by Judith Briles | Mar 17, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success
What Should Authors Have in Common with Bees? Spring officially starts this week. The one thing I like about winter is that I don’t have much outdoor maintenance in my home … unless it’s an emergency of some sort. My attention is on indoor needs: writing, getting...
by Judith Briles | Mar 3, 2026 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Book Signings, Book Success
Strategies 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...
by Judith Briles | Aug 19, 2025 | Author Success, Book Success
As the summer wines down, it’s an ideal time to revisit your goals. Are they still in synch with your vision … your values? What were your old goals? Are they stay valid? What’s working for you now? What isn’t? What worked last year? What didn’t? If you have the magic...
by bs_admin | Jul 1, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Success
9 Lessons for Authors from the Shark Tank I confess, I watch ABC’s Shark Tank from the night it debuted. It gives a variety—and I mean HUGE variety of entrepreneurs at every stage the opportunity to pitch their company to five entrepreneurs—the Sharks—who have been...
by Judith Briles | Jul 1, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing, Book Success, self publishing
Publishing Fraud is Alive, Well … and Growing! Is the publishing siren calling to you? Has it already called. Oh-oh … have you ever been caught in something that sounds too good to be true? Did you know that self-publishing has grown into a Bait and...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 3, 2025 | Author Success, Book Success
Attendance at libraries picks up this month … June officially launches library summer events. For authors, libraries can be your best friend. here are over two million libraries globally and they spend roughly $31 billion annually! In the U.S., library...
