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Creating your Non-Fiction Publishing Success with Rudy Shur

Creating your Non-Fiction Publishing Success with Rudy Shur

Joining host Dr. Judith Briles is Rudy Shur, founder and CEO of SquareOne Publishers based in New York, selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest-growing indie publishing houses in the US. Rudy is the author of How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book, 2nd Edition, and is a board member of the American Association of Publishers for Special Sales.

Today’s show focuses on publishing tips for author success.
Your takeaways include:

Essential tips to identify and avoid …

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Creating Contest for Promotions and Influence with Bobby Crew

Creating Contest for Promotions and Influence with Bobby Crew

Have you ever thought about creating a contest to start the buzz about your book? Now’s the time! Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is her guest, Authors Assistant, Bobby Crew. Bobby has created and run multiple contests for his clients.

When you do you seed the influence your words and YOU have with new fans. It’s a good thing.
Your takeaways today are:

Why you should consider using contests and giveaways to …

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Your Creativity and Intellectual Property with Ava Doppett

Your Creativity and Intellectual Property with Ava Doppett

Are Your Intellectual Property Rights at Risk?
Have a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by your side for an hour.
Meet Ava Doppelt from Allen, Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrest, P.A. where she has represented writers, publishers, artists, musicians, computer programmers, and businesses.

Your takeaways include:

Updates to using the copyright mark © … as in just about everywhere.
Understanding what you need to protect your website.
Steps you must take today with your website designers.
Strategies to protect your intellectual property—your words, …

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Discover Colorado Author Gems of the Night on September 11

Discover Colorado Author Gems of the Night on September 11

The Colorado Author Gems of the Night
What an evening the 2023 Authors’ Hall of Fame Induction Gala promises to be. The visual glitz of being “dressed up” is always beyond fun. The location is central and easy to get to—Doubletree Hilton at 25 and Orchard.
 

The schmoozing and reconnecting will be the best.
You will absorb the positive energy vibrating within the ballroom that will be beyond words—I promise.
And the Authors … what an array of …

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Writing Children’s Books Is Not Child’s Play

Writing Children’s Books Is Not Child’s Play

What is a children’s book?  It’s more than just a “fairy tale.” It’s all about children’s books in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with host Judith Briles and her guest Carolyne Ruck.

There are six main areas for children’s books—Board, Picture, Early, Chapter, Middle, Young Adult plus comic and graphic novels. Each has age ranges and page ranges. For self and indie authors, the two areas to usually avoid are Board …

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Tips on working with independent bookstores for a book launch

Tips on working with independent bookstores for a book launch

 
Authors always have questions about bookstores starting with: Will they carry my book?

Host Dr. Judith Briles The Book Shepherd delivers an informative AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with the visionary Colorado indie bookstore owner Nicole Sullivan of the BookBar and Bookies on:

tips for launching a book
where to launch a book
tips for partnering with a bookstore
dos and don’ts in approaching a bookstore
how to work with local bookstores
how to create a festive book launch
who to approach …

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Publicity and Book Marketing Hooks and Tips Part II

Publicity and Book Marketing Hooks and Tips Part II

Publicity and Book Marketing Hooks and Tips Part 2

WOOT … AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast has a two-parter for you with host Dr. Judith Briles and Joan Stewart. All about Hooks to get Publicity and push your Book Marketing. This is Part 2
You will get:

Ideas that will hook readers who don’t know you —Ideas that will keep your most loyal fans coming back for more —
Easy ways to catch the media’s attention all year …

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Get the Inside Skinny of All Things Book Reviews ~ Part 1

Get the Inside Skinny of All Things Book Reviews ~ Part 1

The Midwest Book Review is run by editor-in-chief Jim Cox. Established in 1976 to help promote literacy, library usage and small press publishing.
MBR started as a one hour weekly radio show on WORT-FM and debuted as a weekly 30 minute television show called Bookwatch on WYOU-TV, in Madison, Wisconsin. Now, it’s solely online via the MidwestBookReview.com website with nine monthly book review publications: Bookwatch, California Bookwatch, Children’s Bookwatch, Internet Bookwatch, Library Bookwatch, Small Press Bookwatch, …

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2022 Book Marketing tips with John Kremer

2022 Book Marketing tips with John Kremer

Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should be doing for 2022: John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book, and Dr. Judith Briles via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.
Your takeaways include:

Hot tips for 2022 to do starting now
Rediscover why superfans are your sweet marketing spot.
How to serialize your book via Amazon Vella.
New tips for creating the “CliffNotes” version of your book.
Discover Substack.
Why authors should be …

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How to monetize every presentation you do

How to monetize every presentation you do

Did you know that most authors and speakers are dismal at leveraging their book… their expertise? Yup, it’s the truth.
In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, speaking industry expert Lois Creamer joins Dr. Judith Briles for an hour revealing the hybrid of speaking to come PLUS how to truly leverage your expertise and book selling.

How the speaking business will change post COVID.
How to get to the real decision-maker in any organization.
How …

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