OH-OH … You are going to miss this boat … the Publishing at Sea cruise is SOLD OUT!
Authors who need a crash course in book publishing before they write, or need to create demand for books that aren’t selling, can learn the inside secrets of how to write and market a bestseller, during a Caribbean cruise Jan. 18-23, 2014.
The “Create the Ultimate Bestseller at Sea!” cruise includes training sessions and laser coaching by five book publishing experts:
- Book shepherd Judith Briles, who has written 31 books, including several bestsellers. She hosts the annual Author U in Denver which trains thousands of authors and publishers.
- Publicity expert Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound, a former journalist who has coached, mentored and trained thousands of authors, writers, publishers, CEOs and business owners, on how to self-promote.
- Book distribution expert Amy Collins who knows every facet of the book distribution labyrinth and has worked with major publishing houses as well as independent authors.
- Book marketing expert Penny Sansevieri, who has helped make 11 books bestsellers in less than two years.
- Branding expert Georgia McCabe, a social media strategist and best-selling author, helps authors by predicting how evolving technologies will combine with consumer needs to create business opportunities.
The cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean’s “Brilliance of the Seas” will leave port in Tampa, Fla., and travel to George Town on Grand Cayman, and then onto Cozumel, Mexico.
At sea, participants can attend 12 intensive sessions on strategic book marking, distribution, publicity, professional speaking, social media and other topics important to creating a bestseller. They can also take advantage of laser coaching with the four experts. In port, participants are free to relax and enjoy the sites.
The cost for all workshops, the cruise, taxes and gratuities is $1,100 per person for an outside, ocean view cabin, or $1,200 per person for a balcony. If you were to buy a collective hour of the five “Chicks at Sea”, it would cost you $1500! Grab your spot for the ultimate working vacation.
Registrants can pay for the trip over six months, via PayPal, with no interest. All details are on the PublishingAtSea.com website for each workshop.
Register at http://www.PublishingatSea.com. Or call Judith Briles at 303-885-2207.
Time: 6 to 7:30 Eastern on Wednesday, June 8
Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5859541930907013378
If you want to sell books, you need publicity. If you want the maximum publicity possible, you need a Media Kit for your fiction or nonfiction book.
Seven important audiences, including journalists, will expect one. And if you don’t have one, hope you never get a phone call from a journalist who hears about your book, wants to interview you and asks, “Can you send me your media kit?’
Publicity expert Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound and a former newspaper editor, will explain the 10 essential elements in every media kit, when she’s my guest during a special 90-minute webinar at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 8. This is for authors who have written fiction or nonfiction, and for those who haven’t started their books yet.
You will learn:
- How to use a media kit and how not to use it.
- The seven important audiences for your media kit, and what they expect to see in it.
- The correct format for writing a press release for a fiction book and one for nonfiction.
- Why you should have more than one bio, and the exact word count of each one.
- Tips for using photos in your kit to make the media’s job easy.
- How to shave weeks off the tedious chore of creating a media kit from scratch.
As a special bonus, Joan will give away three 15-minute consultations, but you must join us on the call to be eligible.
Get ready to create a variation of your book and expertise that Marvel Comics would be proud of! With the ability to tap into Amazon’s CreateSpace and IngramSpark, you too can join the crowd that had gotten the “how-tos” of creating workbooks, guidebooks, comics … even adult coloring books (not to mention kiddos). If you publish children’s books and adult coloring books or even if you publish nonfiction … OR, are thinking about doing it … you’ve got to see how this is done … and learn how quickly you can convert ANYTHING into a snappy and sassy new product.
Register here (even if you can’t attend live, you will get the replay the next day): https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306
If you could do this quickly and easily, you can increase your monthly passive income with a snap of a finger (well kind of).
Here’s your question: Are you ready to catch a new wave of ideas and repurposing for you and your books? One that coattails to a top selling trend for adults?
