eVolution is part of your publishing empire. It has to be. Like a menu in a restaurant, eBooks are something that you should create when you create your print book. Or create an eBook, than maybe, create a print book. Then there’s an “a” book—audio.
eBooks now amount to 25 percent of all book sales… and there are strong indications of a flattening of the market with a cross over now to tablets … yet many eBooks can’t be read on a tablet and many tablet books can’t be read on eReaders, like Kindle and Nook. What’s an author to do?
Designer Nick Zelinger will walk you through the step-by-step process; how and why you need to think differently for your covers; what venues you should use to upload and broadcast and so much more. There’s lots to learn and you will get the visuals and the how-tos to make your “e” empire rock and roll.
At this Brunch & Learn, you will come away with:
- The How-tos of eBook formatting … what works and what definitely doesn’t.
- The differences between “fixed” formats and “flexible” formats and when you should use them.
- What works in a standard eBook and what doesn’t.
- How to include art, tables, graphics.
- Why “e” covers need a twist.
- The ins and outs of Amazon’s KDP program.
- Strategies to market your “e” product line.
Book Celebrations can be a Launch or a Hoopla. How do you create an event that is both awesome and successful … meaning your sell lots of programs?
- Determining what type of event to create.
- Examples of alternatives to traditional book signings.
- Getting a crowd there.
Author U Chief Visionary Officer Judith Briles has been creating successful author events for years. She’s going to walk you through a variety to ideas to launch and celebrate your book that takes you way beyond the table in the bookstore. Be ready to come away with a flood of ideas to make you and your book stand above the book crowd–she promises that it will be Snappy, Sassy and Salty!
Cost: $30 for members, $45 for nonmembers
Date: October 12th Time: 10 am to 2 pm Location: Doubletree SE, Aurora (225 and Iliff)
Register now!
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March 30th (4 PT, 5 MT, 6 CT, & 7 ET)
All books need a send-off. During this webinar, Dr. Judith Briles will show you and demonstrate a variety of strategies to kick your book off to the start it needs to build the buzz, bring in the buyers and brand you as the “go to” expert.
Book Launching is exciting. It can also be exhausting and overwhelming. The grand news, especially for the indie and self-publishing author, is that book-launching can now be created as a “serial” activity. Get ready to add JUICE to you and your book to create a buzz your book deserves.
If your book has been limping along, it’s time to re-juice it. It’s a very fast 90 minutes. Your questions will be welcomed and answered during WebinarGOLD.
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2900363611383119361
June 4
EVERYTHING Authors Need to Know About Intellectual Property and Few Know to Ask …
8 AM registration and networking
Program starts at 9 and ends at Noon
… Intellectual Property … you want an expert who knows the ins and out of IP and is a master weaver in protecting the rights of owners of patents and trademarks.
Bringing that expertise to your Authordom and publishing success is what the June program is all about.
In the Saturday, June 4th program, you will get sage and savvy advice and ahas “straight from the horse’s mouth” … Molly Kocialski knows intellectual property backwards and forward. And you will absorb and learn what IP really is, how to protect yourself, your books and anything else that falls under the IP umbrella.
Whatever your questions, our speaker this morning has seen it all. As an attorney, advocate and leader in the field.
- What is Intellectual Property and why should you care?
- How can you protect yourself?
- What steps should you take if your IP has been violated or stolen?
- When does it make sense to Trademark your material?
- What are the steps to take in Trademarking and what are the costs?
- And, of course, so much more!
Get ready to a fast-paced session with one of the top experts in the country. You don’t want to miss this Saturday morning program. Molly is delivers “heavy” info with humor and panache. If you aren’t in Colorado or you have other commitments and can’t make the “in-person, face-to-face”, the next best thing is to register, let us know you won’t be attending—send the video. Any handouts and video will be sent to you the next week.
Cost:
GOLD Members: $25 (Please login to register)
All Others: $35
Note: after May 31st, price increases $10 for each
Location: Colorado Automotive Dealers Assn (CADA): 290 E. Speer Blvd., Denver CO
Date and Time: Saturday, June 4th … Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast at 8, Program starts at 9 AM.
Continental Breakfast included!
Meet Molly Kocialski, the Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Since January 2016, Mollybeth (Molly) Kocialski carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and is responsible for leading the Rocky Mountain regional office. Focusing on the nine states within this region and actively engaging with the community, she brings more than twenty years of intellectual property experience to the USPTO. Most recently, she was the Senior Patent Counsel for Oracle America, Inc., where she was responsible for managing an active patent prosecution docket and was also responsible for all of the post-grant procedures and patent investigations for Oracle and its subsidiaries. Prior to Oracle, she worked at Qwest Corporation and was also in private practice in both New York and Colorado focusing on intellectual property litigation for multiple high-tech companies while maintaining an active prosecution docket.
Molly Kocialski is a recognized IP leader in the Rocky Mountain region. She was the Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Colorado Bar Association and currently serves on the Colorado Bar Association’s Board of Governors. She served as the head of the IP Committee and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and currently serves on the National IP Committee of the Association of the Corporate Counsel. In 2015, she was recognized by Managing IP magazine as one of its North America Corporate IP Stars.
COST
GOLD Members: $25 (Please login to register)
All Others: $35
Note: after May 31st, price increases $10 for each
Gold members need to login to Member site to register.
REMOTE:
Video and handouts one week after event (you must be registered BEFORE June 4th to take advantage of this)
AU Members only $35
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.
AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing Show
November 10, 2016, 6 pm. Eastern
Link to iTunes page: http://bit.ly/iTunesAuthorU
An Insider’s Tips to Create Your Amazon Book Launch … Even with an Old Book
Did you know that 74% of all books in the U.S. are sold via Amazon and that 55% of all books worldwide are sold within the Amazon portal? You, as an author, MUST be there. The question is: How “there” are you?
At a recent AuthorU.org Saturday meeting, author Anne Randolph delivered an excellent program on How to Launch—or in some cases, Re-Launch an old book. Today, we will guide you through the process step-by-step. Included are what you need before you start the formal launch. Your set up, your to-dos and then what you do during. Only listen in if you want to sell thousands of books and be a #1 International Bestseller.
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
