One of my most cherished goals was to donate a copy of "Art & Love" to my alma mater, the University of California at Berkeley. The school is mentioned a few times (no always complimentary). This week I got a message that they are accepting my donation. I am thrilled! Also working on other libraries. I see my book is available on Libby and the audiobook is on Hoopla. So much work involved in all of this! I need a vacation...maybe in a year ha ha!

So Spotify and Bookshop.org dropped some big news this week. Who has been following along? 1) Draft2Digital and Bookshop.org have teamed up to sell self-published ebooks through Bookshop.org: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/99616-bookshop-draft2digital-deal.html 2) Spotify and Bookshop.org are teaming up to sell physical books through Spotify: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-05/bookshop-partnership-page-match-announcement/ 3) Spotify is releasing a Page Match feature which will let readers move seamlessly from print book reading to ebook reading to audiobook listening and back again. It's a one of a kind feature and is kinda revolutionary in how readers interact with books. https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-05/page-match-how-to/ Do you use Spotify for audiobooks currently? It'll be so interesting to see how this shakes things up in terms of discoverability. Spotify is making it so you don't ever have to leave their platform. Curious to hear what you think!

We’ve been working behind the scenes to find better ways to serve the brilliant authors in this community, so we’re offering something awesome for both free and premium tiers. 1. For premium members: We’re opening up 15-minute 1:1 calls with one of our experts—a quick, focused session to get clarity, feedback, or direction on whatever you’re working on. You’ll be able to book times with myself (digital marketing expert), @Sarah Bean (Marketing expert) and @Elissa Graeser (production and publishing expert) Together, we’ve worked with 100s of authors on their book launches, and these focused sessions will help you answer any questions you may have. You’ll be seeing these appointments populate in the Skool community calendar soon. Only rules are - 1 per person, per month. And it’s on a first-come, first serve basis. 2. For ALL members (including free members!) I’ll be hosting a live training for our entire community on how to make sure you’re doing everything you should be to be found online. I’ll share key marketing strategies for online platforms, and show you the technical setup required to rank on search engines, and be sure your social media channels are optimized. This is scheduled for Monday, February 9th @ 7pm ET/ 4pm PST (You can find the link to join on the calendar tab) Let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Look forward to to seeing you all soon!

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