Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the power of using and implementing a crowdfunding campaign for your book—or any project that is in your wheelhouse. Only 35% of publishing related campaigns. You will get tips on how to be in the minority! -Crowdfunding stats for 2023. Some are eye-opening. -Crowdfunding moneys can be used to print your book. -Cr...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles opens the door to the #1 way to sell mega cases of your book at full price with immediate payment and not returns. You will get plenty of tips and strategies to get started and build momentum. You can listen in audio and video on YouTube. Can speaking on your book … your expertise … morph your book sales? Why yes … YES it...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles rolls out a full hour on how to create a book marketing game plan. Start with: -The Hows and Whys of creating a book marketing plan. _The essential elements every book marketing game plan needs. -How to initiate a direct marketing campaign. -What the most common mistakes authors make. -9 things you should be doing within...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites dives down into the elements of the Why and How to create an Opt-In lead magnet for the website. The goal—to attract new visitors and gather emails of followers. Available in audio only and video on YouTube. You will take away: -Why an Opt-In is an essential website element. -Why types of Opt-Ins work best. -Where...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles walks authors through the Game Plan to seed and build their book to reach their WHO it’s for and steps needed for success when published. You will take aways include: -Essential components create your book. -Narrowing down the WHO your book is for. -Identify what the value and benefits are for the ideal reader. -Writing t...

Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and Rebecca Finkel, Book Design expert, deliver a fast hour of essential author DOs and DON’Ts for author success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: • How tariffs will impact your book production. • What’s happening with printing costs. • Why authors should expect to see book printing costs increase. • Amazon is now...

Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and John Kremer Book Marketing expert, deliver a fast hour of 10 plus strategies to deliver book marketing success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: -Overall strategies to leap forward. -Why every author should have a newsletter. -Tips for creating your own Summit and why you should. -How to start your marketing of...

Book Marketing Timelines for Authors from Writing to Launch and Beyond In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles delivers a solo hour to create book marketing timelines from the time you start writing to the launch date and beyond. It’s a note taking hour with Judith for a lively and informative hour to set the stage for author success. You will take away: -What...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Dan Miller, the copyright detective, to join her for a lively and informative hour of how to protect your book You takeaways include: • Copyright Insights for Authors in the Age of AI. • Copyright rules for registering a book that is AI generated. • What is AI generated and AI assistance and why authors must know...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jane Wood, author of Schools: A Niche Market for Authors joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively and informative hour of how to get your books into schools; who to contact; strategies to get schools to buy your books for all classrooms; along with tips to engage students from the get-go. You will take away: -What the...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites PR marketing strategist and publishing consultant Dan Janal to share his tips on the world of book coaching, developmental editing and the AI element. Your takeaways include: -Strategies for engaging a book coach … should you? -What is developmental editing and when should an author seek one? -Key questions to ask...

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Joining the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is award-winning book designer Nick Zelinger. You will get two insiders skinny on book covers that readers will embrace. Whether it's a new book or a makeover on an old book--make sure it is contemporary versus yesteryear. You will take away: - Tips for creating eye-friendly covers that shout out "pick me up." - Ideas...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites digital marketing strategist Jules Marie to share her tips on creating press releases that get the attention of the media. If you don’t tell the media your story with a press release, who will? Your takeaways include: - Strategies to create a compelling hook. - Tips for including value-added information to your re...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites author and writing coach Anne Randolph to share her tips on creating the best book ever. Your takeaways include: -Writing tips step by step. -Why creative writing can increase the quality and speed of your writing. -Get 8 tips of creating the best book ever. -Why speaking out loud your writing improves it.  Writi...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites award-winning and bestselling author Mara Purl to share her tips on creating characters that readers want more of. Your takeaways include: -Characters talk...tips on getting them to tell their story to the writer. -How colors will set the stage for your story … and continue it. -Why you want to develop you...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites digital marketing strategist Jules Marie to share her tips on creating digital marketing that connects with your ideal audience. Your take aways include: -Aha-digital marketing includes anything that uses technology. -Why the author website is the most important part of a marketing strategy. -Use Yast and Pho to p...

In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd deep dives into how to create a successful bookstore event. Author takeaways include: - How to pitch to the bookstore manager or author event coordinator. - How to engage bookstore customers. - Tips for book table swag. - 10+ tips for creating a successful book signing event. - How to take a...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites fiction editor Barb Wilson to share her tips of editing … what’s old, what’s new. Your takeaways include: -Copy editing is all about the mechanics, line by line. -Sensitivity editing has lessened its impact. -Proofreading/cold eye. It’s a must. -Tips for just writing. -Descriptions count in the writing setup.  Di...

How Do Book Judges in Book Contests Really Judge? In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jules Marie who has judged over 2,000 books for a variety of book contests to share her tips on creating a book that has the WOW factor in the judges' eyes. Your takeaways include: - Entering book contests are part of your marketing plan. - Before you enter, what’s...

Award-winning book designer Rebecca Finkle joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles for a fun and enlightening podcast on book design trends for 2025. Your takeaways include: -Can your cover pass the second test? -What the design trends ae for 2025 for books and authors. -Why you cover must connect with your target market. -Why you should Google bad designed book covers. -How...