Today I want to highlight @Dr. Shermnae Jones she is a Former Dentist · PMP-Certified · AI Strategist · Certified Master Life Coach... and now she can add AUTHOR to her list too! 😉 She came in, joined 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺, started creating coloring books… and loved what she was learning so much that she referred an incredible 𝟳𝟲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 to our community last month! 🤯👏 That alone is impressive, but she didn’t stop there. She hasn’t created just one or two coloring books… She has already created 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥! 🎨📚 Her series is called 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻, designed to inspire and uplift women of color: ✨ 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴 ✨ 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 🎄 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯: 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 🎃 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯: 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 This is exactly what I love seeing in this community: learning something new, taking action, building a catalog, and then sharing the community with others along the way. Huge congratulations to @Dr. Shermnae Jones 🥳 Drop her some love in the comments, and if you’ve been thinking about creating your first coloring book, let this be your reminder that one book can quickly turn into a SERIES. 👏

Launched my non-fiction book on August 26th and ran KDP Select free days starting the 29th. I went through the storefronts one by one to see where it actually landed—and it went further than I ever expected. The Geographic Breakdown: - United States: #1 Chronic Pain · #1 Pain Management · #1 New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing (peak #655 overall free Kindle store) - United Kingdom: #1 Disorders & Diseases · #1 Alternative Medicine · #1 Spiritual Self-Help - Germany: #1 Mental & Spiritual Healing · #1 Pain Management · #1 Self-Help for Spirituality - Australia: #1 Sacred Self-Help · #1 Pain Management · #1 New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing - Canada: #1 Chronic Pain · #1 Mental & Spiritual Healing - Netherlands: Peak #172 overall free Kindle store (my best rank of the whole run!) - India: #2 Spiritual Self-Help · #3 Personal Health eBooks - Mexico: #4 Health & Family (Foreign Language) 14 #1 rankings · 9 distinct categories · 8 countries · $0 ad spend. (Full transparency: these are the free charts, not paid—a smaller mountain, and I'd rather state that clearly than let anyone assume otherwise. But hundreds of readers now have the book in places I never would have thought to target.) Final Hours: The book is still 100% FREE on Kindle until midnight PDT tonight: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF2RBHWX Healing Isn't Your Job is about my 38 years living with chronic illness, and what shifted when I finally stopped using the mind to fight for wellness. (No Kindle device needed—you can read it on any phone or laptop via the free app). Good luck to everyone launching this month!

A huge congratulations to @Baba Sam Shelley who just launched his brand-new book, Healing Isn’t Your Job! Baba Sam has been following the guidance, implementing the resources, and putting in the work, and his book has now reached #1 Bestseller status in all three of its categories: 🥇 #1 in Chronic Pain 🥇 #1 in Pain Management 🥇 #1 in New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing In the book, Baba Sam shares his powerful personal story of living with five incurable diagnoses before transforming his life by learning to let go of what he calls the “head trash.” Healing Isn’t Your Job explores how mental noise, chronic overthinking, and the constant pressure to “fix” yourself can keep your nervous system on high alert. It offers practical tools to release that pressure, quiet the mind, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom—without telling readers to ignore their doctors or change their medical care. Even better, the book is currently FREE on Amazon through 🗓️ September 1st! 👉 GO GET THE FREE EBOOK NOW Go download your copy, support a fellow independent author, and help Baba Sam celebrate this incredible launch! 🎉📚

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🚨 BIG UPDATE 🚨 Amazon just rolled out a new policy change for KDP… and this one is kind of wild 😳 Starting immediately, outsourcing is no longer allowed. That means: - You have to write your own manuscript - No AI tools - No ghostwriters Everything must be 100% written by YOU moving forward. Welp… looks like I’m finally going to have to sit down and start writing all my own books 😅 … .. .. … April Fools 😂 But real talk—this is exactly why learning how to build systems around your publishing (including outsourcing) is such a game-changer. It’s how you scale without burning yourself out.