Participate and display your book at the American Library Association Meeting in Denver in February.

Woot—get you book in front of 8,000 librarians! The ALA MidWinter annual meeting is in Denver February 9-12. We have a table in the Small Press section. Display Your book and Patti Pate in the booth. Fee is $75 for the first book and $25 for each additional book. There are only 15 spots available. 

NOTE: we can do Author Signings in the Booth–if you want to do this–Judith needs to know by November 21st … this will allow us to get your name into the Program that all authors can see. Author Signings mean you are giving away books–not selling them at this event.

EXHIBIT HOURS:
Friday, February 9: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Saturday, February 10: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, February 11: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Monday, February 12: 9:00am – 2:00pm

Location: Colorado Convention Center. Denver, CO
Meeting Dates:
February 9-13, 2018
Exhibit Dates:
February 9-12, 2018

$75 for the first book

$25 for each additional book

NOW … If you participating,  email Judith Briles at Judith@Briles.com with:  your ISBN, retail price, distributor, title, genre and one line to describe it. We will be making a catalog to give out onsite to any librarian who visits us. And if you want to do a Book Signing, we need to know that as well. Book signings mean you give away FREE books. And of course, if you are in Colorado, consider volunteering at our table–meaning you don’t just pitch your book, your support ALL books displayed. 

Get Ready … 2018 = Book Marketing and Authoring Breakthroughs!

Get ready for an all-new Author YOU Extravaganza in 2018. Get ready for Education—the deep dive type. Get ready for entertainment—fun is always good and toe-tapping is the perfect way to end a jammed-packed day of information. Get ready to meet the Who-Who’s in Publishing Service Providers in our Exhibit Hall—your village to create an awesome book, publicity campaign, uncovering sponsors, promotion and much more. And get ready to change your book and authoring life.

Here’s the Opening Line-up:

Starting with a pre-Author YOU Extravaganza Advanced Book Marketing Breakthrough Intensive with John Kremer, Kathy Bublish and Judith Briles on Thursday afternoon starting at 1.00 p.m. on the 23^rd.

Followed by the first Author YOU Book Pitch Fest sponsored by Thomson Shore. Open to the public, 15 authors with manuscripts at least 75% completed can pitch their books to five publishing pros. ONE WINNER will walk away with a publishing bonanza package: editing, cover design, interior design, and printing. Value: Priceless

Followed by the Grand Opening in the evening … meet our fabulous Exhibitors up front and in person. They’ve got the smarts, experience, and tools to make your book shine. And they are available to you through Saturday.

As you meet and greet, why don’t eat? Yes indeed … we will have dinner Friday in the Exhibit area–.

And then ….

• Two jammed-packed day sessions on the 24^th & 25^th.
• Our One-on-Ones are back where you can pick the brains individually of Publishing and Marketing Pros of your choice.
• The Sunrise Session is back to get your authoring juices flowing.
• Our Auction benefitting the launched Colorado Authors Hall of Fame is back.
• Author Photos are back.

All our speakers are being confirmed NOW and will be posted before December 31^st.

• Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd®, will be there.
• Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound, will be there.
• John Kremer, Book Marketing expert, will be there.
• Jackie Lapin, Positioning and Speaking expert, will be there.
• Daniel Hall, Online Product expert, will be there.
• Amy Collins, Book and Amazon expert, will be there.
• Panel of the Best and Brightest in Book Design will be there.
• More to be posted … and they will be there!

August 23^rd  Author YOU Extravaganza  PRE Extravaganza

1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Advanced Book Marketing Breakthroughs Intensive … with John Kremer, Kathy Meis and Judith Briles

Imagine:

• John Kremer, author or 1001 Ways to Market Your Book, and a master when it comes to getting a billion plus eyeballs on your books;
• Kathy Meis, visionary behind Bublish and a master at alternative distribution and building book buzz; and
• Judith Briles, author of 36 books including How to Create Your $1,000,000 Speech and Author YOU— and a master at book publishing and speaking on your book.

… all in the same room on the same day at the same time! Book Marketing Breakthroughs will mount as they reveal a variety of strategies and show you how to implement to take you and your book marketing to the next, next level of sales success.

Registration: $125 and includes a preferred seat in the audience for the Author YOU Book Pitch, the Grand Opening, and Dinner.

