💰 Did You Know You Can Sell Your Author Copies on TikTok Shop? Yes… and it’s a BIG opportunity 👀 Last year, I personally generated about $14K in book sales just by selling my Amazon author copies through TikTok Shop. Here’s how it works in a simple, real-world way… First, you’ll need to set up your TikTok Shop account. I’ll be honest, this part can feel a little frustrating. The setup process hasn’t always been the smoothest, but once you’re approved, you’re good to go. If you haven’t done this yet, I’d start here. Next, you’ll want to order your author copies from Amazon. I usually recommend starting with around 50 copies so you have inventory ready to fulfill orders. Once your books arrive, you can list your product directly inside TikTok Shop and officially start selling. From there, the real work begins...and that’s content. You need to be consistently posting videos about your book. This doesn’t have to be complicated. You can do talking head videos, faceless clips, voiceovers while flipping through the pages—whatever feels easiest for you. What matters most is consistency. The more you show up, the more opportunities you give your book to get discovered. When it comes to shipping, I personally handled everything myself. I bought envelopes and labels, printed out customer information, and shipped each order manually. It’s not glamorous, but it works. There are third-party fulfillment options out there, but I wouldn’t recommend jumping into that until you’re seeing consistent sales, since it can become a bigger upfront investment. I got so busy with engaging the community I paused on TikTok Shop this year, but I’m planning to bring it back into my Q2 strategy because the opportunity is still there. Curious… does this inspire you to open a TikTok Shop and try it for your books?

I currently use Publisher Rocket for my Amazon KDP keyword research, but someone recommended another tool the other day and now I can't find the post. Typical 😅 What keyword research tools are you using right now for KDP?Anything better than Publisher Rocket? Would love to test a few new ones.

Having 4 or 5 A+ content modules is optimal, but the 80/20 rule applies here as much as anywhere else! At least have 1 module (Standard Image Header with Text, 970x600) and upload one creative. You can see some of the ones I created with this prompt attached here. Add it to US, UK, CA, and AU (you have to do it separately, super annoying). Yes you can make more modules (and you should), but at least have one! 🔹Pro Tip: copy/paste the prompt below into your favorite LLM and then ask it to help you fill it out and give you options. Once your done, then copy/paste the final prompt into a good image generator (I love Gemini, but the watermark in the bottom right is really annoying, so I recommend ChatGPT). If it isn't right, have it make corrections or re-prompt with the appropriate changes 🔹Another Pro Tip: screenshot someone else's A+ content who's format or look like and ask the LLM to model and improve it 👇Make one for your book and share it below! 👇 _________________________________________________ ♦️Master A+ Content Prompt Template Prompt Create a 970 x 600 premium Amazon A+ content module for a book titled "[BOOK TITLE]" by "[AUTHOR NAME]". The design should look like a high-end marketing graphic for an Amazon book listing, with a professional 3D product mockup of the actual book on the right side and clean, highly readable promotional text on the left side. Use the uploaded book cover exactly as the source reference for the book’s front cover, preserving the real typography, colors, and layout from the cover. The book should appear as a realistic paperback or hardcover product mockup, angled slightly for depth, with subtle page edges and soft shadowing. The book must look crisp, premium, and physically believable. Layout Right side: large 3D book mockup occupying roughly 35–45% of the image width Left side: headline / hook at upper left, supporting copy in a styled text box below Maintain strong visual hierarchy so the text is easy to read at a glance

🚨 BIG UPDATE 🚨 Amazon just rolled out a new policy change for KDP… and this one is kind of wild 😳 Starting immediately, outsourcing is no longer allowed. That means: - You have to write your own manuscript - No AI tools - No ghostwriters Everything must be 100% written by YOU moving forward. Welp… looks like I’m finally going to have to sit down and start writing all my own books 😅 … .. .. … April Fools 😂 But real talk—this is exactly why learning how to build systems around your publishing (including outsourcing) is such a game-changer. It’s how you scale without burning yourself out.

Excited!! looking forward to the AI prompts