Carol is off today, and before you start worrying about what trouble I’ll get myself into on today’s show without adult supervision, joining me today is my very special guest, author Karen Dimmick.   Karen is the author of the upcoming book 47 Mind Hacks for Writers and is the co-founder of Bookthority.com, where she helps authors to make their businesses more profitable. Helping authors for more than eight years, Karen works with everyone from first-time writers to an established, five-times New York Times-bestselling author. Her mission is to break down what works for authors and put it into practical steps to help them to build profitable, engaging businesses they and their fans love.   In 2017, Karen will be hosting The Book Marketing Summit to help authors learn everything they need to know to successfully market their books. Full-disclosure — I will be one of her speakers!   On today’s show, Karen and I will actually be flipping roles. She will be interviewing me about the best practices in 2016 for authors to market their books — and themselves! — on social media, asking me questions received from her audience of global authors over the past week.    Are you a new author? A veteran author? Do you have a question about using social media to market your book? Tweet it to me now on @KenHerron, and we’ll answer it on today’s show.