Follow this checklist to create, illustrate, and publish a profitable AI‑generated children's book on Amazon KDP.
Based on: How To Make Money Selling Claude AI Kid's Books (Tutorial) by Joshua Mayo
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What if you could write, illustrate, and publish a children's book on Amazon without drawing a single image or writing a single line of text yourself? That question probably sounds too good to be true — but Joshua Mayo did exactly that, and his kids love the result.
Here's the frustrating reality most aspiring self-publishers face: the idea of creating a children's book feels overwhelming. You assume you need artistic talent, writing experience, or thousands of dollars to hire illustrators. So the idea sits in your head, collecting dust, while other people are quietly earning $3,700 to $5,800 per month selling simple picture books on Amazon — books written by authors you've never heard of, with no profile picture and no following.
Imagine instead waking up to royalty notifications from a book you built in a weekend. A 24-page, fully illustrated story with a consistent character across every single page — created entirely with AI tools you likely already have access to. Picture holding your finished book in your hands before it goes live, knowing parents are already searching Amazon for exactly this type of story for their kids. That's the outcome this checklist is designed to help you reach.
Joshua Mayo has personally published two AI-generated children's books on Amazon KDP and documented the entire process in precise, repeatable detail. He shows you how to find proven niches using Amazon's own search suggestions, how to validate demand before you spend a single hour creating, and how to use Claude and ChatGPT together to produce professional-quality manuscripts and illustrations. He even solves the hardest problem in AI illustration — character consistency across 24 pages — with a master reference image technique that keeps your character looking the same from page one to the last.
This PDF checklist captures every one of Joshua's nine steps in clean, actionable order. From niche research and book concept generation, to assembling your files in Canva with the correct bleed settings, to uploading your manuscript and cover to Amazon KDP with the right settings for a full-color picture book. Every tool, every dimension, every setting is spelled out so you don't have to pause the video twelve times trying to remember a number.
Download the checklist, open Claude and ChatGPT, and start building your first book today.
Every checklist item comes with actionable notes to guide you — things like "Don't forget to do this before you start," "Avoid this common mistake," or "Set a reminder for 30 days out." Nothing vague, just clear next steps.
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