There are a lot of sticky details when it comes to publishing physical books and physical color books that you will want to throw your laptop into the ocean because it could be so confusing! This webinar will be your lifeline … learn how and discover how you can add income to your cash water-way.
NEW! SPEEDBOAT Printing and Publishing Webinar on Thursday, August 11th—it’s another freebie. There’s so much you can do to create new products that are a variation of what you currently have. The time is 4 PT, 5 MT, 6 CT and 7 ET. Expect a fast hour.
Even if you can’t attend “live”, register to get the replay: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306
Are you aware that adult and kid coloring books are hot in book sales? Would you like to know how to convert what you have written and create them? How about spiffy newsletters, guides, and workbooks?
Get ready for a speedboat of a webinar. We are going to show you how to make a full-color book fast. It’s all in this week’s WebinarGold on Thursday, the 11th.
It’s official … FINALLY, Spring arrives on Monday … the annual first day of Spring celebration per the calendar. This month’s AuthorYOU circle is designed to jumpstart the annual ritual of warming weather and signs of nature with new ideas for marketing, creation, presentation … SUCCESS.
REGISTER: www.Meetup.com/AuthorYOU
Even if it does what we all know about Colorado–we sometimes don’t get the “it’s Spring memo”– and snows! Get ready for another great session with the AuthorYOU tribe.
It’s cold outside but HOT inside as a variety of ideas are revealed and explored. It’s time to start thaw out, come out of hibernation from the winter chill–make 2016 the year that your writing and publishing explode.
All gatherings start with a flip chart and a question: what do you need? The morning is then off … who knows what paths it will take?
Is there a book in the works? Are you stuck? Curious about the various publishing options? Ask your questions …
The Author YOU participants are true masterminds. The Circles created with expanding your projects and the breadth of your success. If you want to make your book happen … here’s the inner circle that has ideas and experience to kick start it, goose it and just get the launch started. Your answers are in the room.
There is no charge except your “fee” is to bring a snack to share, your ideas, questions, an open mind and meet other authors. No question goes unanswered! –come at 9, stay til noon–
Warning: if you are a “no-show,” you get two passes; after two misses, future participation will be based on availability.
REGISTER: www.Meetup.com/AuthorYOU
Are you ready to tap into an ADULT craze that doesn’t to appear to have an end in the short-term horizon?
Did you know that adult coloring books are rocking it in book sales?
But consider this…
Adult coloring books and other low content types of books are easy to create and profitably publish IF you know how to use complicated graphics like Photoshop or Gimp Shop.
But what if you don’t? As you like the idea … but where is the Dummies version?
Get ready … this webinar has that solution for you.
On Wednesday, November 8th, we’re going to show you a brand-new way starting at NOON Mountain time—11AM Pacific and 2 PM Eastern.
Here’s the other great thing you can use this to create:
- Adult coloring books
- Children’s coloring books
- Maze Books
- Game Books
- Action Guides
- Journals
- Diaries
and much, much more!
Get ready to create new products that compliment what you have now. Create something spanking new. And have fun.
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8441475619286147586
Celebrate the upcoming holiday season with 20 authors. Schmooze, sip tea, enjoy some delicious food, and pick up some books as gifts while you’re at it. It’s free to attend.
You are invited …
It’s our Fall Author Tea where local Authors do a “show and tell,” offering their wonderful books on a perfect afternoon surrounded by cool people and delectable food. And it’s FREE. You are encouraged to bring friends.
The Holidays are coming … select the perfect gift and have it personalized—Books are the ideal gift—think kids, your friends … how about YOU?
We will have books in many genres, including: Mystery, Horror, Inspiration, Children-Juvenile, Cookbooks, Memoir, Military History, Women’s Fiction, Adventure, Health, Humor, Writings-Publishing, Fantasy and Self-Help.