5.00 to 6.30 The Author YOU PitchBook Fest sponsored by Thomson Shore
15 authors-to-be will have the opportunity and 5 MINUTES to PITCH their books to our Pitch Panel … ONE will walk away with a publishing bonanza package: editing, cover design, interior design, and printing. Value Priceless. Entry fee: $25 PitchFest event and a registrant for the Extravaganza on the 24^th and 25^th__dinner is included for the Entrants …  Attendance to watch:

6.30 to ???  GRAND OPENING with our Exhibitors
  Meet our fabulous Exhibitors up front and in person.

August 24^th and 25^th …  Author YOU Extravaganza 

FRIDAY … Introducing your weekend breakthrough
Starting at 8.00 a.m.

Speakers
Exhibits
Lunch in the Rounds
Speakers

Exhibits
Rounds with the Pros
Dinner and Entertainment

SATURDAY … the Breakthrough continues
Starting at 7.00 a.m.

Speakers
Exhibits
Lunch in the Rounds
Speakers

Bringing it all together
Ends at 4.45 p.m.

ALL Registrations will open in January 2018

Register at AuthorYOUExtravaganza.org 

Speaking Unplugged Session in 2018:
November 9-10

Would you like to know how powerful you, your book and experiences are and how they can influence and change others one word at a time? Would you like to turn your book, your ideas, your mouth into a business that creates a lifestyle woven with travel, fun, global friends and financial success?

You can with the smart and savvy strategies, you will reveal in this interactive and fun intensive workshop. With over 35 years of speaking on the platform, Dr. Judith Briles will show you how to become a successful professional speaker … a speaker that will soar your book sales. Since the 80s, speaking has been her #1 way to sell books … over 1,000,000 of them!

Would you like to turn the book you have or are creating into a money machine that cements your expertise and authoring success?

Would you be willing to trade just TWO days to get all the how-to and strategies from someone who spent over 35 years on the speaking platform … someone who generated in excess of $5,000,000 in combined speaking fees and book sales that will be generated directly from speaking gigs? You can …

Don’t delay: 2017 Boot Camps were SOLD OUT!

Your guide and mentor for these 2 awesome days is Dr. Judith Briles, the author 35 books, publishing expert and radio host. Plus an opportunity for an extra day post the Unplugged Bootcamp.

There  are two-weekend dates for 2018:

November 9-10, 2018
                           will change your authoring life 

Site:  Doubletree Hotel Denver-Aurora, CO

For Hotel Reservations: http://bit.ly/HotelDoubletree

Experience two days of Judith … NO pitches to buy other “stuff”, just Judith Briles Speaking Unplugged delivering an amazing depth of speaking and marketing information that she has derived from her 35 plus years as a professional speaker that has taken her to 12 countries—from Finland to Brazil and all 50 states.

Are you ready to create the speech that will get you booked and re-booked … get the answers to the questions you have … all of them? Judith is the master book publishing coach and guide.

Reserve Your Spot NOW
for 2 Colorful Brain-Jammed Days, including meals.

• How to develop your topic … start with your book then expand to create a portfolio of options for meeting planners to select from or add-on to an already booked gig.
  
• How to structure your speech or create a workshop … one that is uniquely you and will make you the buzz of any conference.
  
• How to identify your key points … and hook in the right story, activity or exercise to engage your audience.
  
• How to create stories based on your life experiences that will engage an audience … that can have them rolling in the aisles or shedding a tear.
  
• How to tie in current events with your presentation … create a local hook that will connect with attendees.
  
• How to know when to use multi-media … and what to do if it goes wrong.
  
• How to structure your first words … whether it’s a story, statistics, an event connected with the group or something else—tips on how to instantly connect with any audience.
  
• How to create a memorable opening or closing … that will leave your audience laughing, crying or thinking—but never just leaving them.
  
• How to avoid the Blunders, Bloopers, and Boo-Boos … that most speakers—newbies and old-timers make.
  
• How to identify and create your Unique Selling Pitch to any meeting planner … what will make you shine and rise above the speaker crowd?
  
• How to create the visuals to enhance your presentation … audiences are visible—you will learn how to use cartoons, words and essential elements to spark up any presentation.
  
• How to deal with snafus and presentations that aren’t working … it happens; not every audience is ideal or presentation perfect.
  
• How to find groups that want your message … and will enthusiastically cheer for you and want you back.
  
• How to move from free to fee … and make a living by using your words and your mouth.
  
