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 | Dec 30, 2025 | Author Success, Writing Success
It’s Easy for Authors to Become the Sardine in the Publishing Sea! Let’s face it, publishing isn’t for sissies. Nor is book marketing. Yet, too-too many authors think that the world will easily discover their book, and them. If you are one of them, you are in for a...
by Judith Briles | Sep 2, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Create a Kick Butt Author Update on Amazon’s Author Central Typically, Amazon’s Author Central is a “set it and forget it experience for authors. Don’t let it be. With TWO BILLION reader hits a year on the Amazon site checking into various author profiles … updating...
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 bookshepherd_admin | Jun 10, 2025 | Author Success, Publishing, Writing Success
At any given time, you will be in a group of people. Many of them within the group desire to write and publish a book. Some will say it out loud, others internalize it … think about it: “someday” I’ll write my book. Why write a book? Let me...
