Did you see the live on Tuesday with Sarah Bean (Book Launchers) and Evan Gow (Story Origin)? Story Origin is a great tool for beta reader management, selling ebooks, and so much more. I love Story Origin and Evan is doing so much work to develop the software into something massively valuable (at a low cost) for authors. You can get a copy with our link here: https://www.booklaunchers.com/origin Here's the video if you missed it.

Does anyone use the blog section (?) on their website? If you do use that blog, do you use it as an adjunct to the book or books or just for SEO and AEO draw to the website?

So, last night was pretty special... It was Village Enterprise‘s annual donor appreciation event, and Taddeo Muriuki got to be THE first person to get his hands on the authors proof copy of Your Business Growth Playbook. He quite enjoyed the chapter on Impact at Scale where I introduce readers to Village Enterprise and the work they’ve been doing around the globe... Every copy of my book sold directly supports Village Enterprise and their outstanding work in eliminating extreme poverty through entrepreneurship. I've been supporting their organization for the past 10+ years and their impact has grown SO much over the past decade. This impact is real and measurable. To date: ✅ Over 300,000 entrepreneurs have been trained. ✅ They have facilitated the creation of over 100,000 businesses. ✅ This work has directly transformed the lives of over 2,000,000 people. Out of over 225,000 nonprofits evaluated worldwide by Charity Navigator, Village Enterprise is one of only three nonprofits to have received a perfect four-star 100% rating and the only international nonprofit with a perfect score. It was really special to share an evening with their leadership team in from all over the globe, and to support such an incredible cause. And they're of course so excited about my upcoming book! 🤩

Today’s my birthday and an amazing present came in over the weekend: A print proof of the paperback version of Your Business Growth Playbook! 🤩 It’s beyond exciting to hold in my very hands a physical copy of the book that’s been in my head for years, and in production for over 10 months! 🎯 As for hitting my goal of 50 early reviews by my birthday? We’re SO close at (as of this morning) 41 early reviews! That’s 82% of the way there! And – like me – the day is young! Who do you know that would want early access to my book and be willing to share an early review today so I can hit my goal? Invite them to join us on our launch team right now! 😊 If you haven’t yet taken a moment to share your early review… right now would be great! It’ll only take a moment! Help Me Hit My Birthday Goal! Share Your Early Review Now! 41 wonderful folks already have – maybe even you – and for that, I thank you. And now… I’m off to enjoy the rest of my birthday!

I’ve seen some great conversations about titles this week, and it got me thinking, for those of you further along in your publishing journey, how did you land on your title? Did it come to you early and stick, or was it a long process of testing and tweaking? For those still brainstorming, what’s been your biggest struggle so far in finding the ‘right’ one?