MI350: Building a Self-Publishing Empire w/ Nick Di Fabio

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In today’s episode, Patrick Donley (@JPatrickDonley) sits down with Nick Di Fabio who, prior to discovering Amazon KDP, had 30 jobs before the age of 30. He has since gone on to make over $1 million in Amazon KDP royalties, had a successful exit, and is now helping others clone his self-publishing strategies. You’ll learn how to get started in Kindle Direct Publishing , how to select profitable niches, how AI is changing the publishing landscape, how to 80/20 your marketing efforts and so much more! Nick discovered Amazon KDP while working a 6 pm to 6 am job and has since gone on to publish over 250 books that continue to make him royalties. He also runs Publishing Profits Academy where he teaches others how to build a self-publishing business. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - What Amazon KDP is. 06:56 - How Nick found his niche in self-publishing. 07:58 - What are the demographics of people who pursue Amazon KDP. 10:02 - How publishing has changed in the past decade. 13:09 - How Nick selects niches to write about. 21:56 - How AI will continue to change the publishing landscape. 29:10 - What to do to 80/20 your marketing efforts. 35:47 - How to create an exit strategy in publishing. 42:46 - Why do people create a book as a business card. 49:26 - How Publishing Profits Academy was born and what people learn in it. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Checkout: 1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly. Books mentioned: The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch. Books mentioned: Deep Work by Cal Newport. Books mentioned: 50th Law by Robert Greene. Books mentioned: 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Books mentioned: On the Shortness of Life by Seneca. Books mentioned: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. Books mentioned: Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Fiscal.AI Connect with Patrick: Twitter Connect with Nick: LinkedIn | Twitter Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:02.0	And to have 1,000 people that sort of appreciate what you do goes a long way because there's
0:08.5	a word of mouth and so many benefits from having that sort of core group.
0:12.0	It certainly applies to publishing for sure.
0:14.6	When you launch these books, you want to make the most of those first few readers, right?
0:19.4	Whether it's 100 people, a thousand people or more,
0:21.8	because you know that if there's a positive experience there, it will absolutely lead to them
0:27.1	telling people that they know about your book.
0:31.8	Hey, guys.
0:32.8	In today's episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Nick DeFabio, who, prior
0:37.1	to discovering Amazon KDP, had 30 jobs before the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Nick DeFabio, who, prior to discovering
0:37.8	Amazon KDP, had 30 jobs before the age of 30. He's since gone on to make over $1 million
0:43.4	in Amazon KDP royalties, had a successful exit, and is now helping others clone his self-publishing
0:50.0	strategies. You'll learn how to get started in Kindle Direct Publishing in this episode,
0:54.7	how to select profitable niches, how AI is changing the publishing landscape,
0:59.5	how to 8020 year marketing efforts, and a whole lot more. Nick discovered Amazon KDP
1:04.3	while working a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. job and has since gone on to publish over 250 books
1:10.4	that continue to make him royalties.
1:12.7	He also runs Publishing Profits Academy, where he teaches others how to build a self-publishing
1:17.4	business.
1:18.5	This was a fun episode for me.
1:19.9	I'm a huge book lover and was fun to learn about the self-publishing business from Nick.
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