Here’s what’s happening …
When: SATURDAY, November 23rd
Time: 1 – 4 pm
Where: Judith Briles’ home: Heritage Eagle Bend, 8122 S Quatar Circle, Aurora CO 80016
Hosted by: Judith Briles
RSVP by telling Judith you are attending … it’s a FREEBIE and a perfect way to spend a few hours on a Saturday afternoon . Tell Judith NOW that you are coming (and how many guests you are bringing). Yes, you can invite your friends to come as well—the more, the merrier! We just want to make sure that we have plenty of food.
You can email your YES (with how many) to Judith directly at Judith@Briles.com put November Tea in the subject line, or text her at 303-885-2207 your YES (with how many).
Would you like to have a method to collect emails on your website? How about building your influence and engaging readers? I bet you do … and you do it with an Opt-In format that does both at the same time.
Get ready to roll up your sleeves. This is a NO PITCH webinar … just information to goose your visibility and success. Your take-aways include:
- How to determine what the perfect “lure” is to drive traffic to your website?
- How to create a drip campaign that develops trust.
- Have a slid method to collect emails on your website?
- Add hundreds, even thousands to your email lists that are individuals who are interested in your expertise?
- Create a parallel online marketing campaign to drive traffic to your website.
Your guide is Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd. A firm believer in the power of website Opt-Ins, she will make you a believer as well. All registrants by 9 am on Tuesday, the 19th will be sent a handout to print out and use. In addition, it will be posted on the webinar site when you log in to download it. Those who are registered will get the replay within 24 hours.
Date: Tuesday, May 19 at 4 pm Mountain Time
Cost: $10:
How to Write Bestseller Book Marketing Copy for Fiction and Nonfiction
How would you like to get proven blueprints and templates for your book marketing copy? You can … and it will unfold on three Tuesdays in November.
Casey Demchak will deliver an exclusive three-week course on How to Write Bestseller Book Marketing Copy for Fiction and Nonfiction.
Beginning on Thursday, November 5th at 4 p.m. EDT, 1 p.m. PDT. Course instruction will cover nonfiction books and novels.
During this course, Casey will show you step-by-step how to write compelling marketing copy for your website sales page, back cover copy, Amazon description, promotional eblasts, and your About the Author page. You’ll learn all of Casey’s proven blueprints and templates, plus he’ll pepper in dozens of master copywriting insights.
As part of your course registration, Casey will provide you with a 7-point audit of the back cover copy you’ll write for your book during the course based on his instruction.
This personalized feedback alone is worth the cost of the class!
Early Bird Cost: $249
Register here:
Know your Author and Book Publishing Rights
Knowing your rights and when to call an attorney is important as an author, publisher, vendor, and as a person.
Many times, authors:
- Don’t understand how to read a contract and negotiate the details;
- Don’t know how to use their own or others’ materials—i.e., pictures, diaries, etc.
- Don’t understand the use copyrights or trademarks in their books, blog posts, and social media postings.
Copyright laws have recently changed recently … it’s TIME to update what you know; what you thought you know; and what you need to know.
Saturday, April 3, 2021 will provide a practical approach that can save you a lot of money, time, and aggravation.
Julie Bernard … is the CEO of Bernard IP Law. She is a registered patent and intellectual property attorney who brings twenty-five years of experience to the table. Julie focuses her practice on US and international patents, US and international trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property portfolio strategy and management, transactions and licenses, and technology transfer. Julie provides balanced general, transactional, and intellectual property legal advice based on her significant experience and proven track record related to patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and the structuring and negotiation of licenses and other agreements.
Cost: $15 AuthorYOU members $25 nonmembers
Registration will increase to $25 for AY members and $35 nonmembers on March 30th (You will receive handouts and a link to join the zoom meeting a day or two prior to the event)
WHEN: Saturday, April 3
TIME: 9 AM Mountain
WHERE: Your computer via Zoom
COST: $15 AuthorYOU members – $25 non-members
REGISTER:
AuthorYOU Members $15
