Let's play a little game of 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛... that book is earning. Without using tools, I want you to find out how much this book is making per month!! 🐣 The Complete Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens Here are a few facts: 👉 It's been published for a year 👉 Has 58 reviews 👉 It's independently published with KDP 👇 DROP YOUR GUESSES IN THE COMMENTS AND I WILL REVEAL THE ANSWER LATER ⭐

Today’s Community Spotlight Award goes to Lara Knutzen — and this one is WELL deserved! 🎉 Lara has been one of the 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 members of this community for MONTHS. Seriously, she is dedicated to her publishing goals, consistently shows up, participates, and has been absolutely CRUSHING the leaderboard month after month. 🔥 And she doesn’t just publish — she is doing some really creative things with her books. 🌎 Lara speaks multiple languages and is a master of translations, translating her books AND audiobooks to reach new audiences. 🤖 She is also finding some incredible ways to incorporate AI into her publishing workflow. 🎧 AND she runs her own Skool community, 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦, where she helps others learn more about creating and growing with audiobooks. Now that Skool allows community reviews, Lara also took the time to leave an AMAZING review for this community, which I am incredibly grateful for. ❤️ Lara, THANK YOU for being such a consistent part of this community and for showing everyone what it looks like to keep showing up and working toward your goals! 👇 Everyone help me celebrate Lara in the comments! And if you’re interested in audiobooks, translations, or creative ways to use AI in publishing, make sure you go check out what Lara is doing!

Publishing tools are easier to access than ever, which is amazing—but we still have a responsibility to publish ethically. ✅ 𝗗𝗢 - Use photos, graphics, and illustrations you created or have permission to use. - Use properly licensed stock images, fonts, and design elements. - Check commercial-use rights before putting anything into a book or on a cover. - Create original covers, descriptions, interiors, and branding. - Get permission when using identifiable real people in your books, stories, or marketing. - Use AI as a tool to assist your work while still reviewing what it creates. - Respect other authors, creators, community members, and their intellectual property. - Fictionalize identifying details when you're inspired by real-life situations and do not have permission to share them. 🚫 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 - Do NOT use someone else's personal photo on your book cover without written permission. - Do NOT assume a photo is free to use because it was posted on Facebook, Instagram, Skool, Google, or another website. - Do NOT publish stories about real people in a way that makes them identifiable without considering consent and privacy. - Do NOT copy another author's cover, title treatment, description, interior, branding, or content. - Do NOT use AI to recreate someone's likeness or work and assume that makes it okay to publish. - Do NOT take screenshots, community posts, private conversations, or personal information and turn them into book content without permission. - Do NOT assume that because you technically can publish something, you should. ⭐ 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 If you would feel violated, embarrassed, or uncomfortable finding out someone published it about YOU without asking, think twice before publishing it about someone else. We can build profitable publishing businesses while still respecting copyright, consent, privacy, and other creators. What would you add to this list? 👇

Today we officially crossed 1,800 members in the community, and we’ve been growing FAST! 🚀 A huge part of that growth has come from YOU sharing the community, referring other authors, and spreading the word. So THANK YOU! 💗 And now… let’s see how far we can take it before September 1st! 👀 📣 The community is scheduled to switch to PAID on 9/1, so if you have friends, fellow authors, or aspiring publishers who would benefit from learning how to self-publish, now is the time to send them over! 💰 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞! When someone you refer upgrades to one of our membership plans, you earn 40% commission. Sharing really CAN pay. 😉 🏁 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘: The #1 referrer for August will win a ONE-WEEK PINNED POST inside the community! (Referral Race leaderboard update coming soon… 👀) 📚 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘! The Book Directory has also been updated! If you submitted your book recently, listings from the last 24 hours should now be live. 🎉 Now I want to hear from you… 👇 What’s one publishing WIN you’ve had since joining this community? Drop it in the comments! 💗 Next stop: 2,000! 🚀

Okay authors, time for a little fun! Choose your answer for each one — no explaining your way out of it. 1️⃣ Would you rather… ✍️ Write 10 books that sell moderately well OR 🔥 Write ONE book that becomes a bestseller? 2️⃣ Would you rather… 📱 Go viral on TikTok with your book OR 📌 Get 1 million Pinterest views on your book pins? 3️⃣ Would you rather… 📝 Never have to edit another manuscript OR 📣 Never have to market another book? 4️⃣ Would you rather… ⭐ Have 1,000 Amazon reviews OR 💰 Make $1,000/month consistently from one book? 5️⃣ Would you rather… 🏝️ Get a one-week writing retreat completely paid for OR 🎧 Have your next audiobook professionally produced for you? Drop your answers below! And YES… you have to pick. 😆