• How to negotiate contracts … and get “soft money” for no fee gigs.
  
• How to create your “unique” position … work with a SWOT Analysis designed for you and your book.
  
• How to create an AWESOME Speaker-Book One-Sheet …
  you need one that shouts you out … it’s brag time to hook meeting planners and attendees.

WAIT … WAIT … there’s MORE! You have the opportunity to book one day within three months of your Judith Briles Speaking Unplugged Bootcamp for a One-on-One in person in her offices or via Skype if you are out of the area. You will get laser coaching dissecting your speech, your stories … your “whatever” that evolves from the Unplugged session you attended. Your cost for this is $1,250, a reduction from her 6-hour fee of $2,750 and only available to Unplugged participants.  

AND

• If you want to open up your creativity channels … you will love the exercises Judith walks everyone through.

• If you want to create a speech that uses the key elements of your book and expertise … you will learn insider tips on how to and how to niche yourself into “your” market.

• If you want to be Pitch Perfect … it’s the way to sell your book, and few authors succeed. You will now.

• If you want to master social media tricks that will allow you to breathe … you will learn and see exactly how to create a life beyond your computer. Judith selects several books for attendees and will demonstrate and position them for a marketing blitz you won’t believe in front of your eyes!

• If you want to know tricks of the social media marketing whirlwind … you will learn which platforms work best for which books and how to drill down into them.

• If you haven’t done a Speaking GamePlan around your book, you will (or will revisit what you thought your GamePlan was) … and discover amazing “ahas” along the way about both You and Your Book.

• If you want to make serious money as an author, you will come away with the how-to strategies that are doable.

• If you stumble along on how to pitch yourself, you won’t any longer–tips and techniques plus create the ideal script to roll out who and what you will bring to participants at events in less than 30 seconds.

• If you want “e” shortcuts to use for your speaking marketing, you will get plenty of fast-track tips to use.

• If … what are your “IFs”? … there will be hot seats throughout the two days.  
  ALL participants take the hot seat and get immediate laser coaching from Judith. How cool is that?

Get ready to experience a “different” bootcamp … it is not just another conference where you sit in your seat and take notes—expect extraordinary high interaction, plenty of “to-do” Activities—you will not only listen and hear Dr. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd; you will see demonstrations of how she does it in her own speaking; AND you will immediately implement what she says. PLUS, you will get live laser coaching. Judith believes in feeding your brain and your belly—you will be fed.

 What it is, is your next, next step to authoring success.
Be there. You and Your Book can’t afford not to be.

Call Judith, determine if this is the “right fit” for you and your book now.
Call 303-885-2207 or email Judith@Briles.com. Don’t delay. TheBookShepherd.com

REGISTER NOW by calling 303-885-2207 — get the EARLY Bird pricing of $547 by January 31st for MARCH and  September 11^th for NOVEMBER. Why not commit now and pay a little each quarter?

For Hotel Reservations: http://bit.ly/HotelDoubletree

Are you an Alumni? Special rates for Alumni are reduced to $297

Rates will increase on September 30th to $997 for the NOVEMBER session. Judith has a payment plan if desired, just call the office at 303-885-2207.

In other words,
your life as an author will morph.

Judith Briles Speaking Unplugged delivers extraordinary high interaction, plenty of “to-do” Activities and Hot Seats—

you will not only listen and hear The Book Shepherd, you will immediately implement what she says. As the author of 36 books (two more are in the works!), many best-selling and award-winning, she has presented to audiences as small as 16 and as large as 5,000.

It is your next, next step to credibility and speaking success.

If that’s your goal, be there. You and Your Book can’t afford not to. Save these two days in 2018 … and 2017 was sold out–don’t wait:

November 9 – 10  … days that will change your author life. Who better to captain your journey than Author and Publishing Expert, Dr. Judith Briles?

Cost:
Early Bird Registration ends on September 30th … your cost is $547  … it increases $450 on October 1st  to $997 – additional registrations with the same party are $397 up to October 15^th and $797 until the last day of the month prior to the Unplugged date.

Remember: Judith has a payment plan if desired, just call the office to set it up at 303-885-2207.

If you are a Last Minute registrant, you will pay $1,297 … that means from November 1^st until Judith Briles Speaking Unplugged starts.

BONUS: On Saturday, there will be complimentary neck and shoulder massages throughout the day.

All meals during sessions included PLUS extensively detailed workbook.

