by Judith Briles | Jan 16, 2024 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success
When Authors Have NEWS … Be a Quacker … Not a Peeper! As the new year unfolds, authors should be planning for shout out time. News about them; about any awards won the previous year; about a new book in the works; about events that feature them; about _____? What are...
by bs_admin | Jan 9, 2024 | Book Marketing, Book Success, Publishing
Should Authors Seek Endorsements and Forewords for Their Book? Not a week goes by that I don’t get an email or a call from an author asking how to get an endorsement or a foreword for the forthcoming book. So, the immediate answer is: Maybe … maybe not. After their...
by bs_admin | Dec 12, 2023 | Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Shepherd, Book Success
Receive the Gift that Keeps on Giving … When I published The Author’s Walk in the Spring of this year, it was the book I openly said, “I wish I had this in my hands 40 years ago when I started down the authoring path.” Little did I know how long, how roller coaster,...
by bs_admin | Dec 5, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Hooray … just in time for the coming year … It’s your 2024 Literary Calendar of Days, Weeks, and Months Last week, my goal was to set your stage to start using many of the special literary days that are recognized by the media. Tap into them. Use them in your blogs....
by Judith Briles | Nov 28, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Success
I wish I had created this long ago … … my own day for annual calendar It’s time to step up to your influence building plate. Why not do it by having a special day, or week, or even a month each year that’s all about you and/or your book … or your expertise? Create...
by Judith Briles | Oct 17, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing
It’s Booktober for Authors…Are your books collecting Cobwebs? Are you guilty of saying … thinking: I can’t market my book. Or I don’t want to market my book. I just want to write. My response: Get … over … it … NOW! You must market your books—your product....