New Release: Steve Mittleman – Motivational Book for Dieting (Vegan)

Steve Mittleman’s New Release Hits #3 on Amazon – A Game-Changer for Staying Motivated on Your Health and Fitness Journey!

There Is No Wagon is funny man Steve Mittleman’s loving approach to healthy living. The book is a fun and humorous read with sage advice for living a vibrant, well-balanced life.”
— Brian Wendel, founder of Forks Over Knives

“Steve Mittleman’s There is No Wagon is an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and deeply relatable guide to escaping the endless cycle of dieting guilt.”
— Chef AJ

Motivation is often the toughest part of sticking with any lifestyle change, and when it comes to becoming healthy and happy, the journey can sometimes feel daunting. But Steve Mittleman’s new book, which is currently ranked #3 in Amazon’s Health Fitness and Dieting category under Vegan, offers a refreshing perspective on how to stay motivated without the pressure of perfection.

One of the key themes of Mittleman’s book is a powerful mindset shift: There is no “wagon” to fall off of. In a world where dieting and lifestyle changes are often framed as “good” vs. “bad,” Mittleman dismantles that binary approach. His philosophy is simple yet profound—there’s no need to “get back on track” because you’ve never “fallen off.”

Life hacks to living a sustainable lifestyle

Mittleman draws on his own experiences and insights to show how anyone can remain motivated—even when life gets busy, or you hit a rough patch. This book isn’t just about what you eat; it’s about changing how you think and approach your relationship with food, health, and your personal goals.

Instead of focusing on perfection or an “all or nothing” mentality, Mittleman teaches readers how to embrace the journey and keep moving forward—one meal at a time. His practical tips help readers understand that slipping up is part of the process and doesn’t mean failure. This makes it easier to stay on course and enjoy the rewards of a whole food lifestyle without getting bogged down by guilt or frustration.

The book’s success on Amazon highlights the need for this kind of approach. As more and more people turn to a more natural, whole food diet for health, ethical, and environmental reasons, Mittleman’s message resonates with those who need guidance on staying motivated through the ups and downs of transitioning to a new healthy lifestyle.

So, if you’re looking for a book that empowers you to keep going, no matter what, Steve Mittleman’s latest release is a must-read. It’s not about following strict rules; it’s about enjoying the ride and building lasting habits that lead to a healthier, more fulfilling life.

About Steve Mittleman

STEVE MITTLEMAN was launched when he won The Big Laff-Off on SHOWTIME! One of the rare comedians that appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He’s also appeared on over 100 TV shows ie. David Letterman, HBO, COMEDY CENTRAL and many many more. 50 commercials plus feature films and numerous sitcoms.

He’s also a speaker, auctioneer, host, comedian of course, podcast host and guest. Seinfeld: “Mittleman is always funny!” Steve Martin: “He’s funny!”

Steve’s new book, There Is No Wagon kicks off a series of books about a healthy lifestyle and health advocacy sprinkled with a bit of humor.

Get a daily dose of encouragement from Steve Mittleman on the World Wide Web – thestevemittleman.com.

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Featured Author – Steve Mittleman: ‘There Is No Wagon’ #1 New Release

Congratulations to self published author Steve Mittleman on his recent success!

Steve’s new book, ‘There Is No Wagon – When It Comes to Dieting You Can’t Fall Off’ is the #1 New Release on Amazon.com in Self Help for Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues. Also trending in Healthy Living and recommended reading for people who are vegan or vegetarian, or simply living a whole and happy life.

Review of ‘There Is No Wagon’

“After reading There Is No Wagon, I found Steve Mittleman’s book useful, uplifting, and inspiring.  Steve leverages a lifetime of experience paired with common sense to help us identify and understand why we eat the way we do and how we can eat in ways that work best for us as individual.  We are all different and that is a key premise of the book, but the bigger premise is we should eat in such a way that is best for your body and embrace it.

