3 startup ideas using data/trends to get you paid featuring Dickie Bush & Nicolas Cole
May 22, 2024
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5 min readA Niche Publishing House for LitRPG: The Supply-Demand Mismatch on Amazon
The conversation opens with a striking data point: there are lit RPG books on Amazon doing a quarter of a million dollars a month. LitRPG—literature that reads like playing a video game, complete with quest givers and flashing buttons—is a subgenre that's exploding in popularity. But here's the catch: there are far more readers than writers. As one of the speakers puts it, "What's so interesting about this subcategory on Amazon is that there's way more readers than there are creators."
The Opportunity in Underserved Niches
The core insight driving this episode is the identification of supply-demand mismatches within Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing ecosystem. The speakers walk through a specific example: LitRPG, a subgenre where readers want to consume stories that feel like playing a video game, but the writing quality, cover design, and branding remain low. Most authors in this space are indie writers producing work that looks amateurish. The opportunity, as one speaker frames it, is to walk into that subcategory and "essentially look like a major publisher is taking this over, but it doesn't cost that much money."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Lit RPG: A Mismatch of Supply and Demand** - The hosts introduce the concept of Lit RPG (literary role-playing games), a fast-growing subgenre on Amazon Kindle Unlimited where demand far exceeds supply.
- 2 (06:48) **Ad Break: BoringMarketing.com** - A brief ad for an SEO service.
- 3 (07:41) **The Core Idea: Arbitrage in Kindle Direct Publishing** - The hosts identify the core opportunity: finding subgenres with a supply/demand mismatch and flooding them with high-quality, branded content.
- 4 (10:56) **Riffing on the Idea: Analog Twitch & Female-Oriented Lit RPG** - The hosts brainstorm a specific angle: creating female-oriented Lit RPGs, targeting the growing female gamer demographic.
- 5 (14:00) **Gen Z Reading Habits & The Anti-Tech Trend** - A discussion on whether Gen Z reads, and the potential for a cultural shift back to reading as an "anti-tech" activity.
- 6 (17:19) **The Female-Oriented Lit RPG Opportunity** - The hosts synthesize the data: female gamers are growing, female readers are the majority, and Kindle Unlimited subscribers binge-read, creating a massive opportunity for female-led Lit RPGs.
- 7 (20:56) **The Entrepreneurial vs. Writerly Mindset** - The hosts discuss how entrepreneurial people use data to find opportunities, while talented writers often ignore market data.
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Show Notes
Join us for an insightful discussion with Dickie Bush, Co-Founder of Premium Ghostwriting Academy, and Nicolas Cole, Co-Founder of Ship 30 for 30. We discuss how writing entrepreneurs can leverage Chat-GPT and Kindle Unlimited to build a profitable portfolio of books in underserved niches. We'll explore various career paths for writers and share innovative startup ideas to kickstart your success in the writing industry. Don't miss out on this episode packed with valuable tips and strategies for aspiring authors and entrepreneurs!
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Episode Timestamp
00:00 Intro
02:45 First business idea: LitRPG Series
06:47 Boring Marketing
13:44 Is GenZ Reading Books?
17:24 First business idea: LitRPG Series Part 2
21:18 Partnering with an Operator
24:39 Writer Career Paths
27:08 Second business idea: AI-Powered Publishing House
32:07 Third business idea: Analysis Tools for Niche Marketplaces
33:25 Framework for Structuring Startup Portfolio
35:56 Fourth business idea: Trends for X industry
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