You’re sitting on eBook gold

By Kim Komando

September 22, 2025

ChatGPT

You’re sitting on a gold mine made of random facts and questionable life skills. I’m talking about things you know, say gardening, budgeting, baking, fixing stuff, navigating tech, prepping, accounting, car repairs, parenting, teaching, you name it.

With a little help from ChatGPT (or your favorite chatbot), turn that know-how into a book and sell it on Amazon. You don’t have to be a writer. You don’t need a publisher. You just need a topic you care about. I helped a family member earn $25,000 with this advice.

🛠 How it works

It’s easier than you think!

1. Pick your topic. What do people always ask you about? That’s your gold mine.
2. Open ChatGPT. Ask it: “Give me a 10-chapter outline for a beginner’s guide to [your topic].” It’ll spit it out in seconds.
3. Expand it. Let the chatbot help fill in each section, then go in and make it yours. Add personal tips, stories and the stuff AI can’t replicate.
4. Polish and format. ChatGPT will clean things up, write a title and even create your back cover summary. Then use a free tool like Kindle Create to format it for Amazon. Here’s everything you need to know.
5. Publish it on Amazon KDP. It’s free to upload. You set your price. Amazon handles the rest.

💰 How much you can make

If you price your book between $2.99 and $9.99:
✅ You keep 70% of each sale.
❌ Amazon keeps 30%.
Example: Sell a book for $4.99, and you earn about $3.50 per copy.

If your book is under $2.99 or over $9.99:
✅ You keep 35%.
❌ Amazon takes 65%.
Example: Sell a book for $1.99, and you only make about $0.70.

Ideas for you:

• “50 Instant Pot Recipes for Busy Parents”
• “A Beginner’s Guide to Container Gardening”
• “Travel Tips for People Who Hate to Travel”
• “Home Repairs You Can Actually Do Yourself”
• “Budgeting 101 for Retirees”

🤫 Insider secrets

• Give it away for free at first. Amazon lets you run free promos for a few days. Use this to build up downloads and reviews. Reviews = sales.
• Go niche. “Pet care” is broad. “Puppy Owner’s Survival Guide” is niche. Specific = sales.
• Short is fine. Many Kindle eBooks are 40–60 pages.

👉 Want to brainstorm ideas? Book a free one-on-one session with me. I’d love to help you write your next success story.

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