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Hey everyone! 👋 Just got approved and wanted to introduce myself to this amazing community. I’m Lawrence. I’ve spent the last 9 years deeply embedded in the self-publishing space, digital marketing, and book architecture, helping high-value creators structure and launch books that build real authority. But right now, I'm wearing the author hat myself! I’m currently deep in the trenches of writing a non-fiction book designed to help modern creators build undeniable brand authority through strategic publishing. I’m here to absorb the brilliant energy of this lab, connect with fellow action-takers, and add value to anyone mapping out their chapters or KDP strategy. Drop a comment below and let’s connect—what is the core hook of the book you're currently working on? Let's win together! 📈

Hello to all my new non-fiction writer colleagues! I'm Lauriann and I live in Philly. My first book was published in 1995 by a small publisher in Seattle. The subject was injury prevention for massage therapists, and it was the first book ever on that subject. He was inexperienced and gave me progressive royalty rates: I think it was 15% for the first 5000 books sold, then 20% for 5-10,000 books sold, and 25% after 10,000 books sold. In the first six months, we sold 15,000 books. He never imagined the book would sell so well and he'd have to pay me so much money! So he started cheating me on my royalties, which led to an arbitration, which led to me getting the rights to my book (and half the money he owed me). I tell this story as a cautionary tale!! I started a publishing company, had the books reprinted, and started selling the book myself using a fulfillment company. I took other jobs, but I wrote articles for industry magazines, spoke at industry conferences, and sold my books at those conferences and also to many massage therapy schools worldwide who made it required reading (something to think about if you have the right book subject). In 2006, I met an ergonomist/massage therapist and together we worked with a professional association to create the first statistical study of injury prevalence among massage therapists. We then decided to write the second edition of the book together (see my bio for the name of the book), published in 2008. It started out well, then the financial crisis hit and I lost all my school and other customers. I sold the rights to someone else, and went into a different field. I worked in that field (wine and wine tours in Europe - I'm a French certified sommelier) until COVID hit, and that was the end of that. About 2 years ago, I realized that the person publishing my book had let it go out of print. After 6 months out of print, the rights reverted to me and I decided to write the third edition of the book, which I once again self-published last December. Except now, I'm doing POD - what a difference! It's on Amazon in all its countries, and I use Ingram and Bookvault for international distribution.

1. My book topic is:​ I have two books in the works. A mini-book about equitation science for therapists and a ethics workbook for equine assisted mental health. ​2. I’m currently in the stage of:​ foramtting and editing. ​3. My biggest challenge right now is:​ Time and money. ​4. My goal over the next 30 days is: keep breathing.

Hi everybody, My name is Alfredo Borodowski, and I was the Grand Prize winner at the last Summit. That was crazy! I'm an international consultant and keynote speaker specializing in positive psychology, helping leaders and organizations thrive in times of uncertainty and disruption. My book, The Human Upgrade: The New Leadership for the AI Revolution, is ready. I'm holding off on the launch until I have a well-executed marketing strategy in place. I'm excited to be part of this community and hope I can contribute something of value. Alfredo