Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

Branding ... Creating an Amazing Author and Book Brand ... is exactly what you want to do. How would you like to go from a "nobody" to a big "somebody" in your niche? That's exactly what this edition of Your Guide to Book Publishing is all about. Michelle Marchildon is the author of Finding Life on the Mat. Recognized as the Yogi Muse in her hometown of Denver, Colorado...that was just about it. W...

Authors need moxie for success. Period Judith's guest is Joanna Penn, the brains behind one of the top ten websites for authors, The Creative Penn. -Do you have a stack of books in your garage but no one seems to be buying them online and you find yourself clueless on what you’re doing wrong? -Stuck on marketing strategies for ebooks?--we've got answers. -Is Amazon on the only game in town--NO, No...

Authors need websites and social media success. Period Judith's guest is Georgia McCabe, the brains behind one of the most successful website makeover companies and strategists for social media implementation, especially for author book launches. -Do you really want a website that rocks and visitors say, "WOW!" ? -Are you stuck on marketing strategies and what social media to use? -Do you know any...

-How to Sell Your Books to a WHOLE New World! -Do you want to sell books in your own backyard? -Would you like to create specialty sales for fun and profit? -Would you like your books to be have non-returnable sales? -Would you like to know when to avoid bookstores? -Would you like to find your market and convince them to buy your book NOW? -Would you like to know how to get a bookstore to say YES...

Learn the 6-Pillar Strategy for 6-Figure Author and Book Success with Amber Ludwig’s Online Business Success Circuit Judith's guest is Amber Ludwig, an online business development expert. -Do you have a stack of books in your garage but no one seems to be buying them online and you find yourself clueless on what you’re doing wrong? -Are you overwhelmed by Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, YouT...

Book Marketing for Fiction and Nonfiction Authors want to know ... How do I sell more books? How do I really promote them? How to find and drill down into a niche? What tracking tools are important ... and what should be tracked? Is there a difference with fiction and nonfiction. What about children's books? This edition of Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles is just what the Book...

Track Your Book Biz Leads to Biz Growth! Authors want to know ... How do I sell more books? How do I really promote them? How to find and drill down into a niche? What tracking tools are important ... and what should be tracked? This edition of Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles is just what the Book Shepherd ordered. Join Judith as her guest Alyson Stanfield reveals the secrets...

Blogs ... Love Them and Grow Your Audience Authors want to know ... Do they really need a Blog? Most authors have a Blog on their website because the website designer told them they should. If you have one, how’s it working for you? Are you getting traffic? Do readers make comments? Does it have content that is directed toward the reader that is your ideal visitor? Is it engaging? If you don’t, wo...

Crowd Funding ... Is It For You? Have you got a great book idea? A little short on cast to create it? Have you thought about crowd funding ... or cloud funding? Not sure what it is? You will be after this show. Besides draining your bank account, hocking the house, borrowing from friends and relatives ... where are you going to get the money you need to support the creation of your book? Crowd fun...

Foreign Rights, You and Your Book One of the reason why you wrote a book in the first place was to gain notoriety, to generate profits, to deliver valuable information, to be of service ... and probably some place in that mix, to benerfit from the leverabge that occurs once you produce an intellectual property. If you have a book, think outside sales... like in other countries. Getting your book p...

Getting on "the Air" as an Author! If you have a book, you want it, and you to be ready to be feature "on the air"--be it radio, TV or blog radio. It's "live time" and you must be ready to pitch your book. Is your book done? Are you still wrGetting on "the Air" as an Author!iting? Or are you in layout, now thinking of marketing it? Your marketing will be 90% of your energy ... and your success......

If you have a book ... and a mouth, it's one of the best things to rock your book sales. Our special guest Karen Susman will discuss what the componets of a great speech; how to structure it and reveal inside tips on what to do... and not to do. Since 1983, Karen Susman has worked with authors, educators, engineers and others who want to be more compelling speakers. She learned the one secret of s...

Do You Have Klout? Using social media is all about your influence - and Klout is one of the primary measures of how successfully people influence their followers to take action on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Our special guest Susan Gilbert will discuss what Klout is, how it measures your influence and what you can do to increase your score! About our guest: An entrepreneur since 1987, Susan Gi...

