Episodes

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Deb Eckerling, the author of Your Goal Guide and 52 Secrets for Goal Setting to dive into the how, why, and when to create author and book goals. You will take away: -Your takeaways include: -Why is it so important for authors to set goals? -What are different types of author goals? -How does networking figure into author goals? -What stops authors from setting and accomplishing goals? -How do you know when it's...

Why Listening Can Elevate Authors for Book Success In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Dr. Jacalyn Kerbeck, Chief Listening Officer, and founder and visionary for the USA Global TV & Radio Network. Her network has created over 8,100 show to over 40 countries. Dr. Jacalyn is known as the Listening Mentor. Her website is www.USAGlobalTV.com. You will take away: -What Elevated Listening is and why you should care. -Why listening is a crucial tool all...

One Author’s Journey from Idea to Movie Option In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Author Steve Snyder to join her. Taking four plus years to gather his father’s journals, letters, doing the research, Steve created the “rest of the story” and brought his father’s WWII MIA for seven months to life in Shot Down—The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth. I had the pleasure of working with Steve 15 years ago that create...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jill Lublin, co-author of Guerrilla Publicity joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively and informative hour of how to get your books visible and buzz worthy. Get ready for how to use publicity to boost leads, visibility and book sales. You will take away: -Insider tips on what the media outlets want today. -Get instant actionable techniques that will boost your visibility. -Tips on how to drive book buyers to your b...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Michelle Renee, for a lively and informative hour of how to step up your contacts and visibility and reduce the time it takes for book marketing and influence building forward. Your takeaways include: -If you don’t automate, your contacts and leads will go cold. -Spending unnecessary time on manual process leads to missed opportunities. -Today’s world expects immediate responses. -What a CRM is and why one matte...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jackie Lapin, visionary of Conscious Media Relations radio/Podcast Tours. One of your goals should be to get on podcasts—lot of them. Jackie’s website is: https://consciousmediarelations.com/ —make sure you download her Tech Tools Treasure Chest. You will take aways include: -What goes into a media kit so you don’t waste time fulfilling multiple requests by the host. -What to put in the subject line that will cu...

Bestselling and award-winning author Dom Testa blends personal stories with insights from his award-winning morning radio show on Denver’s Kool 105 to explore the keys to lasting satisfaction. With nearly 30 books published in multiple genres and under multiple pen names, he knows publishing … and how to write. Dom was a 2019 inductee into the Colorado Author Hall of Fame. His latest book is Let It Be Good: Simple Insights for a Satisfied Life. Find most of his work at DomTestaBooks.com. You tak...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the power of using and implementing a crowdfunding campaign for your book—or any project that is in your wheelhouse. Only 35% of publishing related campaigns. You will get tips on how to be in the minority! -Crowdfunding stats for 2023. Some are eye-opening. -Crowdfunding moneys can be used to print your book. -Crowdfunding moneys can be used to push out a marketing and publicity campaign. -Crowdfunding moneys c...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles opens the door to the #1 way to sell mega cases of your book at full price with immediate payment and not returns. You will get plenty of tips and strategies to get started and build momentum. You can listen in audio and video on YouTube. Can speaking on your book … your expertise … morph your book sales? Why yes … YES it can. And the sooner you start speaking on both, the better for your influence building, your social...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles rolls out a full hour on how to create a book marketing game plan. Start with: -The Hows and Whys of creating a book marketing plan. _The essential elements every book marketing game plan needs. -How to initiate a direct marketing campaign. -What the most common mistakes authors make. -9 things you should be doing within your website. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the Author...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites dives down into the elements of the Why and How to create an Opt-In lead magnet for the website. The goal—to attract new visitors and gather emails of followers. Available in audio only and video on YouTube. You will take away: -Why an Opt-In is an essential website element. -Why types of Opt-Ins work best. -Where an Opt-In should be places. -How to create a marketing campaign for an author’s Opt-In. -When to re...

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles walks authors through the Game Plan to seed and build their book to reach their WHO it’s for and steps needed for success when published. You will take aways include: -Essential components create your book. -Narrowing down the WHO your book is for. -Identify what the value and benefits are for the ideal reader. -Writing tips to start the author’s juices percolating. -Identifying your costs. -Supporting the author and bo...

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 c...

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 nat...

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. -W...

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 Of...

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 rein...

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. -Th...

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