A Step By Step Guide To Making Money From Amazon Kindle Publishing:

1. Create an Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Account. If you already have an Amazon account, use it to sign into the KDP system. If not, create a new KDP account.

2. Add a new Kindle ebook (a “new title”). Since this is your first book on Amazon, you won’t have any titles listed yet. Click the box that says “+ Kindle eBook” to add a new Kindle book.

3. Enter your book title and subtitle. Your book title is critically important. Readers start judging your book the instant they see the cover, and the title is the first thing they read.

4. Enter the Author's name. If there is more than one Author, enter the other names using the Contributors box.

5. Enter your book description

6. Verify your publishing rights. If you are the book's author, choose the radio button that says: “I own the copyright, and I hold the necessary publishing rights.”

7. Choose your keywords. Think about these carefully. When you fill in these boxes, what you’re really saying is: When people enter these words in an Amazon search, I want my book to come up.

8. Choose two categories for your book

9. Choose the right age range (if this applies).

10. Choose your book release option.

11. Select DRM rights. Make sure you enable DRM. Digital Rights Management prevents people from copying your book and sending it to others for free.

12. Upload your book and book cover.

13. Preview Your book.

14. Choose your territories (preferably all territories).

15. Choose your royalty and pricing.

16. Publish

Amazon Direct Publishing is a very profitable endeavour. And let me give you an idea for a book. If you used to be a scammer, why not consider turning a new leaf and writing a book tentatively titled ‘Memoirs of a Repentant Scammer’.

Believe me, such a book will be an international bestseller. And instead of ending up like Hushpuppi, you could be singing a deal with Netflix for your book to be made into a movie or TV series.

No joke! Fifty Shades of Grey, perhaps the most successful book published in the last ten years, was self-published on Amazon Direct Publishing by the British author, E. L. James (whose real name is Erika Mitchell.

E. L. James has herself expressed shock at the groundbreaking success of her book, which she wrote in a state of excitement after watching the ‘Twilight’ movie series.

These are her exact words, "The explosion of interest has taken me completely by surprise."

The book series has sold 180 million copies worldwide and earned E L James £114 million. And this is a work she did as an amateur, like you. It was hard first book. She had no experience. All she had was access to the Internet and a smartphone and laptop. You have the same thing in your hands while complaining that you are unemployed!