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  • Essential Author DOs and DON'Ts 05-29-2025
    2025/05/30
    Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and Rebecca Finkel, Book Design expert, deliver a fast hour of essential author DOs and DON’Ts for author success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: • How tariffs will impact your book production. • What’s happening with printing costs. • Why authors should expect to see book printing costs increase. • Amazon is now allowing “sharp” images in ebooks—meaning authors may want to redo their Kindle eBooks to sharpen color and images within. • Tips for cross-selling with other authors in bookstores and private events. • AI censoring of images. • Domain registration sites censoring words. AND much more. Don't miss this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Pubishing podcast...ranked in the top 10 of book marketing podcasts. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 分
  • 10 Essential Book Marketing Strategies 05-22-2025
    2025/05/23
    Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and John Kremer Book Marketing expert, deliver a fast hour of 10 plus strategies to deliver book marketing success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: -Overall strategies to leap forward. -Why every author should have a newsletter. -Tips for creating your own Summit and why you should. -How to start your marketing offline. -Why magazines are still hot and how to target/pitch to them. -Why you should reach for a national TV show. -Why being a podcast guest is a must do and two sources to use. AND much more. Don't miss this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Marketing podcast...ranked in the top 10 of book marketing podcasts.
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    57 分
  • Book Marketing Timelines 05-15-2025
    2025/05/16
    Book Marketing Timelines for Authors from Writing to Launch and Beyond In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles delivers a solo hour to create book marketing timelines from the time you start writing to the launch date and beyond. It’s a note taking hour with Judith for a lively and informative hour to set the stage for author success. You will take away: -What the essential phases are on an author’s timeline—before writing; after writing; after publishing. -What you should be doing 3 to 6 months before publishing. -When branding should start. -Key elements author websites should have. -Key elements authors should have in a media kit on website. -Tips for finding early book reviewers and bloggers. -Areas authors should be doing while a book is being edited. -Essential things to do two weeks before launch date. -Tips for things to follow up with post book launch. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 分
  • Copyright Tips in the Age of AI 05-08-2025
    2025/05/09
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Dan Miller, the copyright detective, to join her for a lively and informative hour of how to protect your book You takeaways include: • Copyright Insights for Authors in the Age of AI. • Copyright rules for registering a book that is AI generated. • What is AI generated and AI assistance and why authors must know the difference. • What three words should be included on your copyright page. • How the Copyright Office determines if a book that used AI can be copyrighted … or not. • What the Copyright Office wants to know about the use of AI of a copyright registration application. • What 5 things authors can’t copyright. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 分
  • Marketing to and Speaking at Schools 05-01-2025
    2025/05/02
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jane Wood, author of Schools: A Niche Market for Authors joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively and informative hour of how to get your books into schools; who to contact; strategies to get schools to buy your books for all classrooms; along with tips to engage students from the get-go. You will take away: -What the most important criteria is when trying to market books to schools. -How to determine if a book reinforces a school’s curricula. -When it’s time to develop additional educational resources for a book. -Learn the two most important resources to contact at the schools. -Strategies on ways to make money selling to schools. -How to get classrooms to buy full sets of books. -How to make money three ways when working with schools. -Tips on developing presentations for students. -How to develop dynamic presentations for an author visit. -Identify book sales opportunities to education-related groups. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 分
  • Coaching, Editing and AI…Oh My! 04-24-2025
    2025/04/25
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites PR marketing strategist and publishing consultant Dan Janal to share his tips on the world of book coaching, developmental editing and the AI element. Your takeaways include: -Strategies for engaging a book coach … should you? -What is developmental editing and when should an author seek one? -Key questions to ask a book coach before you hire. -Get tips for writing help before you push the publishing button. -The good and ugly is using AI to write with. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 分
  • How to Market Fiction Books 04-17-2025
    56 分
  • Creating Your AudioBook 04-10-2025
    2025/04/11
    52 分