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PotentialT2
Niche "Rescue/Restoration" AI Ebooks
Use AI to one-click generate obscure must-have PDFs (like a vintage leather bag restoration guide) and sell them through Reels DMs
Digital PublishingT2
Digital Publishing
#2
$140/dayT2
The Audiobook Second Format — Re-selling a Book That Already Works
Never guess a niche twice: take an ebook that is already selling, produce the audio version for a few hundred dollars, and stack a second royalty line onto a title you have already validated.

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Digital PublishingT2
Digital Publishing
#3
$894,000T1
The GoodNotes Digital Planner (a single $894K Etsy listing)
One PDF planner built specifically for GoodNotes, sold on Etsy, at $894,000 in lifetime sales from one listing
Digital PublishingT1
Digital Publishing
#4
$80,000PROT2
GRC for Mere Mortals — a governance, risk and compliance career channel (Nicole)
A YouTube channel about corporate compliance paperwork — arguably the most boring topic on the platform — hit $80,000 in a single month before it had 60,000 subscribers
Digital PublishingPROT2
Digital Publishing
#5
$97,000T2
Rachel Richards' Two-Book Royalty Engine (Money Honey / Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement)
Two self-published personal-finance books, $75 total spent on ads, ~$97,000 in royalties in a single year — years after they were written.
Digital PublishingT2
Digital Publishing
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$1M/yearT2
Starter Story (analysed as a model to copy)
Interview founders, publish the numbers, and sell access to the archive — about $1M a year off 4,000+ case studies, and the reason a rival concluded the moat is simply five years of interviews nobody else wants to do
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Digital Publishing