In past years when I filmed a video looking into the year ahead I said things like 'reviews are still important, audiobooks continue to grow, and build your own audience' and all of that remains true however this is the first time I've looked ahead and gone 'woah - this year is going to be really different than past years!'. Things changed A LOT this year and it's setting 2026 up for some big shifts. Are you ready? If you aren't feeling ready ... let's chat about it in the comments here or on the video!! We want to set you up for success.

I toured you around a few offers today, showed you which ones I liked and why, and had some fun. It was a quiet pre-holiday live so hopefully see more of you next week!! https://www.youtube.com/live/bJB1slZIrv0?si=mzTHOv5J4WZB1j5m

We are putting the final touches on our speaker line up for this event ... happening here in Las Vegas in March. We're gathering 50 fabulous authors (or soon to be authors) in a room to help you build a book and a business around that book. I'd love to have as many of our Author Lab members there ... so if you want to come, send me a direct message and I'll give you a discount code to lock in your ticket for less than we're selling it to the public. Details at: www.authorsempireworkshop.com

Suze and Joe Solari who have Author Nation in Las Vegas each year (the largest indie author conference) have a survey out to see what authors would like a deeper dive workshop session on at their event in November 2026. If you are considering coming to Las Vegas for the event &/or there is a workshop session you'd like to see, you can complete this form. Of course, if there is something on book marketing or building your author brand or book marketing assets or the future of book marketing applied today, non-fiction book writing that I could host as well you can request it (and me) as the instructor. This is not required though ... they just want to know what people want deeper sessions on. These are a couple of my photos from this year :) https://app.smartsuite.com/form/so8pqexh/1wseVWdjxR

Maybe not the most exciting topic ... but definitely good if you aren't familiar with LCCN or CIP blocks. :)