The world of discovery has changed dramatically and a lot of authors are still playing the game like it's 2023. This video will help you understand what to do to enter 2026 with your discoverability. Side note - One really cool thing my team built is an LLM discovery scorecard. We have been working on improving my score (original results noted in the infographic below) and we're just starting to roll out this scorecard for our clients so we can implement plans to improve their discoverability. What are you going to do next to improve YOUR discoverability?

Expresta also offers a hybrid model. You can print only 10 books, and they have a warehouse where they store them. The shipping is next-day, which is quite fast. They always keep the 10-book stock. It is a service in the EU. It could be a good place to sell your book if you have customers inside the EU. I took a quick look, and the issue is that their book sizes are not compatible with Amazon KDP. The book needs a new design to match the metric system. It could work for a hardcover version if there is a demand in the EU for your book. Any experience with the print quality, etc.

I am a photographer, content creator, and author from Helsinki, Finland. I wrote my first book back in 2004. The next several books were about using Canon cameras. The series was called Better Pictures with Canon. About a year ago, I had an injury and needed to spend two months in bed. Then I decided to make something of it and started writing a book. The content is based on my YouTube channel about street photography. Basically, I got the transcripts from the videos and rewrote them into book form. After I had 3 chapters raedy a started selling the book by uploading the first 3 chapters to Gumroad. People could buy it then. As more chapters were ready, I uploaded a new version so that those who had bought it could get the next chapters. Every time I added chapters, the price went up a bit. When the book was ready, all who had backed it received it as a PDF. The writing took a lot longer than I had planned. I was finally ready to publish the book on January 4th this year. Figuring out the publishing process was probably the hardest part. My book Street Photography: From Snapshots to Stories is print-on-demand and available on Amazon, The Great British Book Shop, and through IngramSpark to other online sellers. Not sure where... :) It has been exciting and Book Launchers' YouTube channel has been very helpful. I am excited to learn more about the whole process here.

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