Want to see what you would look like as a bestselling author getting invited to exclusive podcast studios? Let's see. (use a photo of you and your book) 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧👇 Create a polished, photorealistic image of a best-selling author being interviewed in a high-end professional podcast studio about their book. Show the author seated across from a podcast host with professional microphones, warm cinematic lighting, modern studio décor, and recording equipment in the background. The author should look confident, successful, and engaged in the conversation. Include a large TV screen on the wall behind or beside the author. On the screen, prominently display the uploaded book cover along with a short, bold headline based on the book’s topic or the transformation it gives the reader. Use the book title, subtitle, topic, ideal reader, and reader transformation to create a compelling 3–8 word headline instead of simply repeating the book title. Make the author the main focus of the image while still showing enough of the host to clearly communicate that this is a podcast interview. Keep the book cover and TV screen easy to see and make any text large, clean, and readable. The overall image should feel like a candid photo taken during a major podcast appearance and communicate that this author is a trusted authority who was invited on the show to talk about their book. Avoid random logos, fake podcast names, excessive text, distorted hands, duplicate people, or unreadable typography.

Your Topic Can Make or Break Your Book’s Success 📚 A great book on the 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 can still struggle to sell. I’ve worked in SEO for over 14 years, and one thing I know is this: demand matters. If you choose a topic people are already searching for—especially one that solves a clear problem—you give your book a much better chance of getting found and generating organic sales. That’s exactly how I approach my own self-help nonfiction books. 𝗜’𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: “What do I want to write about?” 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: “What are people already looking for?” For Amazon research, one of the best tools I’ve found for beginners is Publisher Rocket. It can help you identify keyword demand, competition, and potential opportunities before you commit to a topic. I cover this process in much more detail inside my Publishing Playbooks, including how to think about topic selection, evergreen demand, positioning, and keyword research. 🔥 The Publishing Playbooks are currently on sale for just $15 through the end of the month. After that, they go back to $27. 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 If you’ve been on the fence, this is a great time to grab them. You’re getting a ton of publishing strategy for one low price. Don’t just write a book and hope people want it. Start by finding what people are already looking for.

AUTHOR STARTER PACK CHALLENGE 🔥 Okay authors… this one might cause some arguments. 😂 You can only keep THREE things from this list to help you build your author business: 📕 Atticus 🎨 Canva 🤖 ChatGPT 🚀 Publisher Rocket 📌 Pinterest 🎵 TikTok 💰 Amazon Ads 📧 Email List 🎧 Audiobooks 👥 Author Community That's it. ONLY THREE! 👀 Which three are making it into your Author Starter Pack? 🔥 BONUS ROUND: You have to permanently eliminate ONE from your author life. Which one are you getting rid of? 👇 Let's see which tools this community absolutely cannot live without!

Here's another FUN PROMPT you can do ... upload your photo and your book and ask the 8 ball. PROMPT👇 Create a fun, polished social media image that features me as the author, my uploaded book cover, and a classic Magic 8 Ball as the main visual concept. Use the uploaded photo of me as the author image and the uploaded book cover exactly as visual references so the final design feels personalized to my book and brand. Based on the title, cover design, genre, mood, and any visible clues from the book, create a short, curiosity-driven question that my ideal reader would immediately relate to. Display that question prominently in the image, then show a Magic 8 Ball with a short answer appearing inside the blue answer window. Keep the Magic 8 Ball answer approximately 2–6 words so it looks realistic, and make the answer clever, intriguing, encouraging, or playful while connecting naturally to the theme or promise of the book. Position my author photo and book cover in a way that feels intentional and visually balanced without overpowering the Magic 8 Ball concept. Match the colors, typography, background, and overall style to the uploaded book cover so the finished graphic feels cohesive and on-brand. Make the design eye-catching, highly readable, social-media friendly, and designed to encourage people to stop, read the question, and engage with the answer.

Publishing tools are easier to access than ever, which is amazing—but we still have a responsibility to publish ethically. ✅ 𝗗𝗢 - Use photos, graphics, and illustrations you created or have permission to use. - Use properly licensed stock images, fonts, and design elements. - Check commercial-use rights before putting anything into a book or on a cover. - Create original covers, descriptions, interiors, and branding. - Get permission when using identifiable real people in your books, stories, or marketing. - Use AI as a tool to assist your work while still reviewing what it creates. - Respect other authors, creators, community members, and their intellectual property. - Fictionalize identifying details when you're inspired by real-life situations and do not have permission to share them. 🚫 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 - Do NOT use someone else's personal photo on your book cover without written permission. - Do NOT assume a photo is free to use because it was posted on Facebook, Instagram, Skool, Google, or another website. - Do NOT publish stories about real people in a way that makes them identifiable without considering consent and privacy. - Do NOT copy another author's cover, title treatment, description, interior, branding, or content. - Do NOT use AI to recreate someone's likeness or work and assume that makes it okay to publish. - Do NOT take screenshots, community posts, private conversations, or personal information and turn them into book content without permission. - Do NOT assume that because you technically can publish something, you should. ⭐ 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 If you would feel violated, embarrassed, or uncomfortable finding out someone published it about YOU without asking, think twice before publishing it about someone else. We can build profitable publishing businesses while still respecting copyright, consent, privacy, and other creators. What would you add to this list? 👇