Just listened to Melanie Harlow on the Talk Spicy to Me podcast (great podcast by Giana Darling & Kandi Steiner, btw; this was the Jan 28 episode) & they were waxing lyrical about the benefits of Melanie's author group on FB. It sounds like an amazing author resource (like your Millionaire's group, Lee). However, I can't find it, and my #1 Input desperately wants to join. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Hey everyone, I'm currently running a 21-day experiment to revive a dormant pen name (inactive between 2018-2024 and released in too many genres, I'm fixing that!) using a Digital Special Edition framework, and I wanted to share some early tech stack data. Like many of you, I have image-heavy, asset-rich files (mine has custom-embedded soundscapes, running at 20MB). - The Amazon Problem: Under Amazon's 70% royalty, a 20MB file triggers a $3.00 delivery fee penalty per download. If I sold it there for $4.99, I'd net $0.49. Plus, Kindle's legacy rendering strips out custom formatting and flattens images. - The Direct Solution: I bypassed Amazon entirely. I built a premium, fixed-layout ePUB, launched on Kickstarter, and locked in delivery via BookFunnel to protect the margins and handle the tech support. We hit 40% funding in the first 48 hours, but as expected with a cold list, the mid-campaign flatline is real (zero sales today). I am treating this entire campaign as a live audit for direct-to-consumer multimedia formatting. My question for the group: For those of you who have successfully revived dormant backlists or run direct-delivery campaigns for premium digital assets, what did your mid-campaign traffic push look like when you couldn't rely on Amazon's algorithm? If you want to poke at the layout or audit the campaign page to see how the file size/pricing model is structured, here is the live link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lcgiroux/a-regency-romance-like-youve-never-experienced?ref=18stkl&token=b3a86c8e I'd love any and all feedback!

An author friend asked if she'd purchased the old bootcamp - wasn't it lifetime access? She's not sure she's seeing it on Teachable and I thought maybe there was something she's supposed to do to get access to the current bootcamp on Skool?

Would anyone here like to get in on a quick contemporary Cowboy/ranch/western romance Stuff Your Kindle type of day? Here's the form => https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmNty7SAGHFGHOpLDzCFyoNKgjo_kt0nL0FXIagGgSGUL9QA/viewform

I'm sharing this Canva Template: https://canva.link/e9pecojc5fgp05d - make a copy so you can edit in your own account - you can pop your own book in the little ebook template - insert your genre - add a picture from canvas photos, and you've got a ready to go ad image! - Make sure to download as a jpg. be sure to delete the kindle unlimited text if you're not in KU! :) there's a couple other templates in there just for other basic, highly converting ads with white background and for freebies, also just ideas to get your juices going! Here's my sample. This has been converting well for me this past week :)