Suze and Joe Solari who have Author Nation in Las Vegas each year (the largest indie author conference) have a survey out to see what authors would like a deeper dive workshop session on at their event in November 2026. If you are considering coming to Las Vegas for the event &/or there is a workshop session you'd like to see, you can complete this form. Of course, if there is something on book marketing or building your author brand or book marketing assets or the future of book marketing applied today, non-fiction book writing that I could host as well you can request it (and me) as the instructor. This is not required though ... they just want to know what people want deeper sessions on. These are a couple of my photos from this year :) https://app.smartsuite.com/form/so8pqexh/1wseVWdjxR

✅ Just hit #1 Best Seller in Strategic Management! 🎉 Hello Orange badge! 🧡 I used one important strategy from @Julie Broad’s book to do it. Something I’ve asked about here before. Any guesses as to which one it was???

@Julie Broad in one of your YouTube videos you said that pull quotes are falling out of favor. Curious why people don’t like them. I tend to use them and have always liked them, but maybe I am an outlier. Is it pull quotes specifically or sidebars in general. What I like about them is that when you are faced with a page full of text you can very quickly see some of the key points. I can see them being less valuable for the e-book format but for print I really like them. I’m looking at interior design options right now and I had pull quotes as one of the design elements I would use. Thanks!

This might not be the most exciting video you ever watch but it could be one of the most valuable. If you only look at sales numbers as an author you're missing a huge part of the picture. Sales are one metric but they aren't even the most important. In this video I walk through five categories of data so you can start to understand your author business and make better decisions.

...to this community, and I look forward to finding solutions and answers to all the BIG questions and conundrums. I understand I'll likely not find an answer to my query about the meaning of life here, but perhaps I'll finally figure out Amazon ads. Okay, maybe I'll start with the meaning of life. Seriously, I write under my full name, Karla Mahler Peperone. I love connecting with like-minded humans, but I also love communicating with respectful individuals who offer different ideas and viewpoints. That's why I'm here, and I'm happy to be. 🥰