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10 Essentials to Avoid the Author Merry-Go-Round

10 Essentials to Avoid the Author Merry-Go-Round

by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 21, 2020 | Book Marketing, Book Success, self publishing

It’s reality check time … are you feeling a tad bummed as an author? Look in the mirror and ask: Are you disappointed with the flow of your book sales? So … why do some authors fail … and merely limp along with their book sales? Here are my top 10 reasons “why...
Create Your Author’s Inner Circle … An Advisory Board!

Create Your Author’s Inner Circle … An Advisory Board!

by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 14, 2016 | Author Success, Book Success, The Book Shepherd, Writing Success

Authors need feedback, reality checks and plain old-fashion butt-kicking. And they need a little kindness. Few think about putting together an “official” type of board to serve in the feedback/reality check/butt-kicking honors. An Author Inner Circle … a type of...
The ABCs of Publishing Terminology Today

The ABCs of Publishing Terminology Today

by bookshepherd_admin | Dec 26, 2014 | Book Industry News, Book Success

Are you confused in which way to publish today? And for that matter, what are the publishing options? Join the club! Traditional publishing, self-publishing and independent publishing are tossed in the air with the flick of the tongue. Just what are they? Authors feel...

Last week to enter! Author YOU Cha-Cha-Cha Sweepstakes

by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 25, 2013 | Author Success, Platforms, The Book Shepherd

                       All Authors and Authors-to-Be should do this pronto: enter the Author YOU Cha-Cha-Cha Sweepstakes It’s the final week to enter–over 1300 have already!  Your odds are so much better than any lottery ticket! Calling All Authors! The...

Author YOU … What’s Your Book Vision?

by bookshepherd_admin | Nov 12, 2012 | Book Industry News

When someone asks you—anyone—what’s the Vision for your Book, and for you the Author, what do you say? Do you stammer and stutter? Do you feel like you project the “deer in the highlight” gaze? Or are you direct and succinct? For the visionary founder of Virgin,...
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