I completely agree with Andrey. I published a workbook myself, including an ebook version, without adapting the sections meant to be filled in. After just two days, the ebook was blocked for exactly that reason. If you adapt the workbook to meet the ebook guidelines, the question is whether it still makes sense as an ebook at all. After all, it is supposed to be a workbook. If you change it too much, I’m also not sure how different the ebook can be from the paperback before that potentially causes other issues. Since workbook-style ebooks hardly sell anyway, in my opinion, it’s probably best to skip the ebook version altogether.

I bought Atticus before PublishFlow existed, and I still use it. When it comes to formatting, I don’t fully trust PublishFlow just yet. 😉 There have always been a few annoying glitches, and most importantly, the preview doesn’t exactly match the final PDF export. That can cause problems with manually inserted page breaks. So, I export the book from PublishFlow as a DOCX file and import the whole thing into Atticus. I then go through each chapter and fix anything that wasn’t imported correctly, such as tables or bullet points. So far, I’ve found this to be the easiest workflow, and the finished book simply looks better. I can imagine that Atticus may eventually become unnecessary as PublishFlow improves, but for now it’s still very useful.

I'm currently testing Adigy.ai for Amazon Ads automation and have been running it since the beginning of May. According to the creator, you should give the tool at least three months before judging its performance, so I'm still in the early stages. At this point, I'm honestly undecided about whether it's worth it for me. May was definitely better than April, but I can't say with confidence whether that improvement was actually caused by Adigy or by other factors. And of course, it's not enough for the tool to perform slightly better than my manual ad management. It has to perform well enough to cover its own cost and still generate additional profit. My suspicion is that even if it does outperform my manual ad adjustments, my KDP account may simply still be too small for the economics to make sense right now. That said, it definitely saves a lot of time, which is a benefit that's hard to ignore. I'd be happy to post an update at the end of June or beginning of July after my second month of usage if people are interested. Has anyone here been using Adigy long term and can share their experience?

@Lisa Jackson @Laura Lopez Arana Here’s my update after two full months with Adigy. The short version: I’m still undecided, but the picture is more mixed than my first May results suggested. I compared the Amazon Ads data with my actual KDP orders and royalties, rather than looking only at reported ad sales. May initially looked very strong, but a single unusually large multi-copy order distorted the results quite a bit. Without that order, May was actually rather weak. June was more encouraging for my established books. I saw some indications that the campaigns may be learning and improving, and the results were better once I separated existing titles from a new launch. However, the overall improvement is still not strong or consistent enough for me to say with confidence that Adigy has covered its monthly cost. The biggest advantage is definitely the time saved. I now spend almost no time managing ads, and it really does work close to fully automatically. The campaign setup for a new book launch was also handled well. The trade-off is that there are relatively few options to steer or fine-tune what the system is doing. Spend can ramp up quickly, especially during a launch, and I would also like the reporting to be more detailed and transparent. So at this point, I wouldn’t call Adigy a failure, but I’m not ready to recommend it purely based on ROI either. I can see why it may work better for a larger, established catalogue where the time savings and cross-book effects have more value.