Twitter Can Rock Your Book Marketing! Is your book marketing feeling limp? would like like to reach out to mega thousands in just seconds? Have you thought about doing a video on Twitter--did you know you could? Your marketing will be 90% of your energy ... and your success... maybe 100% of the success! You have to ...yes, you have to, use the social media tools that connect with buyers and believ...

Don't Leave Corporations and Other Non-Book Retailers Out of Your Book Marketing! Is your book done? Are you still writing? Or are you in layout, now thinking of marketing it? Your marketing will be 90% of your energy ... and your success... maybe 100% of the success! And it's work... Today's program is all about resources and ideas that are out of the ordinary. Brian Jud is an expert in selling a...

Calling All Fiction Writers and Authors! Have you ever wondered how a best-selling author picks his topics? How do you? In today's show, we will explore topics, research, interviewing, courtrooms and how to put together a real page-turner of a book. Joing Judith will be Harry MacLean, NY Times best selling author of several books, including In Broad Daylight. Harry will reveal: How he picks topics...

What is the Execution Gap ... and how does it apply to authors? Set the Goals TODAY to get your book done ... to launch it ... to soar it to an amazing success! Gary Ryan Blair is known as the Goals Guy. He's a visionary and gifted conceptional thinker. Each year, he launches his 100 Day Challenge to kickstart and take you to the stratesphere in success ... however your magic wand has identified i...

How would you like to create a gazillion books and products without reinventing the original one ... just a tweak and a morphing here and there? You can ... and Your Guide to Book Publishing will reveal how! Discover how to more quickly and easily leverage your Book and other written content. Our guest today is Jeff Davidson --who doesn't like to write! Yet he is highly prolific: he has written 59...

Joel Friedlander, The Bookman, returns to Your Guide to Book Publishing with a variety of ideas on how take a book--any book--and repurpose it in a variety of ways ... it's your book's "sweet spot." You will discover ways to leverage the content from your book and your own expertise to build your online presence and create related products. You will learn: How to make book reviews work. What the #...

Set the Goals TODAY to get your book done ... to launch it ... so soar it to success! Gary Ryan Blair is known as the Goals Guy. He's a visionar and gift ed conceptional thinker. He uses a non-nonsense, highly focused and disciplined approach to transform results for peole all over the world. Over 60 percent of the Fortune 500 use his products and services to maintain a competitieve edge. Why not...

Get Reporters to Call YOU! USA Today called Dan Janal “a true cyberspace pioneer.”Pioneer PR pro Dan Janal will reveal inside tips on authors need to know when it comes to PR. Should you or shouldn't you? You'll learn: 1. The easy steps to become a media superstar overnight - even if you have no media experience and/or a brand new book. 2. How you can be the next “go to” expert the media calls. 3....

Back again is master book publicist Stephanie Barko to reveal inside tips on Book Blog Tours and getting the best, and right, Endorsements for your book. -Do Endorsements sell books? -4 steps authors should take to get them. -How do Book Blog Tours work? -What are the critical components needed for a Book Blog Tour? -3 steps to take to make your Book Blog tour exceed your expectations. Join Dr. Ju...

More Author and Book Apps to Rock Your Publishing World Back again is the Author's Nerdy Best Friend. Today on Your Guide to Book Publishing, listen (and join in on the conversation!) with Dr. Judith Briles and her guest Beth Ziesenis on all the nifty and free (or very cheap) apps to use to make your life as an author rock and roll—there's lots of them. Beth is the author of Upgrade to Free: The B...

Authors NEED a Book Fulfillment Partner Having a book fulfillment relationship isn't just for the heavy book sellers. Any author who has a book, who has a mission, who wants to get the word out about their book, ideas and marketing ... needs it. Find out the tricks and hot tips to maximize your book sales experience. Everyone publishing a book is at a different stage. Do you ship your own books, o...

Show July 26th ... Authors NEED Social Media ... and that Includes LinkedIn. Contrary to popular belief, LinkedIn is just not for business. Any author who has a book, who has a mission, who wants to get the word out about their book, ideas and marketing ... needs it. Find out the tricks and hot tips to maximize your book promo with LinkedIn. Everyone using Social Media is at a different stage. You...