It's spammer and scammer free! https://www.skool.com/authorpreneur The truth (IMO) is that the the book publishing and promotion world is one of the worst for spammers and scammers. Maybe not as bad as crypto, but it's bad. Here's why: Literally ANYONE can say that they are an editor, formatter, cover designer, or promoter. They join as many groups as they can with fake names and fake pictures and they try to get people into private conversations where they make promises and offer overpriced services that don't work. My best way to weed 99+% of them out is to not be a 'free group'. So I'm charging the absolute minimum of $1/YEAR in the new group AND IT'S WORKING. Spammers and scammers aren't going to get their credit card out for anything, not even $1.

Let us know that you're here and how we can help. 1. Where are you from? 2. Are you publishing your first book? Or have you already published? 3. Are you struggling with anything? Where do you need help? 4. What's your favorite thing about self-publishing? I'll go first: 1. I'm living near Boston, MA but have also lived in Canada and Texas. 2. I first published in 2011 and have published over a dozen books since then. 3. I struggle with prioritizing all of the ideas that I have for books! HELP! 4. My favorite things about self-publishing are all of the marketing opportunities that you get once you've published a book. I love being able to get my book into people's hands in low-cost creative ways (sometimes free). Your turn!

I won't make you read a long post before I get the point and just tell you: It's wasn't that big of a deal. Like, nothing really changed for me that day (it was July 22, 2021). Because of the size and length of the book (7x10, 242 pages), I make less than $1 royalty on each sale of the book. This data is from ​Keepa​ and I'll show you how to use it for marketing your book in the ​Self-Publishing Challenge​ (starts Monday). ​ My book on Arbitrage on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1478251891/​ So if I'm not making "big bucks" from the sales and royalties of my book, why does this even matter? ONE BIG REASON: MARKETING You see, I can now use this information for the marketing of my book and marketing is 99% of the path to success with self-publishing. I can now say, with a straight face, that MY BOOK is the book with the best all-time Sales Rank in this space. I'll say it from the stage and on social media. I can now say, with a straight face, that my book was in the TOP 1,000 ON ALL OF AMAZON! There is ONLY ONE WAY to do this and that is to write a book that SELLS LIKE CRAZY (even if only for a short period of time). I can now say, with a straight face, that my book had a better Sales Rank than (INSERT NAME OF FRIENDLY COMPETITOR HERE). And yes, you can also look up the all-time best Sales Ranks for other books, including books from competitors in your space or even just well-known influencers. You'd be surprised how many "big name authors" have never had their books reach the Top 1,000 on Amazon. For example, I can now write a friendly post on social media about how MY BOOK achieved a better Sales Rank than Gary Vaynerchuk's Thank You Economy (best all-time Sales Rank of #2,811). I could tag @garyvee and might even get a friendly jab as a reply. And that reply could lead to some of his fans/followers to notice and follow me on social media. And I could then use that reply to get more attention and as further social proof.