Get Your Book Seen and Sold

April Cox is the founder and CEO of Labradoodle publishing and the creator of self publishing made simple. After seeing how many fellow authors were struggling to get their books published, April launched her author work group providing step-by-step, handholding to help new and aspiring authors to get their books published. The program has graduated hundreds of students since launching in 2018, an...

Sheryl Bass , Author of Baby Dragon's Big Sneeze , is our guest today. Sheryl shares her self-publishing story - how she did it and the resources she used as well as the advantages of self-publishing. She also shares: * Tips on Book Reviews and the cool platform she used to get them * The Self-Publishing Book Shepherd she hired to guide her self-publishing * Her timeline for publishing a children’...

What's YOUR Message or Story? Why Not Write a Book? In this episode, my colleague Kate Brenton and I answer questions about the book writing process and book marketing ideas .  You will love this Q&A session where we share other author's questions.  Did we cover your questions? More information on the class we chat about, Sit & Write , is at the link and below. I hope this gets you motivated to wr...

Author and Book Marketing Guru, John Kremer , sat down with us and offered so many fabulous book marketing tips and success stories, it’s a can’t miss. Part One of the interview airs this week and Part Two of the interview airs next week. Here are some of the links that we chat about: 1001 Ways to Market Your Books John’s Hour a Day Book Marketing Plan John Kremer’s Website: BookMarketingBestSelle...

This podcast is the audio version of the video I posted last week just in case you didn’t feel like watching a video and prefer a podcast… It’s a quick 4 minute preview of coming attractions on Get Your Book Seen and Sold Substack for 2023. Links and summary is below: Thanks for listening. I am so excited about 2023… it will be all book marketing, all the time Best-selling author, John Kremer’s we...

Quick Podcast Excerpt - Keep Motivated, Keep Writing Kate Brenton, Host of Rebirth Podcast , interviews me about the release of my audiobook, It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers , and we got into a conversation that I hope motivates YOU to keep writing and marketing your book. Kate wisely states that everyone’s publishing journey is different - there is more than one way to publish a...

BookTrib for Book Promotion Podcast - Show Notes This Podcast/Substack newsletter is all about book marketing methods and ideas! I search high and low for affordable yet effective book promotion opportunities and one resource that I have discovered is BookTrib . Book Trib is somewhat like BookBub in that it has a database of book readers (over 75,000 unique monthly visitors) so their audience is a...

Kelly Simmons has published seven suspense fiction novels so far.  She just released material through a new platform - the serial fiction podcast.  In Part One of this podcast interview , we chat about her new serial podcast, Open the Window . In this Part Two of the interview, I ask Kelly about her publishing journey on the road to seven published novels, how she found an agent and her advice for...

What Is a Serial Podcast w/ Author, Kelly Simmons The topic of this podcast interview is: Serial Podcast. Recording a serial podcast may be add to your author platform or could be a new career idea for you. Kelly Simmons, successful author of seven novels, just released brand new material as a serial fiction podcast titled, “ Open the Window ” and it is fabulous, I listened to it and would describ...

It Is Time... For You to Sit & Write Your Book In this episode of Get Your Book Seen & Sold, Kate Brenton joins me to present an opportunity for authors and aspiring authors.  Kate Brenton, author and inspired teacher has created the Sit & Write Master Class that starts October 1 (intake interviews in Sept).  Kate and I explain the Master Class: who it is designed for, how it works, and why combin...

Yes, Yes…I know this is a podcast / newsletter to get your book seen and sold. However, I promised in the intro of the podcast that there would be times when I would present book marketing by example. This is one of those times. Not only will you learn about a great new best-selling book, The Trial of Lizzie Borden , and meet it’s Author, Cara Robertson , you will also learn: * How a twist on a po...

Hello, my Substack friends. This interview with Podcast Host of the Award Winning The Creative Penn podcast , Joanna Penn proves the old adage that “you never know until you ask.” I am a big fan of Joanna’s podcast, website, and books. On a whim, I pitched an interview with her and she graciously and generously agreed to it. I am still on a high from this interview and the fabulous information Joa...

Author Catherine Read was asked by a publisher to write this book on homeschooling using the Waldorf Curriculum. Listen in to learn what she learned about book marketing - specifically what a publisher is willing to do and what an author CAN do to help promote her book! Catherine can be reached at her website: TheGeniusofHome.org . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

Deborah Shepherd is the Author of " So Happy Together ," a coming of age novel set in the 60's.  Deborah fulfilled her lifelong dream in publishing this book.  In her 70's, she is now close to completing her 2nd book - a memoir!  She talks about the book and publishing the new way, with a hybrid publisher. You can find Deborah  at DeborahShepherdWrites. Com How fantastic to pull a manuscript from...

Many of the questions that I get are related to publishing. It makes sense that I would get these questions: how to publish, what are the publishing choices, how are they different? In this podcast, I speak with Dani Mahfood and Jenny Judson, co-authors of The Last Season - a Victorian era, romantic novel published by hybrid publisher, TouchPoint Press . You can find Jenny and Dani at their websit...

Claudine and Geraldine Donaher, first-time author of Still , talk about writing, staying motivated, Beta readers, the role of exercise, and not letting your writing (your dream) dry on the vine. This holiday weekend, take a few minutes to re-connect with your writing or if you are finished your manuscript, your book marketing plan. Geraldine’s book, Still , is available in ebook format on Amazon....

Hybrid Publishing is a different way to publish. It is not traditional publishing and it is not self-publishing. It is… you guessed it…a hybrid of both forms of publishing. Hybrid Publishing could be the right choice for you and your book. Claudine interviews Rybin Graham who just released her new book, You, Me, And Anxiety - a memoir / self-help book for teens. There is also a parent’s version of...