{"id":10506,"date":"2023-12-18T20:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=10506"},"modified":"2023-12-20T20:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:31:46","slug":"best-selling-coloring-book-author-latoya-nicole-initiates-program-to-help-black-women-accomplish-their-publishing-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/best-selling-coloring-book-author-latoya-nicole-initiates-program-to-help-black-women-accomplish-their-publishing-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Best-Selling Coloring Book Author Latoya Nicole Initiates Program To Help Black Women Accomplish Their Publishing Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/latoya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10507\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/latoya.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/latoya-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/latoya-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/latoya-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Latoya Nicole is the successful owner of a prominent coloring book business that focuses on the importance of Black women\u2019s mental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As the author of nine books including her bestseller <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Exhale-Coloring-Celebrating-Black-Women\/dp\/1734879742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Exhale Self Care<\/strong><\/a><strong> Coloring Book, she is also an advocate for increasing representation in publishing.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhen I started publishing in 2018, only 11% of books published were written by people of color, and Black authors only made up a fraction of that percentage, according to the New York Times,\u201d she said in an interview with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blacknews.com\/news\/latoya-nicole-black-author-60k-coloring-books-sold-self-publishing-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BlackNews<\/strong><\/a><strong>. \u201cI was and am determined to change the narrative and I hope my story will inspire people to not only think big, but to also know that you can create passive income and freedom for yourself.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;Being an accomplished best-selling author and entrepreneur, Latoya could have easily retired after making history by selling 60,000 coloring books and introducing skin-tone colored pencils designed for Black women. However, she\u2019s now on a mission to give back and empower women by expanding her influence through educating others about self-publishing and how to sell books online.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10508 lazyload\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1.png 600w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1-300x158.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/315;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2024, Latoya has ambitious goals, beginning with the launch of her flagship program, \u201cBook Bag University: A Roadmap to Establish and Expand Your Author Brand.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The program comprehensively guides both established and aspiring authors through the in-depth process of marketing books online. \u201cI will literally walk you through the entire process that I have used publishing on Amazon and beyond\u2014 from putting together your bestselling book to helping you build your author business and sell more books,\u201d said Latoya. She suggests also subscribing to her <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LatoyaNicoleOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a><strong> as a starting point.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Purchase Latoya\u2019s coloring books through her <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurscolortoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> <strong>For more information or to join the waitlist for Book Bag University, visit <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookbaguniversity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BookBagUniversity.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latoya Nicole is the successful owner of a prominent coloring book business that focuses on the importance of Black women\u2019s mental health. As the author of nine books including her bestseller Exhale Self Care Coloring Book, she is also an advocate for increasing representation in publishing.&nbsp; \u201cWhen I started publishing in 2018, only 11% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[529,31],"class_list":["post-10506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-books","tag-black-authors","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}