RESUME THIS SESSION — paste this whole message into a fresh Claude Code session to pick up where we left off.

Session Handoff — The Light Inside Her (children's book) + Children's Book Studio skill

Pick up here (do this first)

1. Finish publishing the Kindle eBook. Sondra was on KDP's Kindle screens (KDP Select + pricing).

Upload PROJECTS/Children's Book Studio/brave-girl-bright-heart/Final docs/7 - Kindle eBook (upload this).epub (this EPUB replaces the PDF — PDF reflow broke the fixed layout), preview, set $4.99 / 70% royalty, enroll KDP Select, publish.

2. Then get Sondra's yes on the childrens-book-studio skill upgrade (add Author Interview +

Niche Validation + 30-day Launch Plan, sourced from the KDP research).

3. Then the book quick wins: A+ Content, a "Brave Girl" printable lead magnet + email capture,

request 10 categories, add 7 keywords.

What already shipped

• Paperback "The Light Inside Her" by Sondra Verva is LIVE on Amazon KDP. 10 stories for

8-year-old girls; 6x9 color, 83 pages, bleed, picture-left / story-right spreads.

• Source: PROJECTS/Children's Book Studio/brave-girl-bright-heart/
• Final upload files (numbered, friendly-named): .../Final docs/
• file 1 = interior PDF, file 6 = full-wrap cover PDF, file 7 = fixed-layout EPUB (Kindle),

file 4 = Kindle cover JPG, file 5 = KDP Fill-In Sheet, START HERE.html

• Pricing: paperback $13.99, Kindle $4.99 / 70%, enroll KDP Select.

Subtitle "Inspiring Stories for 8-Year-Old Girls" (must match the cover).

• KDP first-book-success deep research:

Sondra Brain/raw/2026-06-25-kdp-first-book-success-deep-research.md readable version: outputs/kdp-success-research.html

• Command Center built (navy/gold/cream, clickable, opens in Edge); standing rule = register

every deliverable. My-Command-Center/COMMAND-CENTER.html

Key files for next session

• PROJECTS/Children's Book Studio/brave-girl-bright-heart/build_book.py — the book build pipeline

(manuscript.md -> 6.25x9.25 bleed interior + Kindle variant; blank-insertion for spreads; reusable for a series)

• My-Command-Center/command-center.json + build_command_center.py — Command Center registry + builder
• Sondra Brain/raw/2026-06-25-kdp-first-book-success-deep-research.md — launch playbook + proposed skill upgrade

Constraints to remember

• Sondra is non-technical, reads in Edge (HTML/PDF, not markdown), dislikes pink HTML

(navy/gold/cream default). Fix layout cheaply; verify before showing. Don't regen the whole book.

Verify things still work

• python "My-Command-Center/build_command_center.py" -> rebuilds COMMAND-CENTER.html
• python "PROJECTS/Children's Book Studio/brave-girl-bright-heart/build_book.py" -> prints "book-interior.html (83 pages)" etc.

Deferred

• Front-cover ratio: Canva built 1.6:1, paperback is 6x9 — used a blurred-fill workaround in the wrap;

re-export the Canva front at true 6x9 if reprinting.