by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 8, 2019 | Author Success, Book Awards, Book Competition
Which book awards do you enter? Do they matter? And should you? Let’s start with the second question first. The answer: sometimes. Depending upon the tenacity of the author/publisher in getting the word out about the book and the award, you could be wasting your...
by bookshepherd_admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Author Success, Book Competition, Book Publicity
November Delivers National Novel Writing Month! Using the abbreviation and hashtag, NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month challenges participants to write 50,000 words (their minimum number of words for a novel) from November 1 until the deadline at 11:59PM on...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 12, 2016 | Book Awards, Book Competition, Book Marketing
This past weekend, I was in Salt Lake City, where the annual Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Publishing University was held at the Marriott City Creek across from the huge Salt Palace Convention Center. Speaking at the conference on CREATE YOUR...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 12, 2015 | Author Success, Book Competition
At the AuthorU Extravaganza, twenty Finalists were breathless held over the past weekend in Denver, Colorado. Who would be the top Winners in the first Draft to Dream Book Competition sponsored by AuthorU.org? Each of Finalists were already winners, earning close to...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 10, 2014 | Author Success, Book Competition, How to Publish, Special Posts
HOT News for all authors and authors-to be! Make your publishing dream come true …with the Author U Draft to Dream Book Publishing Competition Do you have your manuscript ready or almost there? Is crossing the finishing line and having your book in print...