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Hi all. Do any of you authors that do speaking engagements have any pro tips to minimize AV mess ups? Sessions would be for training 80 leaders during breakout sessions. I'm trying to decide how specific I want to be about: Mics Screens for PowerPoint or flip charts Workbooks and so on... My goal is to: 1. minimize tech issues and complications 2. deliver high value and engaging sessions without unnecessary noise and nonsense 3. provide empowerment, education and entertainment that sticks ( that's on me but if you've observed or experienced this- let me know- I have plenty of ideas however) Thanks!! And Happy Thanksgiving a little early.

if anyone would like either a free copy of the ebook or audiobook I would love some more reviews. Also the book is now $2.99 on amazon if you'd like to do a verified purchase review. Here's the link:https://www.amazon.com/Art-Love-Life-Illuminated-Tempera/dp/B0FKD12MWL Thanks so much! Art & Love: My Life Illuminated in Egg Tempera "A gorgeous heartfelt examination and celebration." - Editor's Pick, Booklife Review of Publisher's Weekly Art & Love is the memoir of a woman’s quest to master the ancient art of egg tempera painting, gain confidence as an artist and find lasting love. It’s 1966 and unaware that a counterculture tsunami is brewing, Lora Arbrador arrives in Berkeley, California where she is introduced to egg tempera, a painting technique that combines colorful pigments with egg yolk. Lora falls in love with this luminous medium but cannot find a teacher to unravel its mysteries. Her love life is similarly marked with many failures. Art and love converge when she falls for a tender, charismatic artist, but after their eight-month immersion in the great museums of Europe, Lora follows him into a commune that she later realizes has become a cult. Set against a backdrop of huge cultural changes – from the counterculture of the 1960s and back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s, to the AIDS epidemic and sex underground of the 1980s – Art & Love is a journey of creative and emotional fulfillment that captivates, educates and entertains the reader. Arbrador’s stunning artwork enhances the narrative, inspiring those grappling with their own artistic expression and longing for love. Includes her bonus essay “Which Came First? A Taste of Egg Tempera History.”

👍 Submitting your book (digital and print) with Amazon KDP? Super easy and smooth. Everything is nearly instant. 👎 Ingram Spark? Heh. They are super picky with files in a thousand ways that Amazon isn't. And their UX is clunky and stuck in the 90s. And it's frustrating and slow to use. Everything takes days. And ordering copies of your own book takes days. It's agonizing to deal with their system. 👍 Kobo? Not a bad process, pretty easy uploading. 🐢 Apple Books? You gotta jump through lots of hoops and verifications and all, but otherwise pretty smooth. ❌ Barnes and Noble? Their platform is straight up is trash and doesn't work most of the time. Except when it sort of does. And then doesn't again. Errors every step of the way. They even say on their portal that "Due to heavy volume, we regret that we are experiencing delays in processing vendor account updates. Note these slower processing times might affect payments going on hold, new vendor registration, approving tax documents, etc." so basically don't expect to get an account online, anything approved, or to get paid anytime soon.

Is anyone here looking to sell their book as part of what they sell vs selling only the book(s)?