Did you know KDP gives you some useful reporting… but it still doesn’t really tell you WHY your books are selling? @Jim Flach was asking if KDP gives you any analytics and... Inside your KDP Reports dashboard, you can see things like: • Orders by book, marketplace, format, and date • Kindle Unlimited pages read • Estimated royalties • Previous month royalties • Payments Amazon has sent you • Historical sales performance 👉 SEE YOUR KDP REPORTING HERE That information is helpful, but here’s what KDP DOESN’T really tell you: Where did that sale come from? Was it because of the Pinterest pin you posted? Did someone find you through TikTok? Did your YouTube video send people to Amazon? Did your email campaign create those extra sales? Did updating your keywords actually make a difference? KDP shows you the RESULT, but it doesn’t give you much insight into the marketing activity that helped create it. And this is one of the reasons I added tracking into the Author Success Kit. Instead of randomly marketing your book and hoping something is working, you can start tracking what you’re doing alongside your book performance. For example: You post several Pinterest pins this week. A few days later, you notice your book orders increasing. Now you have something worth paying attention to. Do that consistently and you can start identifying which marketing activities are actually worth your time — instead of trying to be everywhere at once. The goal isn’t just MORE marketing. It’s figuring out what marketing is actually moving your books. If you already have the Author Success Kit, make sure you're using the tracking tools along with your content calendar. And if you don't have it yet, you can check it out here 👇 👉 GET THE AUTHOR SUCCESS KIT

We are officially ranked #𝟮𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 and we are SO close to breaking into the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬! 🤯 What makes this even more exciting is that this isn’t just about a number. This ranking is being driven by what YOU are doing inside this community every day — asking questions, sharing wins, helping each other, joining discussions, showing up for trainings, and continuing to move your books forward. A few things I’m especially proud of: 📚 Authors are actually taking action instead of just collecting information. 💬 The conversations in here keep getting better and more helpful. 🤝 Members are supporting each other and sharing what’s working. 🚀 We continue to grow while keeping this community focused on real progress. When I started building this community, I wanted it to be a place where authors could come to learn, get support, and actually make progress without feeling like they had to figure everything out alone. Seeing us climb to #𝟮𝟭 feels like proof that we’re building something pretty special here. ❤️ Now we have ONE more little goal staring us in the face… 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬. We are sooooo close. 😂 Keep commenting. Keep sharing. Keep asking questions. Keep celebrating each other’s wins. 𝗟𝗘𝗧’𝗦 𝗚𝗢 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬! 🎯🔥 And seriously — thank you for helping make this community what it is.

I'm thrilled to announce that one of my Premium members @Kimberly Morris who was in a secret "Build a Book" private course has published her book, Shadie Cray's Patient Day! Hopefully, she'll have an ebook too. I'm sure she is excited to see it in print. I'm ordering her book now! Let's give her some love!!!! I know that @Jim Flach and @Cheri Reynolds is also enroute with their books and we'll let you know when they arrive on the scene!

Let's Help Each Other LEVEL UP to Unlock BONUS CONTENT. Here's what you'll unlock along the way: 📚 Level 1: Top 25 Book Categories 🎤 Level 2: Guest Event Replays 🤖 Level 3: AI Prompts to Speed Up Your Book Writing ✅ Level 4: Self-Publishing Checklist 🎯 Level 5: 1:1 Strategy Call with Me 👇 DROP AN INSPIRING WORD AND FOLLOW COMMENT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S WORD WITH A GIF 🙌

We currently have a coloring book training up in the community; go check it out now! I have also been inspired by @Gina Trigo of GenX Creator Lab to make a fun 7 day coloring page prompt challenge. (This is just for fun and accountability) 👉 Choose Your Theme... 👻 HALLOWEEN or 🍁FALL Generate a coloring page containing these three elements, and share it with us in the comments below. 👻 HALLOWEEN: Bat | Haunted House | Candy 🍁 FALL: Dog | Leaves | Firewood