Without Spending All Your Time Writing
I'm Britt Malka, and I get you.
Kindle Vella is a HUGE opportunity right now, because the competition is ridiculously low.
And yes, it's for nonfiction as well.
But not as you know it.
Splitting Up Your Book Into Chapters Won't Do It
Kindle Vella is Amazon's new platform.
Readers can buy stories, one episode at a time.
Each episode must contain between 600 and 5,000 words.
So it's tempting to take an unpublished nonfiction book, split it into chapters with 600 - 1,000 words in each, and then publish each chapter as an episode, right?
Sadly, it won't work that way.
The thing is that the books on Vella are written in a particular way, or they won't get interested readers.
For one thing, you must "sell" each new episode in the previous one.
Think Netflix. What makes people binge series after series?
Something that arouses their curiosity, right? They MUST know what happens next.
And we usually don't have that kind of curiosity-builder inside our normal nonfiction books. People have bought the whole book. We assume they will keep on reading.
That's not the only difference. In fact, there are several you must know about before you start publishing.
But Maybe You're Asking Yourself: Is Vella Worth it For Nonfiction Writers?
Some will say “no.”
They look at it this way:
You’ll only get paid around $0.005 per 100 words.
I say this is a limited mindset. Vella offers a much bigger advantage than just getting paid $0.35 for a full story.
Advantages like:
I see Kindle Vella as a great opportunity for nonfiction writers.
You get all the above advantages AND get paid while you’re writing and learning.
Imagine that.
You have an idea, a vague idea perhaps, for a book you may want to write.
It’s in the self help niche. Or it’s a biography. Or maybe it’s about spirituality. At any rate, you’ve never written a book about that topic before.
And you wonder if you can do it.
And if it will sell.
Imagine that you can test your idea by spending only 15 minutes per day for a week.
By then, you’ll know whether your idea will float or sink.
You may even be gathering followers, weeks before you finish your book.
You may be making money, weeks before you finish your book.
And perhaps for the first time, you see yourself as a published author. You did it.
Your dream has finally come through. Without the anxiety. Without the endless worrying and speculation.
Now all you have to do is continue.
All You Have to Do Is to Make a Few Small Tweaks to the Way Your Write Nonfiction, and You're Ready to Publish Your Episodes, Make Sales, and Gain Followers
The "old" ways don't work on Vella.
You cannot add images or tables.
You must write in a particular way to get readers.
And you must leave your reader eager to unlock the following episode.
If you don't know how to do those things, you can forget about getting your books read on Vella.
What You Don't Have to Do
You don't have to write long books with hundreds of pages. In fact, shorter is better.
You don't have to bend over your keyboard for hours just to produce one chapter. Fifteen minutes will often do it.
You don't have to pay for expensive covers. A picture will do.
You don't have to spend hours writing a description for your book. A few words are enough.
And you don't have to think long about each word you put down. They will start flowing from your fingers, once you know the right way to do this.
