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AI Story Crafters

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Learn to create short, inspiring ebooks with AI—from children’s moral tales to adult fiction—complete with illustrations, storytelling tips.

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I’m doing something big, bold, and a little fun this weekend.
As @Krista Brea keeps reminding us, research matters before you publish. I spent time there first and I found a niche that I am genuinely excited about. The search volume is massive and the competition is slim. It fits my brand, it makes sense on KDP, and it is something I can move on quickly. So here is the experiment. This weekend, I am publishing a small collection of low content, full color books on KDP. From research to upload. No perfection. Just execution. I will lightly document the process, but the priority is simple: Books published by the end of the weekend. Why I am doing this: - To test speed and decision making - To learn how color printing changes pricing and margins - To see what actually happens when I ship fast instead of waiting Before the weekend starts, I am finishing and scheduling my YouTube content. That is non negotiable. The sprint only works if the weekend is protected. This is not a new routine yet. It is a focused experiment. If it works, I will consider making this a quarterly publishing sprint. If it does not, I will still have real data and real books live. I will share what I learn as I go. Let’s see what focused execution can do. I will keep you posted!
I’m doing something big, bold, and a little fun this weekend.
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What is: "low content, full color books"?
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@Bradley Deacon What is your children's book about? I create them as well in the form of eBooks or flip books.
Your Book Hook Statement
In this thread share the book hook statement that you put together.
Your Book Hook Statement
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@Krista Brea They are meant to be read together depending on the age of the children. I gear them to ages 4-10 usually. The idea is to stimulate conversation in a safe space about moral and ethical dilemmas like lying, stealing, bullying, etc. I don't want to put some of them up on Skool until I decide how I may market them. I can show you one book on bullying if you would like.
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I'd be glad to send you one for free... by DM I can send you a link for a flip book. If you want one - do you want it about lying, stealing, bullying, cheating or one about courage?
Substack
Anyone using substack to market their books. They seem to be quite friendly towards ai users. If you are using it, tell me what you think.
Substack
Amazon Ads Costing You Too Much?
If your Amazon Ads spend feels out of control, the issue usually isn’t ads themselves—it’s not knowing your ACOS and your break-even point. Once you know this number, you can make smarter decisions instead of guessing. 🔢 How to Calculate Your Break-Even ACOS Start with two numbers: - Book price - Royalty per sale Example: - Book price: $9.99 - Royalty: $4.00 Calculation: - 4 ÷ 9.99 = 0.40 - 0.40 × 100 = 40% ✅ Your break-even ACOS is 40% This means: - Below 40% → profitable - At 40% → break-even - Above 40% → losing money on that sale 🎯 What To Do With This Number Once you know your break-even ACOS: - This is the number you should aim to stay under in each campaign - It becomes your decision-making filter for scaling or pausing ads ⚖️ Being Over Break-Even Isn’t Always Bad An ACOS above your break-even point isn’t automatically a failure. Higher ACOS can still make sense if: - Ads are increasing visibility - You’re seeing organic sales lift - The book leads to series, bundles, or audiobooks The key question to ask: Is my goal pure ad profitability, or am I okay investing in ads if total sales (ads + organic) are profitable? Intent matters. 🔧 How I Tighten My Ad Campaigns To avoid wasting money, I rely on campaign budget rules. My approach: - Set a low daily budget per campaign (typically $10–$15) - Create a rule that: This tells Amazon: - “Sell my book aggressively when I’m not losing money” - “Stop immediately when performance slips” ✅ Final Takeaway If you’re running ads without knowing your: - Royalty - Break-even ACOS - Clear campaign goal You’re letting Amazon decide how much you spend. Control the numbers, and the ads start working for you instead of against you.
Amazon Ads Costing You Too Much?
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Here is some further considerations for monitoring your ad spend: Break-even ACOS and TACoS are related but answer different questions: “Am I profitable on ad sales?” vs “Is my overall ad strategy healthy and sustainable?” 1. Definitions - ACOS (Advertising Cost of Sales): Ad spend ÷ ad-attributed sales, usually expressed as a percentage. - Break-even ACOS: The ACOS at which your ad spend exactly equals your pre-ad profit margin (you make zero profit, zero loss on ad-driven sales). - TACoS (Total Advertising Cost of Sales): Total ad spend ÷ total revenue (ad + organic sales) for the same period. 2. How each is calculated - Break-even ACOS 1. Compute unit margin before ads: selling price − product costs − fees (and other per-unit costs). 2. Break-even ACOS = (unit margin ÷ selling price) × 100. Example: Sell at 50, costs and fees 32 → margin 18 → break-even ACOS = 18 ÷ 50 = 36% - TACoSTACoS = total ad spend ÷ total sales (ad-attributed + organic) × 100 for that period. 3. What each tells you - Break-even ACOS - Purely a unit economics boundary: the maximum ACOS you can afford before each ad-attributed sale loses money. - If actual ACOS < break-even → profitable per ad sale; if > break-even → losing money per ad sale. TACoS - A business health and strategy metric: how much of your total revenue is being eaten by advertising overall. - Falling or stable TACoS with rising revenue usually means your ads are driving organic growth and your brand is becoming more efficient. - Rising TACoS can signal overdependence on ads or unprofitable scaling. - 4. How you use them together - Use break-even ACOS to: - Use TACoS to: A simple way to think of it: break-even ACOS is your per-product guardrail, while TACoS is your whole-account dashboard showing whether your ad spend is growing the brand or just buying short-term sales. Cheers - publishers
Weekly 🗒️ Accountability Check-in!
We could all use a little accountability - Including myself ❤️ Read the questions then grab the template at the bottom and make a post 🗒️ 1️⃣ What is **one specific thing** you completed on your book this week? Examples: * Finalized my book topic * Chose my main keyword + category * Wrote 1,200 words * Edited Chapter 1 * Uploaded my manuscript draft 2️⃣ What is the one thing you can commit to finishing by next week? Examples: * Write 2 chapters * Finish book outline * Draft my book description * Collect 10 competitor book screenshots 3️⃣ One blocker - What slowed you down or got in your way this week? This gives you: * Content ideas * Coaching opportunities * Workshop themes * DM conversations for higher-level support 4️⃣ Where are you at right now? 🔥 On track 🟡 Progress but slow 🔴 Stuck 🧠 Overthinking ⏸️ Life happened GRAB THIS TEMPLATE AND MAKE A POST! Drop your update below 👇 (Keep it short — progress > perfection) 1️⃣ **One thing you completed this week:** 2️⃣ **One thing you’re committing to finish next week:** 3️⃣ **Any blocker slowing you down? (optional)** 4️⃣ **Status emoji:** 🔥 🟡 🔴 🧠 ⏸️ I’ll be reviewing these to and helping to move you forward!
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I completed one entire ebook of 15 pages with illustrations as part of my series of Children's books that teach morals. I am looking to help write a students book about gardening for another skool group.
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Al Anderson
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@al-anderson-3117
Story crafter and teacher of using AI to create short children's stories and adult intrigues. Serial entrepreneur and still learning new things!

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