The Premium members' group is growing rapidly, and it seems necessary to arrange a weekly event to keep everyone up to speed. Fridays at 15:00 UTC seem the best option to include Europe, the U.S., and Asia. It will be: 7:00 (PST) in Los Angeles 8:00 (MST) in Denver 10:00 (EST) in New York 16:00 (CET) in Berlin 23:00 in Singapore 🗓 The first call will be held the day after tomorrow. Please add it to your calendars. If you want to and can participate, it will be a pleasure to chat. Anyway, the first parts of the calls will be recorded and clipped to YouTube as educational materials for the Guided Publishing System. After the formal part of the calls, including presentations of Guided Publishing System functions, the recording will be turned off, and we can discuss any interesting questions off-record. The calls for the Premium tier will be held every week till the end of March 2026.

You saw the chart. Eight months, 22x royalty growth, 15x profit. Not magic – process. Now I'm setting the next target: $5,000/month by the end of 2026. And I'm doing it publicly, with full transparency on what works and what doesn't. Here's what changed in my thinking going into this year. Low-content got me to $50/month on autopilot. Switching to a quality-first mindset got me past $3,000. But scaling further requires something I spent the last few months building: a repeatable system that doesn't depend on my mood, my schedule, or lucky niche picks. I'm calling it the Guided Publishing System. It's not a course. It's not a prompt pack. It's a structured workflow — built around the idea that AI can do the heavy lifting in execution, while the decisions, creative direction, and judgment calls stay with us. That's what produces defensible, platform-compliant books that actually sell. And that's what separates publishers who plateau from publishers who compound. I'm not ready to open it up fully yet. But I'm looking for a group of serious publishers – people already making something on KDP, already past the "does this even work?" phase – who want to run this alongside me in 2026. What that looks like in practice: Real numbers shared. Real process documented. No cheerleading – just what's working, what broke, and how I'm adjusting. If you're plateaued somewhere between $50 and $1,000/month and you're done waiting to figure out what the next level actually requires, this is worth paying attention to. If $5,000/month is a thing of the past for you, it's amazing! Let's target 5x growth, for example. More details on the Premium tier upgrades will be available soon. Watch this space. --- The chart shows my trajectory from Jan-25 through Dec-25. Your numbers will be different. I hope you will crash it.

I know it's hard to believe I didn't plan yesterday's post in advance, and I didn't plan to publish this one after it. But yesterday I understood that burying our heads in the sand is not sustainable, and we need to accept changes and move forward with eyes wide open. I started writing "Our Skool" last year as a way to address the shift from social media to interested media. There were already early signs that KDP self-publishing would be disrupted too, but it wasn't obvious to me yet. Now the puzzle is solved. So, if you're asking yourself what to do in a time when books become a commodity, one of the answers is already published. Actually, after publication, I was not completely sure whether I had written it at the right time or if I had been a little rushed. And the first feedback from @Pamela Henkels dispelled doubts. The time is right. If you want answers now, you can read the book. If you do not want to spend money and are ready to wait, I will share my vision on the transformation and ways forward here, in the Guild. As for the book, it's a paperback-only for now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLF1JTP5. Ebook become available later.

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As you probably know, I published the book I have been working on for the last few months this week. For me, primarily, it is not a book for earning royalties, but a guide to a part of the new economy emerging right before our eyes. In some way, it's a trial balloon to test whether there is a space for such a type of book on the market. As you can imagine, I would be happy to get feedback from the target audience, and luckily enough, the target audience is you. If you want to give your input and you have Amazon Prime for free delivery, I would be more than happy to cover the cost of the book via PayPal. Shoot me a message if you're down to it. Why don't I just publish the link? It's for the next few weeks. Today, I want to get private feedback to understand whether it was worth it.