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where I use AI (and where I won't)

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Holly Ostrout | Your (Profitable) Book Bestie

My unique framework combines transformational storytelling techniques with strategic purpose points that create books with genuine impact—and that can generate an extra $50k-$100k annually. I use my signature Book Mapping process to make your writing process quick and humane, and we build that book over my proven Heroine’s Journey framework that moves readers from curious to reaching out—so your book becomes your best lead generator for years to come.

Hey Reader!

AI and books is one of the biggest topics in my world right now, so here's where I stand.

It's super easy for me to explain:

I don't believe in using AI to write your book. It writes bad books, and a bad book with your name on it costs you the trust you spent years building with your clients.

But I use AI every day to run my business, and I love what it does there.

Some of the ways I use it:

  • I dictate with Wispr Flow, which cleans up what I say as I say it. Earlier this year, I walked my Aussiedoodle, Fable, one loop around my neighborhood and answered my whole inbox of implementation challenge replies on the way. That used to take me several hours.
  • I built a free feedback tool for my email subscribers. When people answer the 3 implementation challenges in my emails, they paste their answers into the Bookshelf Test and get feedback on their book idea right away, instead of waiting for me to reply.
  • My clients run their chapters through Delphine, my chapter editor, before they send them to me. It gives feedback based on my Heroine's Journey framework and never rewrites a word (so it's all still their own). They can run a chapter through it as many times as they want, and they're sending me fabulous chapters, including clients who never thought of themselves as "writers."
  • It's helping me plan my blog for search. We worked out the four topics I write about and the angles that can help me show up when someone asks an AI search tool for the best nonfiction book coach.
  • It's my research assistant for trademarking my brand names. It searched the USPTO records and read through past rulings, so I could make my filing decisions with the facts in front of me.
  • It helped me design my new 90 Days to a Damn Good Book sales page, and now it's helping me bring the rest of my site up to that same look.

That's where I think AI belongs in your business: handling the tasks that eat your time, so you have more of it for the work only you can do (like your book).

So when my friend Kinsey from Authentic AI told me about Her AI Era Summit, I wanted you to know about it. She co-hosts it with her business partner, Joyce, and it's a free 5-day virtual summit where women business owners show how they use AI in their businesses.

  • 35 talks across 5 tracks: Marketing, Monetization, Creative, Systems, and Empowerment
  • 9 live events, so you can ask questions in real time
  • A Personalized Summit Tracker to help you pick the talks that fit where your business is right now

You don't need to watch all 35 talks. Use the tracker, pick the ones that fit, and you're allowed to skip the rest.

It runs October 12 to 16, and your ticket is free.

​Grab your free ticket to Her AI Era Summit​

Your book bestie,

Holly

PS — If you buy the All-Access Pass through my link, I may earn a commission. The pass gives you forever access to every talk and replay after the summit wraps. I got one.

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Hi, I’m Holly—I’m a book coach & publisher for entrepreneurs who want to write a damn good book for their business. The kind that gets underlined, dog-eared, lands paid speaking gigs, and makes their business simpler, smarter, and more visible.

I love working with business owners to turn their ideas into books that actually do what they’re supposed to—make people want to work with them.

I blend narrative psychology, publishing strategy, and my own proven frameworks—including my signature Book Mapping process and the Heroine's Journey—to create books that are wildly engaging and built to move readers toward working with you, so your book becomes your best lead generator for years to come.

If you're ready to write a damn good book for your business, I'm your girl.

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Holly Ostrout | Your (Profitable) Book Bestie

My unique framework combines transformational storytelling techniques with strategic purpose points that create books with genuine impact—and that can generate an extra $50k-$100k annually. I use my signature Book Mapping process to make your writing process quick and humane, and we build that book over my proven Heroine’s Journey framework that moves readers from curious to reaching out—so your book becomes your best lead generator for years to come.