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Chapter One: your best sales year

Turn the page on guesswork.

You know every great book needs a hook. Here’s ours: in 5–10 minutes, AuthorCommandHQ shows you which books sell, which ads pay for themselves, and what to do next — waiting for you every morning.

No more six tabs and a spreadsheet. Just one calm page, and the next right move.

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Before

KDP Reports

Royalties · Orders · KENP · Prior months…

Ads Manager

CTR 2.1% · CPC $0.38 · ACoS ??

spreadsheet_v7_FINAL(2).xlsx

Is this even working?!

6:47 a.m. · still guessing

After

Good morning, Jamie

Book 2 sold 41 copies yesterday and is outselling Book 1. You’re $860 ahead of ad spend this month.

Royalties

$2,140

Ads

$1,280

Readers

+318

Next step: move $50 a day to Book 2Do it →

7:02 a.m. · back to writing

Sample data

Brings together Amazon KDP ACX audiobooks Facebook & Instagram Amazon Ads Draft2Digital IngramSpark Unbounce Apple Books

Write more. Guess less.

Most of us juggle six dashboards and a spreadsheet to answer one question: is this working? Now it’s one screen.

Sell more books

See what every book earns by day, format and store — so you know which titles to push, and when.

  • Royalties for every book, every day
  • Launch spikes and read-through at a glance
  • Ebook, print, Kindle Unlimited and audio

Spend smarter on ads

Every campaign is matched to its book and set against that book’s royalties. Ahead or behind, in plain words.

  • Royalties minus ads, per book
  • Cost per click and per lead, week over week
  • Catch a costly campaign early

Grow your readers

Followers, newsletter sign-ups and leads in one place — plus posts and emails drafted in your voice.

  • Facebook, Instagram and newsletter growth
  • Ideas and posts grounded in your books
  • A calendar for launches and promos
5–10 minutes, once

Set up over one cup of coffee.

No downloads to wrestle, no spreadsheets to upload. After this, your numbers are simply there every morning.

1

Add the Chrome Helper

One click to add the free AuthorCommandHQ Helper to Chrome, one click to connect it.

About 1 minute
2

Sign in to your stores

Sign in to KDP, ACX and your other stores as you normally do, and to Facebook once.

About 3 minutes
3

Click Update

The Helper reads your reports and brings in your books and royalties — no files to download.

About 2 minutes
4

Enjoy your mornings

Open AuthorCommandHQ with your coffee. Your numbers, and what to do next, are already there.

Every day after
From one author to another

A one-minute tour from a fellow author.

I built AuthorCommandHQ because I was tired of guessing whether my ads were working. Here’s what my mornings look like now.

J. Luke Bennecke
Thriller author · founder
Video coming soon A one-minute tour of AuthorCommandHQ, in my own words.
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Every book, every day, every format.

KDP, ACX and your other stores read themselves each morning. Ebook, print, Kindle Unlimited and audiobook royalties in one chart, with what you spent on ads right beside them.

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Your books · this monthSample data

The Night Ferry

Ebook $1,102 · Print $98 · KU $84

$1,284

+$644 after ads

Harbor Lights

Ebook $511 · KU $85

$596

−$124 after ads

Salt & Smoke

Audiobook (ACX) $260

$260

No ads
Add a bookSample data

Paste an Amazon link

amazon.com/dp/B0XXXXXXXX

✦ Fill in automatically
✦ Subtitle✦ Series✦ Kindle ASIN✦ Paperback ISBN✦ Audiobook✦ Store links✦ Cover✦ Short pitch

Paste a link. We do the typing.

Add your whole catalog from an Amazon link, an ISBN or a spreadsheet. One click fills in the series, ISBNs, audiobook, store links, even a short pitch — each marked with a ✦ so you stay in charge.

Friendly by design.

Your passwords stay yours

The Helper reads your reports in your own browser. We never ask for your store passwords.

Plain English

“$860 ahead after ad spend” instead of a wall of ACoS and CTR.

Honest numbers

Totals match KDP and Meta to the cent. Gaps are named, never guessed.

Built by an author

Made by a working thriller writer who wanted one honest answer to “is this working?”

Ready for calmer mornings?

Plans from $19 a month · 7 days free · set up in 5–10 minutes.