Whether it’s the concept that “falling off the wagon” is a misnomer and really doesn’t’ exist or pointing out that despite people identifying as big boned, “Have you ever seen a big boned skeleton?”, Steve skillfully balances observational humor with a keen understanding of the dietary struggles people from all walks of life deal with on a daily basis, but in a way which is not preachy.  The book is a series of well thought out, common sense talking points clearly compiled from a lifetime of real experiences as an entertainer on the road and a regular person trying to get through this thing we call life.  These are practical observations which are meant to give you pause so you realize what you are doing, why you are eating what you are eating, and helping create insight into choices which can be better for your body.  These are morsels of insight with smart ingredients.

Steve is not telling you to feel guilty for ordering the $5.00 24,000 calorie craving meal from taco bell.  What Steve is saying is that you should consider that what you put into your body is what you get out of your body, so instead of consuming 24,000 calories in one sitting, making deals with yourself to do better, and living off the readings from your bathroom scale; if you are aware of the issue, you can choose to make better choices.  That’s power.  The power of awareness and choice.  The key to weight loss is smart choices, a bit of exercise, and finding ways to be happy.  Celebrate life.  It’s the only one you have.  And ignore the scale.  The scale is a distraction.

I enjoyed the writing style and found it to be an easy read, hearing the author’s voice as I read.  I also appreciated the way it is written in the respect that it does not have long, winding chapters which allows you to easily pick up where you left off.  The book is constructed in short sections, each one just a few paragraphs.  Read the paragraph and then read it again.  It’s insightful and real.  Digest it, if you’ll pardon the expression.  Steve Mittleman makes good sense and wants you to make good choices, but most importantly, live your life well.

— David Goldstone, Founder, The Small Marketing Agency; Mostly retired Actor, Writer, Comedian, Working Father & Husband

About Steve Mittleman

STEVE MITTLEMAN was launched when he won The Big Laff-Off on SHOWTIME! One of the rare comedians that appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He’s also appeared on over 100 TV shows ie. David Letterman, HBO, COMEDY CENTRAL and many many more. 50 commercials plus feature films and numerous sitcoms.

He’s also a speaker, auctioneer, host, comedian of course, podcast host and guest. Seinfeld: “Mittleman is always funny!” Steve Martin: “He’s funny!”

Steve’s new book, There Is No Wagon kicks off a series of books about a healthy lifestyle and health advocacy sprinkled with a bit of humor.

Get a daily dose of encouragement from Steve Mittleman on the World Wide Web – thestevemittleman.com.

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Our services include assisting authors to self-publish their works as well as offering full service Desktop Publishing, Print and eBook Publishing Services, Website Design and Development, and Marketing Services.

Self-Publishing Tip: Update Your Book Cover in 8 Easy Steps to Appeal to New Audiences

How to Update Your Cover Quickly on Kindle Direct Publishing

Did you know that you do not have to update the content in your book in order change your book cover if you are publishing through KDP.amazon.com?

In fact, updating your book cover on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) can be a crucial step in keeping your book fresh, relevant, and appealing to potential readers. Whether you’re refreshing your brand, making a seasonal update, or correcting a design flaw, a new cover can breathe new life into your book and add excitement to your social media posts.

Here’s a quick guide to help you update your cover efficiently and effectively on KDP.

1. Prepare Your New Cover

When designing your new cover, here’s what you need to keep in mind:

  • Cover Content: In advance, prepare the back cover bullet points. Have an author photo that best represents you (must be print ready – 300 dpi).
  • Design Elements: Review other books in your book genre to ensure that your new cover aligns with your book’s content and genre. It should be eye-catching and professionally designed.
  • If you plan to upload your own cover image, follow these guidelines:
    • Dimensions and Resolution: KDP recommends a cover size of 2560 x 1600 pixels for optimal quality. The resolution should be print ready (300 dpi) for best results.
  • File Format: If you plan to upload a ready image of your new book cover be sure to save in JPEG or TIFF formats.

2. Log in to Your KDP Account and access your KDP Bookshelf

Access your KDP account at kdp.amazon.com. Use your Amazon credentials to log in. If you don’t have an account, you’ll need to create one.

