Here is the recording for the March 2026 Book Club meeting those of you who couldn't make it tonight.

For those of you that care, I finished the Ai Book Trailer. This is my first time learning the tools and learning how to put a trailer together. I liked the images that Midjourney was producing but I wasn't satisfied with the character consistency. It was good but I learned that Nano Banana on Higgsfield is the best generator for character consistency. So I redid the whole project using Nano Banana and I am well pleased with the results. Let me know what you think and yes I need to redo my cover whenever I get time but this will work for now. I may even do a little advertisement experiment to see how it performs on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Maybe have them run before the big booktube accounts? @Kimber Hardick @Kimberly Davis @Melanie Hodgkiss @Fred Oliver

Sorry guys for not posting much this week. I have been getting baptized in Ai and it is both fascinating and terrifying. I am creating a hyper realistic book trailer for my second book as a practice exercise to learn Ai video. This trailer is not edited or cut in any way. It doesn't have the narration or the sounds effects to make it immersive. It also doesn't have all the shots so I have more shots to finish it. Then cut it down. I just wanted to show you what the visuals can look like for a Ai book trailer today. This trailer is literally the opening chapter of the second book in my Multiverse Discovery book series. The main character Meadow wakes up in another reality than the one she was inside in the first book. She is in a medieval Forrest and later town. She is able to enter the king's city where the story really begins. We only get 3/4 of the way into this trailer when it ends here. I have to go to bed so I cant finish it tonight. Let me know what you think so far with my limited knowledge of Ai tools. Paul Roberson

I am currently building a reality blurring Bookstagram account for the two main characters in my book. I am learning Ai and how it could be used by authors. Figured I would blog about it as I learn. If you want to see what Ai is capable of then you can follow my book’s Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/multiversediscovery/ My main characters Rhett Mayes and his daughter Meadow are Bookstagrammers in their world. The first two young adult books they are posting about are attached below as well as the image I will be posting to Instagram.

I'm not sure if this is open to everyone or just IBPA members, but for those who want their books available in libraries and bookstores, this may be beneficial. IBPA is the Independent Book Publishers Association and it's a little pricey to join, but I did the math, and the member benefits it offers will help you break even. If you are aiming high and want to learn how to get on bookshelves and not just sell to online retailers, learning about IngramSpark may be helpful. Just thought I'd share. https://www.ibpa-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2039594