Hey there! I’m curious about how one chooses an author’s name. I don’t want to publish all the books I write under my name, only one! lol So how does one choose a self-publishing name? All those who use an alias, do you have a different one for each book genre? Also, feel free to let me know if I'm overthinking this lol… I tend to do that!

What are yall doing to market your book? Right now I am using, Pinterest, Instagram and reddit for my main promotional pieces. I have also recently posted to Facebook so that friends and family could purchase if they want. I just want to know if I am missing any avenues.

I know all sorts of books are published on KDP. I have written several that are on Notion, but I want to be honest, I am really confused as to who would want to read these! My initial intention was to write a simple book for little kids... my grandkids the target, but true to form, I get complicated. If you want to look and give advice I would really be pleased, your opinion matters to me. Benji Booboos Adventures

Hi everyone! How is everyone doing? Hope all is well with everybody here! My name is Michael Teferi, I am a BIPOC Poet, Writer, Positive Psychology Coach, and a Debut Poetry Book Author. I am looking to self-publish my poetry books and use Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to connect with inspired readers. I am Al, about inspiring readers readily, realizing their dreams boldly, and acting collectively towards a strong sense of belonging. My first poetry book is called “Transformation: Way of creating one’s life anew”, and my second poetry book is called “Connection: Enjoying and appreciating life fully”. My third in the trilogy as my poetry book will eventually be called “Phenomenal: Being who one is born to be”, and this is in process as we speak, so I have 25 poems thus far and I will complete my third poetry book next month in April 2026. My aunt and Dennis, the Life Enrichment Manager here at Birmingham Green nursing home, are going to be talking and conversing next week about my self-publishing my poetry books and using Amazon KDP going forward. Is there anyone here who is willing and interested in connecting with me in regards to creating an author website where Incan connect with inspired readers via my poetry and poetry books? Please let me know! FYI, my Substack has my poetry on the following link: https://romanticsinger24.substack.com, my YouTube channel is @romanticsinger24, and my Instagram profile handle is also @romanticsinger24. Hope to hear back from you sometime soon everyone!

I use Canva entirely for my book design. Though I haven't done slides yet. I've been thinking of taking some of the slides that Notebook LM provides and use them. The graphics are outstanding. Any advice on this would be much appreciated. The problem is the slides are horizontal at around 13" x 7.5" so I have to figure a way to make it work in book design. I'm sure there are others who have already solved this issue.