Once logged in, navigate to your KDP Bookshelf. This is where all your published and draft books are listed. Find the book for which you want to update the cover.

4. Select the Book which needs a Cover Update and Click “Edit”

Click on the book’s title or the “…” button next to it to open the book details.

Then, either launch the Cover Creator, or click the “Edit eBook Content” button for eBooks or the “Edit Paperback Content” button for paperbacks, depending on which format you’re updating.

5. Update Your Cover

  • For eBooks: Navigate to the “Cover” section within the “Edit eBook Content” page. Click “Launch Cover Editor” if you want to use KDP’s Cover Creator, or choose “Upload a cover file” to upload your new design directly.
  • For Paperbacks: Go to the “Cover” section under the “Edit Paperback Content” page. Click “Launch Cover Editor” if you want to use KDP’s Cover Creator, or choose “Upload a cover file” to upload your new design directly.
  • Add your website or social media if there is space

6. Cover Creator Makes it Easy to Update Your Book

For Ebooks and Paperback or Hard Cover Books: Once you choose your design layout, check that your Title, subtitle and author name on the front cover and spine are correctly spelled.

Back Cover of your Paperback or Hard Cover Books: Next design your back cover: You have additional promotional real estate on the back cover of your paperback or hardcover books. You can add your title/ subtitle, author photo, and some bullet points that describe the key features of your book that are of interest to the reader so they are motivated to buy your book.

If you uploaded a print ready 300 dpi cover image, once your new cover is uploaded, use the preview tools provided by KDP to ensure it looks good in both desktop and mobile views. Correct any formatting issues or discrepancies.

7. Save and Publish

After reviewing, click the “Save and Continue” button to proceed through the remaining sections of the book setup. Check against books in your genre to decide whether to change your pricing. Select worldwide and extended distribution. Review any changes to your book details and pricing on last time.

When you are satisfied that all is in order, click “Publish Your Kindle eBook” or “Publish Your Paperback Book” to finalize the update. Your new cover and pricing will go live on Amazon within 24-72 hours.

Review or Update your KDP Marketing Choices

On the top bar, click on “Marketing.”

Confirm that you have confirmed your selection to participate in the Kindle Select program (auto-renews every 90 days), and you can run a promotion to offer your book for free or at a discounted price for a few days.

8. Promote Your Updated Cover

Once your new cover is live, it’s a good idea to update your marketing materials and inform your audience. Share the updated cover on social media, update your book’s landing page, and consider running a promotional campaign to draw attention to the new look.

Conclusion

Updating your book cover on KDP is a straightforward process that can have a significant impact on your book’s visibility and sales. By making updates from time to time to your book, you can attract new readers and engage your existing audience. Happy publishing!


About the Publisher

Healing Time Books is dedicated to helping authors make the most of today’s digital technologies to publish their works. Our services include assisting authors to self-publish their works as well as offering full service Desktop Publishing, Print and eBook Publishing Services, Website Design and Development, and Marketing Services.

Interested in publishing your own book?

As the world increasingly moves towards online publishing and ebooks, we are here to help authors more easily navigate what can be a confusing process to publish something new. We also assist with converting original printed works into digital format. Rest assured that all copyright and control over the publication is retained by the author.We look forward to working with you on your book.  To contact us, please email us at info@healingtimebooks.com.

Zoom Bombings and Zoom Etiquette

HTB | Website Design – advice about Zoom bombings, a new threat, and zoom etiquette for meeting hosts

Several years ago I started using Zoom for my webinars, mainly because I didn’t consider myself a speaker/presenter and was more comfortable at a computer. No surprise, since I am a web designer and publisher! In the meantime I have had a lot of opportunities to participate and host meetings via Zoom and I still love it.

In fact, one of the positives that has resulted from the last 2 years of intermittent quarantine and adjustments in our Covid-19 affected environment is that almost everyone who is online or has a smartphone has had a zoom meeting experience. I love that even tech challenged and people who consider them too old to learn new tricks are getting on Zoom easily.

