Where are my Author Launch Kit users hiding? Even if you haven’t jumped into the software yet, you’ll want to know about the powerhouse training our very own @Shane Vigeant has been rolling out. And guess what—there’s another one happening TODAY at 12pm PST: 👉 How to Find Your Readers Join live here: BookLaunchers.tv Shane’s been on fire with these sessions. A couple of weeks ago he broke down how to promote your book on social media, and if you missed that one, catch the replay here: Watch Now. And if you’re not using Author Launch Kit yet… what are you waiting for? Snag your one-year or lifetime license and get the tools + training that help authors actually sell books, not just write them.

I submitted my Copyright office application today, as well as my Library of Congress app (for LCCN), and also "assigned" my ISBNs in my Bowker account... 🛬 Had those on the "near publication" part of my pre-launch plan for months, and now was the time! It's great checking off so many items on my list as I near the end of "pre-publication" and approach actual "publication"! So exciting! 😊 It's been really great having y'all on this journey with me. We've got a pretty special community here, @Julie Broad ! Thanks for creating this space for us authors to connect and help each other out! 🫶

I've got Elissa, who runs our Books Hub, coming on to help me with Tuesday's livestream. We're going to discuss several factors that can cause your book to be flagged by KDP. We have had it happen with new uploads and with revisions after a book has been out for awhile. It should be a great session. It's at 1pm PST (not the normal time of 2pm PST). https://youtube.com/live/PBmRUvrGASc

I understand the software is also for after launch. When I ask to regenerate for post launch and to reset the date to real time. I get one or the other. If it changes the date/year the media suggestion are about the launch. When it changes the media suggestions to post launch the year and month shows the launch year. Is it me?

SXSW has chosen two of my talks to be put up to a panel vote. They use the vote tallies to choose the final ones that get to take the stage. You have to create an account (takes a few seconds) then place a heart beside the talk title. That is it!! Your votes would really help me. Thank you!! The links for my sessions so you can vote are here: https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-edu-auth/page/community-voting/session/1753456154345001c4vk And https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753454780013001gwFC