Location and Hotel Reservations:

Venue:

Doubletree Hotel Denver Aurora: 13696 E Iliff Pl, Aurora, CO 80014 (303) 337-2800

Special Room Rate: $109 for attendees, includes FULL Breakfast PLUS Adult beverages and snacks in the Evening. Judith’s Tip: Stay at the hotel, even if you are a local … she is. It’s a great time to connect, schmooze, have fun … and continue what happened from 8.30 to 5 with co-attendees. Guaranteed, it’s a mini-break and makes a difference with your take-aways when you are fully immersed in the process.

Lunch included each day.

Stay “in the moment” so her teachings and strategies will begin to imprint versus being pulled back to the office and your personal surroundings.

Colorado … our Falls are spectacular in Colorado and most likely, snow shouldn’t be a factor in Denver. Spring is something else … sometimes snow; sometimes a little rain; sometimes lots of sun.

Note … breakfast is only for those who are registered at the hotel. I’m staying there and checking in on Thursday afternoon.

There will be coffee/tea onsite and throughout our sessions plus lunch each day …

Workshop Times: Each morning starts at 8.30 AM. Days will end at 4.30 PM.  On the 1st night–Friday, there is an after session casual soiree–an excellent schmooze and noshing time. Dress should be comfy. It’s wise to have a sweater–temps can very in our room.

If you are FLYING: Denver International Airport (DIA-Denver) is your destination.

Workshop Times: 8:30 to 4:30 each day. On the 1st night–Thursday, there is an after session soiree that is a great schmooze and noshing time.

Register now by calling 303-885-2207 — get the EARLY Bird pricing of $547 by September 30th … why not commit now and pay a little each quarter? Rates will increase on October 1st to $997 session. Judith has a payment plan if desired, just call the office at 303-885-2207. 

~~~~Cancellation Policy: No Refunds after October 10th for the November Unplugged. Prior to that, there will be a $200 cancellation fee.

Thank you! The Speaking Unplugged Bootcamp was amazing, very helpful, and filled with valuable information. I have much to percolate on in regard to my speeches. I have already begun to look at them differently, with new ideas.
-Trish Humenansky-Laub

I really enjoyed the 2-day Package. Small intimate setting—the Hot Seats were great. My #1 aha was on how use a story to lead into my key talk on diversity. Sign me up—I’m coming back!
-Andi Sue Phillips
DeEmphasizing Diversity

I liked the comprehensive structure of the two days along with how to turn stories into an engaging opening—how to make them come alive.
Heather Elliott
Same Sh*t, Different Day

Great job! The first thing I’m going to do is update my current presentation and start using stories that I never considered before. What I learned in the first two hours exceed my registration fee!

–Jeannette Seibly
Brag!

I enjoyed it all. Loved the interaction and learned from the examples. My takeaway: I can do this!
-Sue Miller
My Life Rearranged

What an amazing depth of actionable information. The information on how to structure contracts and fees was invaluable—the first thing I’m going to do is refine and define stories. I now know which direction to take.

-Melody Jones
Social Media Expert

Invaluable! Being able to get in front of a group and practice telling my story was the perfect landing for me.
-Maddy Tomoren

Ideas! Lots and lots of ideas: speaking, writing, marketing, and website. My #1 aha was going through the speaker website review and what is needed. I never thought about a grabber line. Sign me up for your next event!
-Mary Salas
Financial Planner

Learning how to develop speaking topics and weaving in stories was extremely helpful. Thank you. I learned lots that I can immediately use.
-Suzanne Simpson

“Dr. Judith Briles provided the exact information our authors needed to elevate their platforms and hone their marketing plans. Whether you’re just starting out on your marketing journey or a published pro, I strongly recommend using Dr. Briles’ wisdom to elevate your promotion skills to the next level.”

-Brooke Hartman 
President & Conference Chair, Alaska Writers Guild

December 19th will be big for AuthorU members and AuthorU … it’s AuthorU and Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Day at the Colorado Blvd. Barnes & Noble.

 Author signings all day … all customers who use the special coupon created by B&N and distributed to ANYONE who comes into the store on December 19th, selects books AND then gives to the cashier at check-out will create a donation back to the Authors Hall of Fame gratis B&N … how very cool is that! Watch for more info and sign-ups to participate. Support your author friends who are signing and SHOP in the store. We will get credit for any books as long as a coupon is given to the cashier.