New year, fresh momentum. 🎉Let’s set the tone for 2026 together. What’s the one thing you want to accomplish in your author journey this year? It could be big or small: Finish your first draft, publish your book, start (or grow) your email list, get more reviews, sell more books, etc. Drop your goal in the comments — and if you know it, share your next step too (even if it’s a small one). Chances are, someone here has the same goal… and we can all help each other stay on track this year. 🤝📚

For any that have won awards or received other recognition, what sort of recognition was it, and what ways you have leveraged it? A big thanks to marketing guru, @Sarah Bean, for helping my book, Financial Epiphany, be recognized as winner of the Business, Money, Finance Book of the Year by the 2025 Independent Author Network awards. Onward fellow authors!

I am very excited to share this...I just received the first feedback from the content editor about my manuscript and could not be more pumped...Just wanted to share it with my peers here: "Hi Roger, I truly loved this book! There were so many times I caught myself chuckling at your quirky sense of humor and clever descriptions. I loved the message behind your stories, and I really loved the Food for Thought questions. They were really thought-provoking! Some really made me stop and think about my own life. Your sense of humor and ability to teach a serious lesson while combining the two truly is a gift... This was such a fun, funny, thought-provoking book! I could see your personality shining through. I can’t wait to see it in print! Sincerely, Stacy"

Hi everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. I was wondering if anyone is using Bowker's Book2Look marketing feature. I've only begun checking into it, but it looks like the down-side would be that you can't capture email addresses. I'm wondering how it compares to BookFunnel. Here's the link to their YouTube video: https://youtu.be/lepjLOgTPmk?si=Bg41jyoeXKj38-uQ

Hello Everyone, I am new here. Hope I am welcome here?