Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

AI Is Back … the good, the bad, and the ugly to come In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites AI expert Greg Jameson back to dig into AI – the good, the back, and the ugly to come. AI has transitioned from clumsy in the beginning to clunky to sophisticated as 2024 begins. Your listening takeaways include: - The advances in AI in 2024 will dwarf what roll...

Swag and Book Marketing...the Magic Duo In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites cover and book designer Rebecca Finkel back to talk swag and book marketing. Your success going forward is all about what mindset you choose to have. Add in your branding, theme, the CORE of your message or storyline and wrap it all with consistency. For 2024, must-haves inc...

Writing and AI … what works, what doesn’t. In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites award-winning author and writing coach Mara Purl to join her as they take writing strategies coupled with AI … what works and what doesn’t. Your take aways will include: - The background to AI and why did Larry Page of Google believe that it doesn’t matter where a...

Writing Tips for 2024, Part 1 In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles welcomes bestselling and award-winning author Mara Purl to reveal strategies and tips for writing in 2024. Areas that were dived into include: - Self—times ... stamina, inspiration, scheduling. Key take away: honor time space. - Message ... evolving to the CORE message of your book, and what...

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, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, rolls out Part 2 of Editing Tips for 2024 with fiction editor Barb Wilson to step up and reveal her key strategies for 2024 success for authors. - Start thinking World Building … world building is not exclusive to fantasy and sci-fi—it’s in every genre. Build yours an...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles dives into a topic that is a must for every book. One that many authors avoid … because it costs money. They take the DIY approach … and a book failure mistake. Authors need editing ... not just a few EVERY author. Joining host Dr. Judith Briles is Editor Barb Wilson. She sharpens her creative mind and red pencil to offer...

Host Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, has invited book marketing guru John Kremer to step up projections for 2024 for authors. Your goal: You want to create what others want to read. Smart 2024 strategies include: -Start knocking on social media doors. -Hooking onto existing bestseller titles and authors in your genre with ongoing posts. -Hooking onto n...

7 Writing Blunders for Authors to Avoid Judith Briles The Book Shepherd identifies 7 Writing Blunders for Authors to Avoid in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s just Judith solo—this episode is the perfect refresher any time of the year. Originally aired January 12, 2023, this episode was the #1 show in 2023. It has been downloaded 328,123 times. Your takeaways...

Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should be doing for 2023: John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book and Dr. Judith Briles via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Originally aired January 5, 2023, this episode was the #2 show in 2023. It has been downloaded 323,950 times. Your takeaways include: • Hot tips for 2023 to do starting now....

Author question for 2023 ... What’s in your brand and influence wallet? Has your branding and influence stalled? Logos and EPKs to the rescue! And the question for leading into 2024 … all of the above! Multiple award-winning book designer Nick Zelinger dives into the importance of Author logos – creating that instant connection to your author brand. Why do so many self-published authors overlook s...

Can writers earn a living writing? That’s a YES from author and the founder of FundsForWriters.com, C Hope Clark. Originally aired February 9, 2023, this episode was the #4 show in 2023. It has been downloaded 233,378 times. In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, she joins host Dr. Judith Briles and C Hope Clark dive into author and writer success factors: • Why all writers...

AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host, Dr. Judith Briles has put together the ultimate 2024 special calendars for authors. Think book days, publishing days, writing days. Months. Weeks. Individual days. Get tips on how to use ... -Posters -Quotes -Book marketing campaigns It's an explosion of resources for 2024 for each month with Judith and the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing p...

It’s Time to Unclutter and Delete Computer Chaos Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host, Dr. Judith Briles is Nick Zelinger graphic designer at NZ Graphics. Over the twenty years they’ve worked together, they’ve worked with the chaos that is generated from computer disorganization that authors find themselves in. Get a variety of tips and strategies to bring Zen into your writi...

Tom Antion IS Back … with Oddles Author Success Tips and the Three-Prong Attack. He is the Internet Marketing guru for this edition of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. This edition is all about Internet Marketing … and Tom’s Three-Prong Attack to create big bucks. Listen to his podcasts and grab via ScrewTheCommute.com/automatefree ... his free guide to grow your business and fol...

The Master of eMail Marketing joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Judith Briles for this info-heavy session. Expert Tom Antion has never had a job. He's an Internet Multimillionaire who has sent out over a billion emails over the past 29 years with virtually zero complaints. He's the founder of the only licensed, dedicated Internet and Digital marketing school in the country a...

Are you READY for Book Marketing for the final two months of the year? It’s the giant book-selling season and let’s brainstorm strategies and tips to get your books into the hands of the readers who want them … and need them. Joining the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is Brian Jud, author of How to Make REAL Money Selling Books. There was so much information from last week, I invite...

It’s the giant book-selling season and let’s brainstorm strategies and tips to get your books into the hands of the readers who want them … and need them. Joining the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is Brian Jud, author of How to Make REAL Money Selling Books. There was so much information, I invited Brian back for Part II next week. We will start with: -Why and how to define target...

Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is Liza N. Burby, the author of How to Publish Your Children’s Book. She’s the author of 38 nonfiction children’s books and four nonfiction books. She is also an award-winning journalist who has been writing features for newspapers like Newsday and magazines and websites for over 35 years. Her website is https://lizaburby...

Author and Vision expert Dr. Lynn Hellerstein joins host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd, for an insightful episode on AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s all about Vision, and its impact on writing, research, publishing, book marketing, and creating author confidence. It's all about vision and using visualization to soar your author and writing success. Get ready to embrace the r...

Joining host Dr. Judith Briles is Rudy Shur, founder and CEO of SquareOne Publishers based in New York, selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest-growing indie publishing houses in the US. Rudy is the author of How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book, 2nd Edition, and is a board member of the American Association of Publishers for Special Sales. Today’s show focuses on publishing tips for au...

Have you ever thought about creating a contest to start the buzz about your book? Now's the time! JOining host Dr. Judith Briles is her guest, Authors Assistant, Bobby Crew. Bobby has created and run multiple contests for his clients. When you do you seed the influence your words and YOU have with new fans. It's a good thing. Your takeaways today are: 1. Why you should consider using contests and...

How to Create an Online Course that POPs Whether you are a fiction or nonfiction author, it’s time to learn an insider’s tips on how to create an online learning course that delivers innovative, creative, and fun ways to engage participants to support your wisdom and expertise. Keith Newhouse has over 15 years of experience designing online courses and training. He works with authors to reach and...

Are Your Intellectual Property Rights at Risk? Have a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by your side for an hour. Meet Ava Doppelt from Allen, Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrest, P.A. where she has represented writers, publishers, artists, musicians, computer programmers, and businesses. Your takeaways include: • Updates to using the copyright mark © ... as in just about everywhere. • Understanding wha...

Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Publishing host Dr. Judith Briles is Rob Jacob—an author, speaker, and living historian. If you were to meet him at an event he’s featured in, he could be part of a Western Gun Fighter group or the Revolutionary War ... or the golden age of piracy. It's time to learn about: Niche Writing, Niche Presenting and Niche Promoting! Your takeaways include: • How to step out...