The Book Shepherd’s Blog … Tips for Author and Publishing Success

It’s midway in the year. Are You Feeling Author Fatigue Syndrome? For authors, it’s time to take a look back...

Smart author marketing tips from the Shark Tank tips. Think book publishing success by focusing on 9 key components that...

For self-published authors, book publishing today has become a new frontiers—challenges, amazing opportunities, and yes, schemes, scams, cons, and rip...

Most rituals are embraced with a step-by-step process that you repeat with an expected outcome. Your habits are a type...

Your book is done. It’s time for the back and front matter. Where does the Acknowledgment page go?

With summer here, I’m sharing with you a new favorite side salad or main course type of dish: Farro Mediterranean...

How many times have you thought, ‘Be yourself’? Or been told by another Just be yourself?

The Book Shepherds: Why write a book? Let me count the ways … At any given time, you will be...

For authors, libraries can be your best friend. here are over two million libraries globally and they spend roughly $31 billion annually!

riting Fiction Better Descrip: Transitioning from non-fiction to fiction writing is hard. So hard, that many roll back to what...

If you are like me, you get surveys for a variety of things. From a healthcare visit. Watching a streamed...

It's hunker down time to move forward. Do you know what your main thing is when it comes to your...

Those of us who are authors or publishing providers have seen incredible changes over the past decade...I know ... I've...

Today’s author needs social media marketing. Hashtags create the ideal portal to bring attention to who and what you are...

A special morning program for authors showing them how to have their books featured in local schools will be featured...

7 tips from The Book Shepherd Judith Briles to increase book sales and profitability by preselling your book.

Yes … I get it, you want a major bookstore to carry your book. It’s a two-way street. There are...

Smart authors know that they must use tools and strategies—ones that evolve with time to gain, maintain, and grow their...

Most want to be connected to others. But where does connection begin?

Not a week goes by that I don’t have a conversation with a client, a future client, or just an...