Thank you for being here, sharing, and growing with us! We are working on some fun and valuable additions ... we can't wait to share them with you in December. In the meantime ... if you are in the US, I do hope you enjoy the holiday. Please note: the Book Launchers team is on light staffing until December 1st.

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I'm sure most of you are using AI in some fashion by now. I'm curious what applications you are using and for what. I currently use ChatGPT occasionally for ideas on how to rephrase something, ChatGPT and Perplexity for research (I write about the New Orleans Saints) and also toy around with Nano Banana for book cover image ideas.

All, Just wanted to reach out to all of the authors (and aspiring authors) to see if you've tried submitting any work as a KDP Short Read. To give some back story, I primarily interview former NFL players. I was considering writing smaller biographies about each guy I interview as short reads to build up my library and create a "series". I didn't know if it would make more sense to compile a bunch of them and make a more substantial book instead. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

I've got Elissa, who runs our Books Hub, coming on to help me with Tuesday's livestream. We're going to discuss several factors that can cause your book to be flagged by KDP. We have had it happen with new uploads and with revisions after a book has been out for awhile. It should be a great session. It's at 1pm PST (not the normal time of 2pm PST). https://youtube.com/live/PBmRUvrGASc