Listing #97973
Amazon KDP — Romance
- Asking price
- $872,977
- Monthly profit
- $25,086
- Owner workload
- 5 hrs / week
- Implied profit / owner hour
- $1,157.82
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Listing #94912
Live listingAmazon KDP — Romance
Independent analysis by Digital Deal Research · Listing data: Empire Flippers
- Amazon KDP
- Romance
Asking price
$1,190,151
Monthly profit
$43,121
Seller-reported monthly average
Owner workload
10 hrs / week
Seller-reported
Listing multiple
2.3× annual profit
Marketplace: 28× monthly SDE
- Monthly revenue
- $43,798
- Seller-reported monthly average
- Profit margin
- 98%
- Business age
- 1 year
- Days on marketplace
- 43
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Research snapshot
What the disclosed figures show
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Worth investigating
- Owner workload is above the median of comparable listings.
Supporting signals
- All 12 disclosed months were profitable.
- Recent 3-month average profit is 46% above the preceding 3 months.
- Business has been generating revenue for 1 year.
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-disclosed monthly history
12 months disclosed
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| Month | Gross revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $6,477 | $6,243 |
| Nov 2025 | $9,608 | $9,382 |
| Dec 2025 | $17,685 | $17,485 |
| Jan 2026 | $24,615 | $24,415 |
| Feb 2026 | $22,532 | $22,132 |
| Mar 2026 | $23,570 | $22,738 |
| Apr 2026 | $31,272 | $30,144 |
| May 2026 | $59,069 | $58,251 |
| Jun 2026 | $80,678 | $80,011 |
| Jul 2026 | $80,330 | $78,857 |
| Aug 2026 | $82,738 | $81,435 |
| Sep 2026 | $87,008 | $86,364 |
- Disclosed history
- 12 months
- TTM profit
- $517,457
- TTM revenue
- $525,581
- Median monthly profit
- $27,280
- Profitable months
- 12 of 12
- Best month
- $86,364
- Weakest month
- $6,243
- Recent 3m vs prior 3m
- +46%
Digital Deal Research calculations
Return on the asking price
Annual profit yield
43.5%
Annual profit ÷ asking price
Simple payback
27.6 mo
At current monthly profit
Implied profit / owner hour
$995.10
Based on seller-reported workload · 43 owner hours / month
Downside scenarios
These scenarios show what happens to the calculated economics if the disclosed monthly profit falls by a fixed amount. The asking price stays unchanged in every scenario. This is a sensitivity check, not a forecast that profit will fall.
| Scenario | Monthly profit | Annual profit yield | Simple payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | $43,121 | 43.5% | 27.6 mo |
| -10% profit | $38,809 | 39.1% | 30.7 mo |
| -20% profit | $34,497 | 34.8% | 34.5 mo |
| -30% profit | $30,185 | 30.4% | 39.4 mo |
Digital Deal Research calculations
How this compares with current listings
Compared with 10 other Amazon KDP listings
| Metric | This listing | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Asking price | $1,190,151 | $323,120 |
| Monthly profit | $43,121 | $11,057 |
| Listing multiple (monthly) | 28.0× | 30.0× |
| Annual profit yield | 43.5% | 40.0% |
| Simple payback | 27.6 mo | 30 mo |
| Owner workload | 10 hrs | 5.5 hrs |
| Profit margin | 98% | 71% |
- Higher owner workload than 75% of comparable listingsn=10
- Higher annual yield than 60% of comparable listingsn=10
- Faster payback than 60% of comparable listingsn=10
- Lower asking multiple than 65% of comparable listingsn=10
The percentile shows where this listing sits within the current comparison group for each metric. It is a relative position, not a quality rating. A high or low percentile does not by itself mean that the business is better or worse, and it is not a recommendation.
Digital Deal Research observations
Points raised by the disclosed numbers
Worth investigating
- Owner workload is above the median of comparable listings.
Supporting signals
- All 12 disclosed months were profitable.
- Recent 3-month average profit is 46% above the preceding 3 months.
- Business has been generating revenue for 1 year.
- Annual profit yield is above the median of comparable listings.
- Listing multiple is below the median of comparable listings.
- Higher annual profit yield than 60% of comparable listings.
- Faster payback than 60% of comparable listings.
- Lower asking multiple than 65% of comparable listings.
