364: Public Domain Publishing: $100,000 Selling Classic Books on Amazon

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Looking for a part-time side hustle where you get can your inventory for free and there are almost no startup costs? This week, I’m excited to introduce the side hustle of public domain publishing. This is the art and science of republishing classic literature - where the copyrights have expired - and earning passive royalties when your version sells. Because these works are so old, they’re available online for free - but many Amazon shoppers and Kindle owners will pay to have them delivered straight to their device. I think any business where you can get your inventory for free is pretty compelling! Since 2013, Aaron Kerr has pocketed over $110k in royalties through this very part-time side hustle. You can see all his public domain projects over at TimelessReads.com. Tune in to hear how this business model works, Aaron’s advice on what to publish and how to get past Amazon’s gatekeepers, and how to differentiate your public domain books from everything else out there. Full Show Notes: Public Domain Publishing: $100,000 Selling Classic Books on Amazon

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0:00.0	This guy has made over $100,000 selling books he got for free. Here's how to get started. What's up? What's up? Nick Loper here. Welcome to the Side Hustle
0:15.8	show because building assets is fun. This week I'm excited to introduce
0:20.8	the Side Hustle of public domain publishing. This is the art and
0:25.8	science of republishing classic literature in a lot of cases where the copyrights have
0:31.3	expired and then earning passive royalties when your version of it sells.
0:35.8	Because these works are so old, they're available online for free,
0:40.0	but many Amazon shoppers and Kindle owners pay to have them delivered straight to their device.
0:45.5	And I think any business where you can get your inventory for free is pretty compelling.
0:50.5	Since 2013, Aaron Kerr has pocketed over $110,000 in royalties from this very part-time side hustle.
0:58.7	You can see all his public domain projects over at timelessreads.com including the title that for a brief moment anyway
1:05.8	was the number one bestseller in the entire Kindle store. Stick around in
1:11.2	this episode to hear how this business model works, Aaron's advice on what to publish and how to get it past Amazon's gatekeepers and how to differentiate your public domain books from everything else that's out there.
1:23.4	Notes and links for this one, plus the full text summary with all of Aaron's top tips
1:27.3	from the call are at Side Hustle Nation.
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2:07.3	Hiring can be a challenge as notable co-founder Gretchen Heibner discovered
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