by Judith Briles | Jun 24, 2025 | Book Publicity, Book Publishing
Who’s in Your Village? … Who Are You Going to Thank? Everyone … That’s Who! Your book is done. It’s time for the back and front matter. What else is there to do? What is the front matter and what is back matter? One of the last items on the book publishing “to do”...
by Judith Briles | Mar 18, 2025 | Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing
Authors Success with eMail and Insfructrature Strategies Okay, I’m on one of my soapboxes for author success—mine and yours. What’s in your Infrastructure wallet? How about your eMail list wallet? Do you even have one? Do you review it at least annually? Do you throw...
by Judith Briles | Feb 4, 2025 | Author Success, Book awards, Book Awards, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Success
The Wide, Wide World of Book Awards – 2025 Should Authors Enter Book Awards? Which book awards do you enter? Do they matter? And should YOU stick your book toe in the water? Have you ever wondered what do NY Times bestselling authors Julie Andrews, Brad Thor,...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 27, 2024 | Book Publicity, PR and Media
Author Portal to PR Power and POP! A Press Release is an ideal way to start the publicity train for you and your book. When and where do you distribute your press release? An excellent question. I reached out to someone who I’ve had on my podcast several times....
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...
