn’t have a lot of time to start a business from scratch, so I was looking for a passive income (spend money to make money) type of venture.

I had a couple friends who were making a killing from selling apps on the App Store, but I didn’t have enough courage to put that sort of money into a project that I wasn’t familiar with.

After a bit of research, I learned that self-publishing eBooks was a very similar model to producing apps, but it was a lot cheaper and a lot easier to get done. [Arman’s note: If you do want to create an app, use this 8 day app business plan]

The costs weren’t too high, so I didn’t have to even think twice about it. After posting a couple job descriptions for my first eBooks, I realized how much more simple it would be to find an author as opposed to an app developer.

How much did it cost?

My first eBooks cost me a total of $375. I paid $350 to get the book written, and I paid $25 to have a professional looking book cover made for the book.

How long did it take to make your first sale?

From the time I decided to publish an eBook, to the day I got my first sale was exactly 2 weeks.

My first eBook was published on February 8, 2013, and my first sale(s) came on February 10, 2013. I remember it like it was yesterday – I made a whopping $9 in profit in that one day.