Driven Publishers Elite
Uncover the secrets behind Amazon’s most successful books, learn the strategies of experienced self-publishers, and become part of an elite publishing community that helps you succeed while building genuine connections.
Self-publishing has one big problem: you are isolated
Does this sound familiar?
Publishing alone
- ✕ You are guessing at niches instead of knowing what actually sells.
- ✕ Courses hand you theory, never the current playbook.
- ✕ Ad budget disappears with no real system behind it.
- ✕ Nobody around you understands the business.
- ✕ There is no one to sanity-check a five-figure decision.
Now imagine
Publishing with a room behind you
- ✓ Honest feedback on your covers, niches, and numbers.
- ✓ Warm introductions to freelancers, tools, and partners.
- ✓ Two live events a year to go deep, in person.
- ✓ The working strategies, updated as Amazon keeps changing.
- ✓ A private room of publishers already doing what you want to do.
Built by a publisher, not a guru
"I spent ten years figuring this out mostly alone. DPE is the room I wish I had the whole time."
Peter Holmquist has published over 1,600 books on Amazon KDP across more than a decade, building one of the most successful self-publishing businesses in the world. Today it runs largely passively from Cyprus.
He built Driven Publishers Elite to bring the most serious publishers in the world into one room, and to keep them there.
Everything you need to stop guessing
One membership. The room, the playbook, and the people.
The Community
A vetted room of serious publishers who share real numbers, not highlight reels.
Video Knowledge Base
The full DPE playbook on demand, from your first book to seven figures.
Weekly Live Calls
Two to three every week, in US and EU time zones. Always current.
Masterminds with Peter
Direct access to a publisher who has done it 1,600 times over.
DPE AI Coach
Answers grounded in the DPE method, on call 24/7 between the live calls.
Both Live Events
Standard access to the US and Europe masterminds, included every year.
Two to three live calls, every single week
Education and strategy calls plus mastermind sessions, scheduled for both US and European time zones. Never a recording from 2019. Always what works this week.
The difference is the room
Hear it straight from members
We put dozens of members in front of a camera. No scripts, no actors. Here is a taste.
"These aren't just seminars, they are genuine and transformative experiences."
"I posted a question on Tuesday. By Wednesday I had six detailed answers from people who had actually done it."
"The connections alone paid for the membership many times over."
Real publishers, real numbers
These are members, not testimonials we bought. Watch them tell it in their own words.
Built a self-publishing business most authors only dream about.
► 83 min interviewFrom zero to nineteen thousand a month in twelve months.
► 30 min interviewA steady, compounding catalogue built over the years.
► 34 min interviewReached forty-five thousand dollar months on Amazon in two years.
► 37 min interviewA seven-figure trajectory driven by disciplined Amazon Ads.
► 54 min interviewBringing a storyteller's eye to the publishing business.
► 41 min interviewThese are individual experiences. We do not guarantee earnings or outcomes. Your results will vary based on your effort, niche, budget, and market factors.
Join by invitation, or at an event
DPE is not open to the public. You can only join by being invited by a member, or by attending one of our live events and choosing to join there. If you want the chance of being invited, follow the three steps below.
Apply in 5 minutes
Tell us where you are as a publisher and what you are trying to build. Short and simple.
Talk to a member
If you look like a fit, you speak directly with a real member on WhatsApp, never a sales rep.
Get your invitation
If it is a fit both ways, you are invited to become a member. Membership is a serious annual commitment, and that is exactly what keeps the room worth being in.
Membership is invite-only and priced as a premium annual commitment. That is the whole point. It keeps the room full of publishers who take this as seriously as you do.
Prefer WhatsApp? Message a member directly
Good to know
Who is DPE for?
Is this for complete beginners?
How much does membership cost?
What is actually included?
How do the live events work?
Is it really invite-only?
What if I am not based in the US?
Do you guarantee results?
Let's talk about your next chapter.
DPE is invite-only. Apply in five minutes. If you are a fit, you talk to one of us directly.