Tagged: book sales

Foreign Rights Strategies to get your book sold overseas with Dr. Jan Yager

Joining the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host, Dr. Judith Briles is Dr. Jan Yager, the author of 50+ books, in a wide range of genres including adult nonfiction, adult fiction, poetry, dramatic literature, and illustrated children’s books –with translations into 35 languages.
Getting your books into foreign markets is something she knows about. Her book, Foreign Rights and Wrongs opens up what I’ve called “mailbox” money for years. Jan call is “free” money. Jan’s …

NEW Podcast: Tips on become a powerful media guest and get booked

Posted on Jul 8 By Judith Briles

Truthiness: the Media can support an author’s book and make a difference in book sales. And of course, promotion. In this episode of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Judith Briles reveals HOW to become the ultimate media guest… and get booked on a show.
Host Dr. Judith Briles will show you how to:
· contact and pitch to a producer.
· create questions to be asked and why you should.
· take control back when a host asks dumb questions or goes on …

Top Ten Twitter Tweets of January 07

Posted on Jan 7 By Judith Briles

HOT … we will start to video our Saturday Mornings programs. To get the video and handouts … you must be a paid registrant. This Saturday is How to Create a Book Launch (or Reboot Your Book). Each video Event will have a special registration for Remote participants.Today
Author U –Your Guide to Book Publishing, host Dr. Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd digs into a variety of writing and publishing insights each show. During December, …

Intentional Book Selling in 3 Steps

Posted on Jun 20 By Judith Briles

For authors to be successful, the magic dust of book selling and marketing need to be in play. Do you know the three steps that will set you up for your book sales?
It’s All About Intentions …

Step 1 … The Pitch and Platform When someone asks what your book is about … what do you say as you Pitch them your work and words? Do you stumble a bit? Do you start and …

#Amazon Takes the Machete to #BookReviews Again

Posted on Dec 17 By Judith Briles

Help … my Book Review has fallen and it can’t get up!

A recent phone conversation from an author revealed that several of her 5 star reviews were given the ax via Amazon. All were legit; all had read the book to her knowledge … I know that I had and I went into some detail with my review.
Two years ago, there was grumbling in the author community that book reviews on Amazon were mysteriously going astray. A …