Children’s books are some of the most lucrative low-content book niches out there, but they’re also some of the most competitive.
As with any other low-content book niche, you need to drill down as far as you can within the children’s book niche to find those untapped or underserved subsegments that are waiting to be exploited.
Learn about five of the most lucrative children’s low-content book niches by watching this video or reading below.
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Hidden Gem #1: “How to Draw” Books
The first hidden gem I’d like to share with you is “how to draw” books.
While it may seem that these books would be difficult to create, they can actually be quite simple. To get started, go to your favorite quality stock image website (my favorite is Creative Fabrica), select a vector image, open it in a vector editing program, and essentially deconstruct it.
This particular book, How to Draw 101 Animals, is #436 on the Best Sellers Rank, which means this book is CRUSHING IT!
To further research this niche, I use Publisher Rocket. If you’re not familiar with Publisher Rocket, it’s essentially a keyword research tool. For more information, check out my Publisher Rocket tutorial, How to Use Publisher Rocket to Conduct Keyword Research For Your Low-Content Books.
A keyword search for “how to draw” shows that this niche is pretty competitive. I like to look for searches that are greater than 1000, but since there are some opportunities to pair this keyword with other competitive keywords, I would definitely explore it further.
For example, let’s explore “how to draw anime for kids 9-12.” I’ll use Publisher Rocket’s Competition Analyzer to see what the monthly sales are and who’s currently publishing in this space.
Keep looking down the keyword list to uncover some possibilities. Ask yourself if, based on your own skill level, you could be competitive in this area.
Hidden Gem #2: Dot Marker Activity Books
Dot marker books are designed for use with all dot or dab markers, crayons, paint daubers, etc. This dot marker activity book teaches kids shapes and numbers.
You can see how simple it would be to create something like this:
My tutorial, “How to Create Your Own Coloring Book from Scratch” could help you make something like this.
Hidden Gem #3: Color By Numbers Books
Color by numbers books are a great way to drill down in the coloring book niche. To create these books, simply use stock vector images from a site like Creative Fabrica. Strip each image down to its basic components and add numbers and a color legend.
You can see that Publisher Rocket research of the keyword “color by number activity book” indicates a decent search volume and competitive score.
Hidden Gem #4: Connect the Dots (Dot to Dot) Books
Kids love dot to dot books! They’re also fairly simple to create by deconstructing simple vector images from your favorite stock image website.
When you research this in Publisher Rocket, be sure to check out both keywords: “connect the dots” and “dot to dot.”
Hidden Gem #5: Spot the Difference Books
Spot the difference books are also easily created using high-quality stock imagery or your own artwork.
While some of these books are full-color, you’ll want to keep costs down by printing in black and white. One thing you can do is to market these as “spot the difference coloring books.”
You can see by the data in Publisher Rocket that searches for these aren’t quite as high, but there is definitely an opportunity to find some hidden gems.
There you have it! 5 hidden gem low-content books for kids that you can analyze to see where you can compete. Here are a few bonus tips and even MORE book niches to explore.
Bonus Tips for Uncovering Hidden Gems
- Use age ranges when doing additional keyword research
- Always look at the full range of what’s already out there and try to spot what’s missing. Are there any underserved age ranges, themes, or other angles?
Some More Children’s Book Niches to Explore
- letter tracing
- handwriting practice
- cut and paste
- workbooks
- paper craft (cutouts)
- sight words
- puzzle books
- scissor skills
- riddle books
- “Baby’s First…” or “Toddler’s First…”
- timed tests
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