Monthly Archives: March 2021

Get essential author tips for publicity for your book and your brand

Get essential author tips for publicity for your book and your brand

Tips for Hiring and Using a Publicist Beyond What Your Thought Possible …
If you were thinking of hiring a Publicist to promote YOU or your BOOK, do you know what questions you should be asking? After all, you are interviewing someone …
Today’s edition of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing introduces publicist and publicity expert DM Collins. You will take away:

The 3 questions would you ask of a potential publicist before
hiring him or her.
How long you …

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Get an insiders secrets and tips for non-bookstore book marketing

Get an insiders secrets and tips for non-bookstore book marketing

Selling YOUR Books Outside the Bookstore …

WOWSA … discover why authors and publishers should sell to non-bookstores markets instead of bookstores. And, if you haven’t explored premium bookselling opportunities, you are missing out. You can via podcast with @BookMarketing @JudithBriles @MyBookShepherd today.
An author’s dream marketing landscape is to have LARGE non-returnable book sales. Discover the steps to make it happen when “selling” is not what you want to do, don’t have time, or know-how. Book …

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Writer and Author Beware: Avoid the Princess Author Syndrome

Writer and Author Beware: Avoid the Princess Author Syndrome

In front of me were a newbie author and his first fiction manuscript. He was hesitant to speak as I welcomed him and then started asking a few questions.
Before he arrived in my office, I had quietly sat down and read the first three chapters to get a feel for his story and style of writing.

I knew it needed editing, but so do all books to some degree. The opening chapter had legs and moved …

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How to Sell Books on Amazon By the Truckload

How to Sell Books on Amazon By the Truckload

It’s Amazon time on today’s podcast  … Lot’s happening in the hour with Book Marketing Expert Penny Sansevieri, author of How to Sell Books By the Truckload on Amazon, and book marketing cheerleader Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.
You will learn:

How to avoid the most common mistakes that authors make when selling books on Amazon.
Tips on Author Central’s new look and tools.
The two early book marketing tips to embrace.
How …

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Tips on dealing with change for authors

Tips on dealing with change for authors

It’s 2021 and Time for an Author Do-Over … A Change in Plans
2020 was a wallop of a year in dishing out change, flowing it from multiple directions. The way you worked, where you worked, and how you worked morphed. Socializing was flipped on its head. Outside entertainment took a deep-dive. Health awareness and care dominated conversations and airwaves. Most likely, you felt that you were in a never-ending change spiral.
The truthiness is that Change …

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Huge tips on injecting creativity in writing children’s books

Huge tips on injecting creativity in writing children’s books

Injecting creativity in writing children’s books as an art form. No one knows it better than bestselling author Justin Matott. He has sold over 1.5 million copies of his books to superfans of all ages from 4 to 99.
AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing Host Dr. Judith Briles and Justin Matott deliver a fast hour on the “how to” revealing:

how to spark creativity
how to connect with an audience of any age
how to sell truckloads of books
tips …

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