Have you heard? Author U is going BANANAS over APE! Everyone who attends the Extravaganza will get a copy of Guy Kawasaki’s APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur. With over 1.2 million Twitter followers, 4 million Google+ connections, multiple NY Times best-sellers, former Chief Evangelist for Apple Computer, Guy knows marketing, branding, books and authors … and he’s the Friday, May 3rd Keynoter. And he didn’t publish APE via New York. Saturday’s Keynote will be delivered by Cevin Bryerman, Publisher of Publishers Weekly—he’s allotting plenty of Q&A time.

 

 

If you have an eBook … Deadline tonight-January 31st – for Global eBook Awards Contest
Dan Ponter’s Global eBook awards entry window ends at midnight tonight. There’s a Special Offer on the table: first entry is $79, second is $29 (another book or category). Use coupon code: 50OFF2 during checkout.
If you have already entered an eBook in the 2013 Global Ebook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $29.00
(Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkout). Visit http://globalebookawards.com/registration/
to add your entries NOW!
 Note: All Discounts for add-on entries will be matched with Global database before processing.

 

ALERT: Extravaganza Early Bird ends soon. What are you waiting for? Details of all speakers, times will be up in a this week. Full agenda, including the Thursday Eagle (Advanced) and Eaglet (Newbie) sessions will be posted on website today. Register NOW: http://www.authoru.org

Today, Your Guide to Book Publishing will focus on master selling strategies via online with Daniel Hall.Tune in at 6 Eastern, 5 Central, 4 Mountain, 3 Pacific and for our out-of-the-country members and followers … you are going to have to do the clock crunching for your time zone at http://rsrn.us/youpublish. You can also go to the Home page of http://www.AuthorU.org, scroll down and click on any of the past five show—just click and you are instantly there!

Tweets are faster than a speeding bird …

below are Author U’s Top Ten Tweets from the past week:

Success & Resources
27 pre-designed calls-to-action in a handy PowerPoint template. Free @HubSpot. Opt-in required. http://ow.ly/h1toH
What is Quora and how will it help the selfpublished authors and book marketing? http://ow.ly/h7StX
Author tips-3 steps in contacting literary agents for your book and you to getpublished podcast. http://ow.ly/h70Oy

Social Media and Marketing Strategies
8 Ways to Instantly Improve the Quality of Your Marketing Content http://t.co/uwEq79Wy
10 Important Facts of Blog Promotion http://t.co/ezHAOdOa
Blogging ROI: 15 Ways Blogs Make Money http://ow.ly/ha26o
5 Book Club Tips for Authors-if you are hosting, good reminders. http://ow.ly/h1hkb
Feel free to post your books on MagazineTwit’s Facebook Page http://t.co/qBdsJHP3

Cool and Sometimes Goofy
Super Bowl alert: Hit the sweet spot of Super Bowl snacks with eggshell cupcakes! http://t.co/PKo7jvZp
Got 5 min? This is lovely–flash of Ode de Joy to inspire the author and writer soul. Very cool.  http://ow.ly/haOsl

Bonus: Last week’s Your Guide to Book Publishing was with Mark Malatesta was incredibly revealing about agents. http://rsrn.us/youpublish or you can download directly from the AuthorU.org website.
Don’t forget to fill out “About” on your FB page. It’s what people see! Add your URL there. And make sure that it shows your email to contact you at, not FB’s
Not following Author U on Twitter? Change that and follow: @AuthorU
Not in Author U LinkedIn Group? Join on LinkedIn today.

  If you are looking for FREE author and book coaching … call in to Judith’s Author Monday Mornings at NOON Eastern each Monday. The number is 218-632-9854; Access Code 1239874444 … have your questions ready–there’s a full hour to ask and listen.