Topic: Book Publicity

Tips for getting your book seen and sold

Tips for getting your book seen and sold

Do you want to get your book seen and sold? You can and in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles invites author and marketing strategist Claudine Wolk to join her.

learn the value of “rolling” publicity.
get tips for being seen.
get tips on selling your book.
learn the three essential tips to publicity.
and as always, much more.

Join in and learn with the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.                               …

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Author Tips for Creating Your Book’s Copyright Page

Author Tips for Creating Your Book’s Copyright Page

Author Tips for Creating Your Book’s Copyright Page
Does your book have a Copyright page? It’s a must have and is always placed in the “front matter” of your book.
And, not a week goes by, when I don’t get an email from an author asking: What should I have on my copyright page?

It’s an essential question, and the answer is: your publishing essentials including copyright year, who owns the copyright, publisher, contact information for it, how …

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APRIL must be at event in Denver for all Authors … is that YOU?

APRIL must be at event in Denver for all Authors … is that YOU?

Join the 10th Annual AuthorYOU Extravaganza in Denver, Colorado
Pre Extravaganza April 8
Extravaganza April 9-10

REGISTER NOW FOR THE April 2022 IN-PERSON CONFERENCE
The Extravaganza celebrates Craft, Publishing, and Community for all authors and writers for over a decade. FINALLY, we can gather IN-PERSON next month. Attendees will join with presenters and fellow authors for this year’s event—we are making a difference event. Our goal is to help YOU soar with your writing and publishing as we help you learning insider …

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Don’t Sabotage Your Author, Writer and Publishing Career

Don’t Sabotage Your Author, Writer and Publishing Career

Not a week goes by that I don’t get a variety of “How do I do it?” questions that pertain to either writing, publishing or book marketing. Whew. None are one-sentence responses.
If it’s about writing, it may be: How can I make a living writing? Do you know who pays for freelancers? Should I join a writing group?
For authors and authors-to-be, it could be:  How do I get started? How do I find an agent …

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Create an Amazon Bestseller Campaign for Your eBook Online Course in 4 weeks!

Create an Amazon Bestseller Campaign for Your eBook Online Course in 4 weeks!

 Create an Amazon Bestseller Campaign
for Your eBook Online Course in 4 weeks!

There are 23 steps in your journey … a journey where you could pay someone to travel and implement for you … or one where you can roll up your sleeves and learn how to create, implement, and execute. As in DIY.
The Create an Amazon Bestseller Campaign for Your eBook Online course is the later. I will take you through each step during …

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Is a paid book promotion worth an author’s time and money?

Is a paid book promotion worth an author’s time and money?

Paid Book Promotion
Authors and publishers often participate in paid book promotion for a book’s marketing campaign. The reason? It’s a very effective way of getting your book in front of readers eyes.
There are multiple companies providing paid promotion services. Therefore, Hybrid Global Publishing offers assistance with three promotion services available to authors: IndieReader, Edelweiss, and LibraryThing.
IndieReader
IndieReader provides services to improve a book’s findability and status. The main service they provide is professional book review. They …

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Book Cover Re-Design; Identify With Your Audience

Book Cover Re-Design; Identify With Your Audience

How does a Christian book cover depict a dream…the desire, longing, hope for a child?
That was my artistic challenge after Lorilyn Roberts asked me to redesign the book cover for “Children of Dreams.” First published in 2009, it is the true story of how God restored and fulfilled Lorilyn’ s dream of having children even after her husband abandoned her for his pregnant girlfriend.
My first step was to think of the readers. What kind of image would they identify with?
I know …

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Looking for the Writing Force to Find You? Look Within …

Looking for the Writing Force to Find You? Look Within …

There isn’t a writer out there who hasn’t hit a roadblock or pothole in creating a book. Sometimes it happens within a chapter … or a blog. Wanting to be a writer; transitioning to a better writer, and arriving to the status of a great writer doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process.

The process begins with reading. Devouring the words of others can guide and mentor both a writer-to-be and already established one. The process continues …

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Has Your Book Walked the Plank?

Has Your Book Walked the Plank?

Woot … you’ve got your book—congrats for sure.
You are now a “published” author; some sales are coming in; you are promoting it in every channel you can think of, and then an online OMG moment hits. It may be a not-so “Yo-Ho-Ho” time for you and your book. You’ve done an online search and discovered that your book is being sold by someone(s)o you have never heard of—someone(s) you never engaged in selling your book. …

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Want a newsletter and content generator for your business? Use #Paperli

Want a newsletter and content generator for your business? Use #Paperli

Our guest blog is by member Andi Phillips who first learned about Paper.li at Judith Briles Book Publishing Unplugged. It’s a terrific process of curating “like” expertise and producing a weekly or daily newspaper—takes about an hour … and once you are done … you-are-done! Become a subscriber of mine: http://paper.li/e-1437000336

Make your own paper … Judith
 

At #AuthorU, I recently learned about a new tool called Paper.li, which creates a web newspaper and e-mail newsletter with …

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