Episodes

Feb. 6, 2025

Cover and Interior Book Trends 2025 02-06-2025

Award-winning book designer Rebecca Finkle joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles for a fun and enlightening podcast on book design trends for 2025. Your takeaways include: -Can your cover pass the sec...
Jan. 30, 2025

Birthing a Series & Fan Clubs 01-30-2025

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites bestselling author Patricia Raybon to share her tips on building a series and a fan club. You will hear Patricia say, “My writing started wi...
Jan. 23, 2025

How to Create a Speech Using AI 01-23-2025

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Daniel Hall to join her with a jam-packed session using a great short cut to create a speech in less than 30 minutes. Your takeaways include...
Jan. 16, 2025

Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 podcast 01-16-2025

Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Brian Feinblum to join her with a jam-packed session on book marketing tips for 2025. Brian is the creator of t...
Jan. 9, 2025

Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success podcast01-09-2025

Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites walks you through over a dozen tips and strategies to support your author success for this y...
Jan. 2, 2025

Fiction Writing & Marketing Tips for 2025 podcast 01-02-2025

Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Canadian bestselling author Deborah Armstrong to share her tips on building a publishing empire that started at age 50. A spicy romance writer, her series has attracted fans worldwide. Your take...
Dec. 26, 2024

#1 Creating a Positive Mindset - Part I 12-26-2024

How to Create a Conscious Mindset for Authors, Part I 312,961
Dec. 26, 2024

#1 Creating a Positive Mindset, Part II 12-26-2024

How to Create a Conscious Mindset for Authors, Part II 269,960
Dec. 19, 2024

#2 Author Success Goldmine-Creating the Ultimate Opt-In 12-19-2024

Continuing the top podcasts of 2024, #2 How to Create the Ultimate Op-In had 204,169 listener downloads since it's first broadcast on 3-14-24. In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles revea...
Dec. 12, 2024

#3 Publicity Power for Authors 12-12-2024

It's countdown month for the TOP downloaded podcasts for 2024. Coming in at #3 with 171,700 listeners downloading the sage advice shared within the podcast first heard on March 28, 2024. In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to B...
Dec. 5, 2024

#4 2024-Tips for Becoming and Being a Podcast Guest 12-05-2024

It's countdown month for the TOP downloaded podcasts for 2024. Coming in at #4 with 166,940 listeners downloading Tips for Becoming and Being a Podcast Guest was first heard in May. Get ready for BIG Tips for Becoming and Bei...
Nov. 28, 2024

Author Tips for Researching and Interviewing 11-28-2024

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Elaine Rock, author of the newly released Dusty Roads-Meet the Hidden Figure that Ignited the Women’s Movement to be her guest expert. Elain...
Nov. 21, 2024

Writing Tips for Nonfiction Authors 11-21-2024

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Anne Janzer, author of the newly released The Curious Reader’s Field Guide to Nonfiction to be her guest. Anne is also the author of The Wri...
Nov. 14, 2024

Author Success Strategies for Moving Forward 11-14-2024

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Authors Hall of Famer and Commander Mary Kelly to be her guest. Mary is the author of 20 books, her latest is Stop Procrastinating Tomorrow....
Nov. 7, 2024

Author Creativity Starts Here 11-07-2024

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Creativity Writing Coach Beth Barany to be her guest. She's also an award-winning author, writing in several genres including young adult ad...
Oct. 31, 2024

Stretch Book Marketing Strategies for Authors 10-31-2024

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books to be her guest. Can you initiate end-of-the-year book marketing strategies that work ...
Oct. 24, 2024

Getting the Media Attention You Want 10-24-2024

Are you ready to establish your expert credentials? Joining Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is Expert Click expert Mitchell Davis. Your takeaways include: -Smart ways to repackage ...
Oct. 17, 2024

Book Thieves - Book Infringements Part II 10-17-2024

This is an AUTHOR BEWARE episode... It is Essential to stop and prevent Book Thieves from creating chaos in your publishing life. Joining host Dr. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd is Publishing and IP attorney, Jonathan Kirsc...
Oct. 10, 2024

AI Chaos and Confusion Zapped 10-10-2024

The AuthorU Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast takes another swing at the swirling confusion around AI. Should author use it ... or avoid it? With host Dr. Judith Briles is Jonathan Kirsch publishing and IP attorney to hel...
Oct. 3, 2024

Author Goal Setting and Marketing for Better Holiday Sales 10-03-2024

October and November are HOT book-selling months. Are you getting your share? In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Dr. Judith Briles will dive into over 20 years to get your goals in sync...
Sept. 26, 2024

Finding and Building SuperFan 09-26-2024

SuperFans can become an author’s best friend. Finding, feeding, and growing them is what authors need to do. The questions are: -Who are they? -Where are they? -What does an author need to do to feed them? -How can an author ...
Sept. 19, 2024

Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 2 09-19-2024

The pillars of your publishing success often are seeded with a few mistakes. Every author makes them. Sometimes, it’s a gradual building until the zap comes into play. Other times, it comes quickly. When mishaps occur STEP BA...
Sept. 12, 2024

Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 1 09-12-2024

The pillars of your publishing success often are seeded with a few mistakes. Every author makes them. Sometimes, it’s a gradual building until the zap comes into play. Other times, it comes quickly. When mishaps occur STEP BA...
Sept. 5, 2024

Expand your author outreach with Storiad 09-05-2024

Are you ready to expand your author outreach? Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is Ramzi Hajj, the creator of Storiad, a tool to fast forward your author success. If you don’t know S...