Today
Author U – Your Guide to Book Publishing, host Dr. Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd digs into a variety of writing and publishing insights each show. During December, she will focus on strategies to kickstart your publishing success … or reboot it. Today her guest is Anne Randolph and the topic is Write Raw …Write HOT! … no matter if you are a ficition or nonficition, author, writing hot is critical to grab your reader from the get-go and keep them engaged. Books, Blogs, Articles, Tweets, Postings … you name it—Anne has been the writing drive behind many best-selling authors. You don’t want to miss this—it will be another fast hour.
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Here are your Top Ten Tweets for the past week
Tweets are faster than a speeding bird … below are Author U’s Top Ten Tweets from the past week that you may have missed …
Success & Resources
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Indie Bookstores Finished 2015 on High Note http://ow.ly/WXrhT
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Need Public Domain photos? NY Public Library just released almost 200,000 of them!
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Print Books Having Good Finish to Solid Year http://ow.ly/WnG6g
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Smashwords: 2016 Book Publishing Industry Predictions: Myriad Opportunities amid a Slow Growth Environment http://ow.ly/WOtez
Social Media and Marketing Strategies
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Will you ever buy mostly e-books? The results! | Nathan Bransford, Author http://ow.ly/WdWLz
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Amazon has almost 85% of the self-publishing market? http://ow.ly/WNHcs
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Get a tsunami of #author and #book and #ebook benefits-podcast via @mybookshepherd @AuthorU: ow.ly/XdCS7 #selfpub
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5 Lessons I Learnt About #BookMarketing from Writing Get Noticed from Author Marcus Taylor goo.gl/hI54w2 #PromoTip #PubTip
Writers & Writing
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Podcasts Every Writer Should Subscribe to Right Now http://ow.ly/WsLgz
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3 Typefaces for Books you should know about – The Book Designer @JFbookman http://ow.ly/WTTUj
Fun and Cool Things to Know or Do
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If “Friends” Quotes Were Children’s #Book Covers ow.ly/X5j7u #amwriting #authoru
Remember … you can listen to over 240 programs that Author U Founder Judith Briles has created for your book and authoring success: http://tinyurl.com/AuthorURadio , scroll down and click on any of the past shows—just click and you are instantly there! Or you, subscribe directly on iTunes: http://ow.ly/QO0oK
If you are looking for FREE author and book coaching … call in to Judith’s Author Monday Mornings at NOON Eastern each Monday. The number is 218-632-9854; Access Code 1239874444 … have your questions ready–there’s a full hour to ask and listen.
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