Marketplace disclosure
Owner workload reported by the seller
10hours per week reported by the seller — about 43 hours per month.
Recurring tasks disclosed by the seller
- Identifying profitable market opportunities and planning future publishing batches
- Running AI-assisted book production pipelines for research, drafting, editing, translation, and cover creation
- Reviewing generated assets and packaging final EPUB, covers, and metadata
- Manually creating KDP listings and completing AI-content compliance disclosures
- Monitoring catalog performance, rankings, reviews, and sales trends to adjust pricing or metadata
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-provided information
Written by the seller / broker
Seller-provided summary
This listing is for an Amazon KDP business first monetized in May 2025, operating in the Men's Adventure, LitRPG and Fantasy Romance niches. The business manages a digital publishing portfolio focused on mature fantasy fiction, combining progression-based storytelling, game-inspired mechanics, supernatural characters, and romance-oriented themes aimed primarily at an adult male readership. The Amazon KDP account features a catalog of more than 500 books across five primary pen names plus a long tail of smaller experimental pen names used for niche testing, including translated editions of existing titles. …Read full seller summaryShow less
This listing is for an Amazon KDP business first monetized in May 2025, operating in the Men's Adventure, LitRPG and Fantasy Romance niches. The business manages a digital publishing portfolio focused on mature fantasy fiction, combining progression-based storytelling, game-inspired mechanics, supernatural characters, and romance-oriented themes aimed primarily at an adult male readership. The Amazon KDP account features a catalog of more than 500 books across five primary pen names plus a long tail of smaller experimental pen names used for niche testing, including translated editions of existing titles. Revenue is diversified across Amazon marketplaces: approximately 40% is generated in the US, with the remaining 60% spread across more than ten international Amazon marketplaces, the largest of which accounts for roughly 19%. Multiple titles have accumulated several hundred customer reviews and rank within the top 100 of various Kindle subcategories. The catalog includes both multi-volume series and standalone titles, designed to encourage read-through and recurring readership, with the business benefiting significantly from KENP earnings. The portfolio has experienced rapid growth in both readership and revenue over the past year, with revenue stabilizing at a substantially higher level in recent months, while advertising spend has remained under 1% of revenue. The business is highly streamlined, with the Seller dedicating no more than 10 hours per week to operating AI-assisted production workflows, reviewing performance, and identifying opportunities for expansion based on the performance of different segments. Rather than writing books line by line or relying on external writers, editors, or employees, the Seller utilizes a repeatable custom AI-assisted production system covering market research, concept selection, outlining, drafting, editing, translation, artwork creation, and quality assurance. The system is model-agnostic and not dependent on any single AI provider. This systemized approach enables the business to publish approximately 10 new books per week while maintaining a lightweight operational structure. The Seller will provide 30 days of training on the production system and 60 days of technical troubleshooting, and will hand over the business with pre-orders already scheduled for the buyer's first month. This represents an attractive opportunity for Buyers seeking a rapidly growing KDP business in the Men's Adventure, LitRPG and fantasy-romance space with strong organic momentum and a highly automated, scalable content production process.
Transition
Seller supportThe seller is willing to offer 30 days of hands-on training and question-and-answer support for the automated content generation system, along with included video and written instructions. They will also provide an additional 60 days of troubleshooting support for the AI content generation side if anything changes, breaks, or needs adjustment.
Reason for saleThe Seller would like to explore other opportunities.
What is included
- Website of primary author
- Website of secondary author
- SEO Website
- KDP Account
- Author Central Account
- Voices inAudio
- Draft2Digital
- Amazon Ads
- Email Marketing Software
- Email List
- All Images & Copy Materials
- Software Tools
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-disclosed opportunities and risks
Not written or assessed by Digital Deal Research
Seller-disclosed opportunities
- Leveraging growing author followings to expand account reach
- Optimizing AI targeting using bestseller performance data
- Scaling the current publishing strategy as algorithmic rewards increase visibility
Seller-disclosed risks
- Change in writers, writing styles, or the book creation process could impact sales
- Amazon algorithm changes could cause traffic to fluctuate
Business profile
Operating details
- Primary markets
- US, DE, GB
- Registered in
- EE
- Customer type
- B2C
- Trademark
- None disclosed
- Private blog network
- Not used
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