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“Leadership and management aren’t the same, but the space between them is where teams rise or fall.” Joe Markling’s new book, “The Leadership Divide,” is officially out today, February 23, 2026! [See it on Amazon here.] It challenges everything you
A quiet room. A microphone. Recipes for bringing wonder back to life again, read by Wonderlicious author, Peter Merrett. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Peter Merrett (@peter_merrett) The Wonderlicious audiobook will be released in April 2026.
Why Me author Clay Muehlstein has passed 100 sales of VIP copies pre-sold ahead of the book’s March 28, 2026 release — a milestone he’s marking with a release party in Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida on launch day. Everyone who
For some reason defying logic, Amazon KDP does not allows authors to pre-sell their books in paperback format. They will let you set up your ebook for pre-sales, but not paperback. If your heart is set on a paperback pre-sale
Legally Zen has spent most of it’s first six weeks in the top charts on Amazon in multiple countries and categories. With over 1000 people reading her book, Legally Zen, since it’s release October 2, we wonder if we should
My partner and I have taken on the November novel-writing challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. Absurd deadline? No time to spare? Sharp rocks at the bottom? Bring it on! I decided to try writing fiction after working
Happy writing month, all! NaNoWriMo may be dead, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all write 50,000 words as a challenge to ourselves and each other. 50,000 in 30 days = 1667 words per day. That’s roughly 8 pages a
Something extraordinary is about to happen… On 18 November at the stunning W Sydney, Peter Merrett, author of Wonderlicious, will be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his dear friend Doug Lipp, Former Head of Disney University’s Training and author of Disney U,
I was trying (and failing) not to get lost in subreddits today, and found this one super-simple approach to laying out your book. A 13-Line Plot Outline. The idea is to write one paragraph or line for each of the
As we knew she would, Kat Reilly’s book spent two weeks as an International Bestseller on Amazon, in multiple categories and multiple formats (eBook and Paperback). To accomplish this, Legally Zen has been added to over 1000 libraries and bookshelves
October 2nd, 2025 | Legally Zen Release Date | We are excited to soft launch and start the in-store roll-out for Kat Reilly’s Legally Zen: A Professional Skeptic’s Path to Finding Inner Peace A skeptic walks into a cacao ceremony…
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 | It took thirty years and one blunt therapist to tell Monica the truth: She needed to walk away. In Surviving Mister Nice Guy: Loving and Leaving the Covert Narcissist, narcissistic abuse recovery coach and survivor
UPCOMING BOOKS: Winter 2026 Why Me: When one tragic night changes everything (Clay Muehlstein, 2026) The Leadership Divide: Bridging the Gap Between Leadership and Management (Joe Markling, January 2026) Diamonds (Avril Henry, 2026) With The Bullsh!t Trilogy, you’ll learn when
JULY 26. 2026 | GTA | The gorgeous, brilliant author, Shirin Ariff, was at Indigo Yorkdale on Saturday. As always, she sold out of all copies of Cancer Heroes! Time to restock again 😉 #cancerheroesbook Click to view video Cancer
JUNE 27, 2025 | Boston | SOLD OUT and WonderFULL! The US Wonderlicious book launch at the BOMA International Conference & Expo in Boston was bursting with heart, hugs, and happy feet. To everyone who came, cheered, and celebrated this
Peter Merrett & The House of Wonderful’s Wonderlicious Quantas flight from Australia to America was a highlight.
Use the UpdateBook Pricing & Profit Calculator to price your book for profit, in light of Amazon KDP royalties changes taking effect June 10, 2025.
TL;DR Spoiler: If your Amazon KDP paperback or hardcover sells for less than the “thresholds” of $9.98 USD or $13.98 CAD (or less), your royalty drops 10 points on June 10, 2025. What changed? Any paperback or hardcover you list
