There is more than one way to make money selling books on Amazon. You can set up an Amazon Store and sell books from there. These will be physical books that you will have to source, buy and stock. You will also have to fulfil all orders and accept payment from your customers. This method can work well, though you do need to stay organized and maintain a good business sense of the situation.

You can make money selling books on Amazon by writing your own book, submitting it to CreateSpace, a sister company of Amazon, and having it published there. That will get it listed in the Amazon marketplace a week or so after. CreateSpace will print your book on demand, so no stock to keep or fulfilment to worry about.

This is easier and potentially more profitable than it sounds. The kind of books you should sell for the best results are not fiction adventure stories, but simple "how to" books. These are the kind of books that tell people how to put up a shelf in the sitting room, for example, or how to change a car tyre.

There is a flourishing market for this type of book and Amazon is the ideal place to sell it. The customer will get a physical book that he or she can sit and hold, rather than an ebook made of electrons on a computer screen. This will add perceived value to the book.

1. Research the kind of "how to" book you want to write. Look through similar books on Amazon. If there are already ones with similar titles to what you would like to do, check them out. If you can do better you can still sell them.

2. Write the book. Keep it simple in a step by step fashion, a bit like this article. Use a word processing program to do the book layout. Use large font sizes and try to keep on tip or step per page. The book need not be more than one to two thousand words, though three or four thousand words would be fine too.

3. Use relevant images to enhance the book. Make sure you have the right to use the images - don't steal them from copyrighted sources. Clipart is good for this. It can provide a light-hearted effect that keeps the whole thing moving along without getting too heavy and difficult.

4. When your book is complete, check it thoroughly for typos, grammar and spelling mistakes, correcting as necessary. When you are satisfied with the result, create a PDF version of it. If you use the free Open Office word processing program you can create your PDF directly from within the program.

5. Follow the instructions given in CreateSpace for publishing your book. Use their wizard to create a great looking cover, pay the amount due and submit the book for consideration. If all is well they will send you a proof copy for you to approve. Once approved your book is available for the general public to buy from Amazon.

It would be possible to create a book a day, or at least two a week using this method. Amazon will do most of the promotion and publicity for you. However, you can easily create your own website to help promote it through Amazon too. You will make money selling books on Amazon this way.