𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮'𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗱!

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Most grandparents buy the coloring book...

, on the other hand, made one. Then she made four more!

Not bad for someone who says she's not an illustrator and has never taken a single art class. She just really wanted to give her grandkids something 𝘀𝗵𝗲 made, not something she grabbed off a shelf.

And when she was done, it looked like a real book... Because it was!

That's when she had her aha moment. The leap from "a gift for my grandkids" to "a book for sale on Amazon" was a whole lot shorter than she thought.

Between August 20 and September 16, she published five books in total. Four are for kids ages 4 to 8, with robots, animal careers, community helpers, and girls who build things. One is for grown-ups. All are under her own name.

𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵? $𝟬.

Now, you all know I'm all for getting things done for as little as possible, but this next part is what really 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:

Did you know that when you price your books on Amazon, there's a big difference between $8.99 and $9.99? It's way more than a dollar's worth.

Most of us would pick $8.99 because it feels safer and friendlier... except Amazon pays a 60% royalty at $9.99 and up, and only 50% below that. On one of Tina's books, that works out to:

$8.99 → $2.20 in her pocket

$9.99 → $3.69 in her pocket

One dollar on the price tag puts about $1.50 more in her pocket on every single sale. Playing it safe would have cost her roughly 40% of what she earns per book.

Tina did the math before she hit publish, because that's how she rolls. She figures out how it works before she jumps in.

She wrote the whole story on her blog, including what it costs, what you keep, and everything Amazon asks of you that nobody really warns you about. You can click straight through to check out all five books from there.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

And with Christmas right around the corner, why not gift a coloring book made by a real grandma to the little ones in your life? 🎄

We've all made something for someone we love at some point. What's the one thing you made that turned out so good you could have created a revenue stream from it? 👇

@Tina Alexander

🎄 Personal Gifts are the Best! 🎄

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𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮'𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗱!