Review: Kindle Publishing Report by Rosa Suen

I was fortunate to receive review copies of two new reports by Hong Kong writer/entrepreneur Rosa Suen about publishing non-fiction books for the Amazon Kindle.

The one I'm reviewing today concerns creating Kindle e-books with good money-making potential. The other, which I'll review in a separate post, is about how to capitalize on the new Amazon KDP Select program (if you're particularly interested in this topic, here's a link to Rosa's sales page for this product now).

Both these reports are currently on sale as WSOs (Warrior Special Offers) at the Internet Marketing Warrior Forum. As you may know, people typically launch new products here at a discount in the hope of getting good reviews and building 'buzz' about their products prior to the main launch.

Rosa's Kindle Publishing Report is a concise (34-page), step-by-step guide to devising a (non-fiction) Kindle title with good sales potential. It's sold as an instant download in the standard PDF format.

In 18 practical steps, Rosa takes you from researching ideas, through outlining your e-book, to creating and marketing it.

One thing I should make clear is that this is NOT a guide to publishing low-quality e-books by copying and pasting PLR or out-of-copyright titles. Amazon is cracking down hard on this, and it is not now a viable business model (if it ever was). Rosa’s philosophy is summed up at the start of the book, where she writes:

The Quickest Way To Succeed: Find Out How Others are Succeeding.
The Most Effective Way To Succeed: You Must Be Original and Create Your Own Success.

One thing I particularly liked about the report was the way Rosa uses examples of her own Kindle e-books, alongside bang-up-to-date sales figures and other information. I was particularly impressed by the way she shows how even unknown authors can piggyback on the popularity of best-sellers. It wouldn't be fair to give away too much here, but reading how Rosa developed an outline for one of her own successful e-books from a starting point of Steve Jobs’ biography is a real eye-opener. This is the type of thing many people would never imagine themselves being able to do, but Rosa’s positive, ‘can-do’ attitude is both encouraging and inspiring.

Rosa doesn’t go into great detail about writing and formatting a Kindle e-book. Of course, there are other guides that cover this (such as my own Kindle Kash), or - as Rosa says - you can always outsource some or all of this if you prefer. Essentially, this is a guide to researching a non-fiction title with good sales potential, outlining it, and marketing the finished e-book. It is unashamedly a guide to making money from Kindle publishing, but doing so in a way that does not sacrifice quality for short-term profits.

I found the marketing advice both interesting and thought-provoking. Rosa has some great tips on pricing your book, based on her experience as the successful author of around 200 Kindle e-books, and she also offers some advice on using the KDP Select opportunity to make your e-book available for lending to Amazon Prime customers. As mentioned, she does have another report, which I'll be reviewing separately here soon, which goes into much more detail about how writers can make the most of Amazon Select.

Rosa's Kindle Publishing Report is illustrated throughout with helpful screengrabs. It won’t win any prizes for its prose style, but it’s perfectly readable and understandable. If you're looking for ideas and inspiration for creating money-making Kindle e-books from someone who really has 'been there, done that, and got the tee-shirt', in my view it's well worth the modest fee requested (on which there is, by the way, a 30-day unconditional refund guarantee).

UPDATE: My blog review of Rosa's other report on Kindle publishing, about the opportunities presented by the KDP Select program, is now available to view here.

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of Rosa Suen's Kindle Publishing Report. In addition, the links in this review include my affiliate code, so if you click through and make a purchase, a proportion of the fee will go to me. This has not influenced my review in any way, but you should of course complete your own due diligence and read the sales page (and this review) carefully to determine whether this product will be relevant to your needs.

Photo of Amazon Kindle by the author.