🙌🏽 I’m on the Amazon blog today! Thanks for the love, I’m so thankful for Kindle Direct Publishing , the platform has truly changed my life! blog.aboutamazon.com/books-and-auth…

“What’s most important is when I have kids coming to me and saying, ‘Mommy, the author looks like me.” Learn about how Crystal Swain-Bates’s took a non-traditional route to publish her children’s books. bit.ly/2Cqo9ZS

My Small Business Was Featured by Amazon!: youtu.be/_nny69hOHas?a via YouTube

Why a Wrote a Black Children's Book With a Single Mother - My Story: youtu.be/XOYFA1TbYsQ?a via YouTube

How amazing is this?! 😍 I love seeing my book “Big Hair, Don’t Care” used for these fabulous Black History Month doors! This year they focused on famous African-American women and I’m… instagram.com/p/Bttb87BlUCV/…

🥰 If only y’all knew how many times I have watched this video 🤣! It makes my heart smile every time! Another happy reader ❤️ #Repost omg_and_mommy ・・・ Thank you for the wonderful book!!!… instagram.com/p/Bt0qUeRlNSU/…

I’ve been quiet for the past few weeks and it’s because I’m on an international book tour ✈️! I’m hopping from continent to continent with Paris 🇫🇷 , Cairo 🐪 , and West Africa… instagram.com/cswainbates/p/…

Fresh off of my international book tour, I will be teaching at the World Natural Hair Show in Atlanta, an event attended by over 30,000 black women! I will be teaching not one,… instagram.com/cswainbates/p/…

This makes my heart smile ❤️

I made it to Forbes!! 😆 I’m so honored to be featured in this article as one of three women who have found self-publishing success. There aren’t enough people who look like me in this industry so I hope that this… instagram.com/p/BxgG5T4hwT_/…

When I found out Ingram Spark had a podcast I was like 👀, I sure hope they bring me on as a guest one day. And then they did! 🙌🏽 The coolest part is that they invited me on to not only talk about my career as an… instagram.com/p/By6CTpzFI7c/…

One year ago today, Amazon flew a film crew to my house to feature me in a video on their website about my books. A whole video about me on Amazon.com! 😮 The goal was to show the actual business owners who create so… instagram.com/p/B1Z2KG_FLlC/…

𝐈 𝗪𝐎𝐍!! I’m super excited to share that I won the 2019 Digital Book World Medal for Leadership in Diversity 🏅and I captured it all on camera, plus my “offstage commentary” once I got back to my hotel room 😂. Swipe… instagram.com/p/B2VK8bnFk3Y/…

Thanks Forbes @MeiMeiFox for highlighting me in your list of 15 black-owned businesses to check out on Juneteeth! ❤️🤗 forbes.com/sites/meimeifo…

Now that we’ve all been inspired by Amanda Gorman to write a little poetry, what better subject than our FOREVER first lady’s totally LAID look today! Here’s my ode to Michelle Obama on this 59th Inauguration Day ❤️

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CK1Zb9XHOiZ/…

I'm super excited to join @Amazon_Policy for a free Amazon Small Business Academy virtual town hall to discuss the importance of empowering Black-owned small businesses. Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/87540…

Get those votes in! Help send #AGTWildcard ComedianMike Goodwin to the live shows by retweeting NOW! ✔️

So excited to have been selected to speak at Amazon’s summit to uplift Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals of all backgrounds and experience levels. #amazonrepresents Register here: amazonrepresents.com

🙌🏾 I'm in Black Enterprise! Thanks Black Enterprise for the feature highlighting my episode on Shaq's show "The Game Plan" on TNT! blackenterprise.com/best-selling-a…