While there are other webinar services, I am a fan of having choices, and I am glad that Zoom rose to the challenge to become the obvious favorite service. Zoom Meetings allow for direct interaction, breakout sessions, recording, archiving, audio only and video tracks for reposting and more. If you are a tech person like me and need to screenshare for better communication with your client, Zoom has a screensharing option for the host and the participants which the host controls.

Here are some tips when you host a meeting to ensure a great experience for your meeting attendees:

Make introductions – introduce yourself to the attendees and especially in a smaller meeting, be sure to acknowledge individuals by name to create a more familiar environment.

Create your environment using virtual backgrounds– at an in-person meeting you would be more aware of the quality of the environment, making it specific to your theme. It is easy to select an image or video to act as a “virtual background” with Zoom’s virtual background feature. In fact, I often find wonderful nature photographs on Unsplash.com which create a relaxing mood for my meditation events.

One thing to be aware of is that sometimes body parts like hands and hair merge with the background image when you move around too much, or if the color of your outfit matches too closely. If you need to demonstrate something with your hands, or show movement, it’s best to avoid the virtual background altogether and instead consider installing an actual screen, or hold your meeting in a more neutral setting like an office.

Look at the camera -This probably sounds obvious, however, the tendency is to look at yourself to make sure you are presenting well. Instead, make an effort to look at your camera so that the attendees feel that you are talking directly to them.

Eliminate noise – It may seem obvious but unless you are the host you probably aren’t aware of background noise. Driving or walking and breathing while you are hosting a meeting generates more noise than you think. Barking dogs and landscape maintenance crews with loud blowers and mowers can’t be helped sometimes. Even notifications that ding on your computer will be relayed. Some of these you can control and others you cannot. If you are outdoors or in a car, when it is your turn to talk, stand still and slow down your breathing to a normal rate or pull the car over to reduce road noise. And if you remember, turn off the sound notifications on your device during your meetings.

Best Sound Quality – If recording the event and repurposing the content is a high priority, get a high quality noise cancelling microphone. If necessary you can opt to wear a headset with a noise cancelling microphone, like Apple’s Airpods Pro.

Host Meeting Controls – As a host you have many settings you can choose when you create your meeting. Did you know you are able to set up the Zoom meeting to allow others to unmute themselves, or for the Host only to unmute people. For the Host only to screen share, or to allow multiple people to screen share? You can also assign co-hosts for your meetings.

Warning – Zoom bombings are real! I recently learned about zoom bombings through a personal experience when a few people showed up during an online event and immediately unmuted themselves and proceeded to make disruptive noises and comments.

As a Zoom Meeting host, you can mitigate some of this risk by not posting meeting passwords, requesting people to register and then set up a waiting room so you can allow people who have been verified to enter the meeting. In a more public meeting where all are invited it’s not as easy to control however the meeting host always has the option to mute everyone. Some meeting settings to adhere to include:

  • Disable “Join Before Host”
  • Enabling “Co-Host”
  • Disable “File Transfer”
  • Disable “Allow Removed Participants to Rejoin”

Zoom added two new security features that hosts can use to address these disruptive and uninvited Zoom bombers.

  1. Suspend Participant Activities enables hosts and cohosts to suspend meeting functions, including video, audio, in-meeting chat and breakout rooms.
  2. Report Disruptive Attendees enables users, not just hosts and co-hosts, but also the meeting participants to report disruptive behavior like Zoom bombing from within the Zoom client using the “Security” badge. All account owners and admins need to do is enable reporting for non-hosts in their web settings.

Sources: Entrepreneur; TechCrunch; and Security Intelligence

Copyright 2022 Healing Time Books and HTB | Website Design by Katharina Notarianni. All Rights Reserved.

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In 2008, Katharina Notarianni launched Healing Time Books, a publishing company with a mission to help small business owners and authors make the most of today’s digital technologies to self publish their works, and HTB Website Design provides mobile-friendly website design services.

