by Judith Briles | Jun 11, 2024 | Author Success, Book awards, Book Awards, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Book Success
The Wide, Wide World of Book Awards – 2024 What do NY Times bestselling authors Julie Andrews, Brad Thor, and Amy Tan have in common? They’ve all been honored with book awards sponsored by the American Book Best Family! Have you? Should Authors Enter Book...
by Judith Briles | Apr 23, 2024 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Book Signings, Book Success
15 Tips for Authors to Create Successful Book Signings Forty years ago, when I had my first book signing, I just showed up at the bookstore. All I knew was that there would be a table that I would sit at and books to sign. Oh, I invited friends to come … but it was up...
by Judith Briles | Jan 31, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing
Smart Authors Welcome the Hemingway app in the Writer Closet The Hemingway App becomes the author’s secret sauce for writing pop and pizazz. It can easily become the author’s best friend. It’s the one many editors use (along with Grammarly) to fine-tune writing. And...
by Judith Briles | Jan 7, 2023 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Success
Don’t do well what you have no business doing. So many times, saying, “I will” or “I can” is said too, too quickly. Sometimes generated from emotion; sometimes from just being caught up in the moment—whatever the moment is; or sometimes because...
by Judith Briles | Dec 6, 2022 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing, Book Selling
Do You Hear What I Hear? Books Are Calling … Throughout December, grab my Book Bundle Discounts—combos all my current books—award-winning and Amazon bestsellers. Update your publishing reference library with the 2022 editions. Add my memoir (an ideal gift for...
by Judith Briles | Oct 18, 2022 | Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Holiday Book Marketing
12 Tips for Authors to Sell More Books as Gifts If there is one item where there is “something for everyone”—it’s a book. Of many of my favorite things, books top my gift-giving list … and receiving list. If you are stymied about what to give to a favorite person, a...