For over twenty-five years, Katharina Notarianni, as the Tara Channel, together with her husband, John, have helped guide others on their personal journey of self-realization to transform their health and wellness. Find out more about Tara, as channeled by Katharina Notarianni, at TaraChannelLive.com.

Pantone Color of the Year: Very Peri

Recently announced by color experts at Pantone, 2022 Color of the Year is a beautiful shade of blue and violet red called Very Peri (periwinkle!).

Pantone Color Palette using Very Peri - HTB Website Design by Katharina Notarianni
PANTONE COLOR OF THE YEAR: VERY PERI

How to implement this color in your web design, publishing projects and products? First, you’ll need the web color hex code (#6667ab) or RGB (102, 103, 171) or CMYK (68, 64, 2, 0) so you can begin designing with this color. Read more great ideas about how to implement Very Peri in an article from Creative Marketing.

Design Your Color Palette

Pantone Connect is a free online interactive tool provided by Pantone so you can create color palettes using Very Peri.

Pantone Color Palette using Very Peri - HTB Website Design by Katharina Notarianni
Use Pantone Connect to create your own color palettes

Here are some interesting Pantone Color Palettes (click on an image to load the carousel for a closer look):

Featured images courtesy of Pantone.

Get creative! Post Your Project!

Have fun and let us know how you go with using Very Peri in your website design or publishing projects. We’ll post the best implementation of Very Peri here on our Facebook page.

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Book Launch: Be A Success Maverick Vol. 2 is #1 Amazon.com Best Seller

Congratulations to HTB author, Katharina Notarianni, for making Amazon.com’s Best Sellers list with her new book ‘Be A Success Maverick – Volume 2‘ in collaboration with the Maverick Millionaire Paul Finck and other authors.

Several powerhouse authors share their inspirational “Success Maverick” stories concerning their individual success and what they have done differently through their lives to create the results they have achieved. An absolute must read for anyone who wants to be successful in life.

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About Katharina Notarianni

Author, publisher and website designer Katharina Notarianni began her career with her first book, ‘The Beauty of Irises,’ which motivated her to start Healing Time Books, a publishing company with a mission to help authors make the most of today’s digital technologies to publish their works. Her website business, HTB Website Design, provides mobile friendly website design services including website hosting, SEO, stock photography and social media marketing.

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The Beauty of Authenticity by Anne Marie Foley

A new book by author and public speaker Anne Marie Foley, launches on Amazon.com on May 29, 2019.

Congratulations to HTB’s website client, author and public speaker Anne Marie Foley, who has a book launch occurring on May 29th!

Her story “Inner Authenticity, Outer Beauty” is featured in a collection of stories intended to inspire you to Embrace your truth to live a Life of Meaning, Purpose and Grace.

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Find out more about The Beauty of Authenticity. On May 29th, her book can be purchased on Amazon.com.

In the meantime, sign up to receive your free book “Tips for Living Authentically Every Day.”

Self-Publishing Authors: Get help merging your CreateSpace and KDP Amazon publishing accounts

Here is an article from an indie author’s perspective about the impact of the recent merger of Amazon’s CreateSpace print-on-demand business with it’s KDP Kindle eBook business on self publishers that I recommend reading.

If you are a self publishing author with CreateSpace you will have gotten instructions to merge your CreateSpace account with a KDP Amazon account. In general this process is straight forward. However, if you published your print books in a CreateSpace account and have a separate KDP account with a different email address, since both of these services are actually Amazon businesses the recent merger of CreateSpace with KDP may have inadvertently put you in the position of having your print version and your eBook version in two different KDP accounts. In order to link your print-on-demand book and your Kindle eBook of the same title, they need to be in the same account (i.e., viewable in the same KDP dashboard).

For help merging your publishing accounts, work with KDP’s help desk, or contact info@healingtimebooks.com.  We make it an easy and pain free process.

Healing Time Books Publishing Services for Self Publishing AuthorsDo you have a book you want to self publish but don’t know where to start? In addition to being a full service publisher, Healing Time Books specializes in working with self publishing authors to help them utilize technology to publish their works… Fill out HTB’s Contact Form to get started today.

 

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