Episodes

  • Editing Tips for 2025 to POP Your Copy 02-20-2025

    Editing Tips for 2025 to POP Your Copy 02-20-2025
    Feb 21 2025
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites fiction editor Barb Wilson to share her tips of editing … what’s old, what’s new. Your takeaways include: -Copy editing is all about the mechanics, line by line. -Sensitivity editing has lessened its impact. -Proofreading/cold eye. It’s a must. -Tips for just writing. -Descriptions count in the writing setup.  Discover EFA.org – the Educational Freelancers Association for cost guidelines. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of book marketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 mins
  • Judging Your Book in a Book Contest 02-13-2025

    Judging Your Book in a Book Contest 02-13-2025
    Feb 14 2025
    How Do Book Judges in Book Contests Really Judge? In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jules Marie who has judged over 2,000 books for a variety of book contests to share her tips on creating a book that has the WOW factor in the judges' eyes. Your takeaways include: - Entering book contests are part of your marketing plan. - Before you enter, what’s the “why”? - Make sure your name and book title is listed on Google Alerts and Talk Walker. - Determine your costs and set a budget—invest in your book. - Why book covers should reflect content between the covers. - Usually there is an editorial judge and design judge. - Find the contests that are a fit for your book’s genre and theme. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of book marketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    1 hr
  • Cover and Interior Book Trends 2025 02-06-2025

    Cover and Interior Book Trends 2025 02-06-2025
    Feb 7 2025
    Award-winning book designer Rebecca Finkle joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles for a fun and enlightening podcast on book design trends for 2025. Your takeaways include: -Can your cover pass the second test? -What the design trends ae for 2025 for books and authors. -Why you cover must connect with your target market. -Why you should Google bad designed book covers. -How to do the walk around bookstore revelation. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of book marketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join in and become a regular subscriber.
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    1 hr
  • Birthing a Series & Fan Clubs 01-30-2025

    Birthing a Series & Fan Clubs 01-30-2025
    Jan 31 2025
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites bestselling author Patricia Raybon to share her tips on building a series and a fan club. You will hear Patricia say, “My writing started with me being black.” Your takeaways include: -Strategies for “giving it your best: marketing. -Tips for researching your chosen genre. -How to find and develop your fan base. -Marketing with short videos. -Crafting the ideal pitching to a potential book buyer. -Characters talk...tips on getting them to tell their story to the writer. -Why authors must do their homework and ask with each book—where will it go? And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How to Create a Speech Using AI 01-23-2025

    How to Create a Speech Using AI 01-23-2025
    Jan 24 2025
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Daniel Hall to join her with a jam-packed session using a great short cut to create a speech in less than 30 minutes. Your takeaways include: -The Hows and Whys of creating a book marketing plan.  How to easy peasy structure you presentation, step by step. -How to create complete speech outlines in under 30 minutes. -Tips for Developing clear, compelling key points. -Ideas for generating supporting material for each section of your talk. -Your core message development. -Your key point organization and selection. -And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of book marketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 mins
  • Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 podcast 01-16-2025

    Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 podcast 01-16-2025
    Jan 17 2025
    Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Brian Feinblum to join her with a jam-packed session on book marketing tips for 2025. Brian is the creator of the award-winning blog, www.BookMarketingBuzzBlog.blogspot.com –make sure you become a subscriber to it. Your takeaways include: -The Hows and Whys of creating a book marketing plan. -The essentials of grabbing book reviews. -Where to submit for reviews and when to do it. -How to initial a direct marketing campaign. -When to submit for award contests—and should you. -Setting up a giveaway campaign. -What the most common mistakes authors make and how to avoid them. -9 things you should be doing within your website. And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of book marketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 mins
  • Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success podcast01-09-2025

    Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success podcast01-09-2025
    Jan 10 2025
    Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites walks you through over a dozen tips and strategies to support your author success for this year. Your takeaways include: -why you should start with a review and redo of your website -how to bring POP to your social media profiles -why you should revisit your Amazon Author Central page -why you should revisit and polish your Amazon book detail page -why you should revisit and alter your Amazon categories and keywords -why you should check that all links work on your website -why you should add OR polish your media tab on your website -what and why you should do dumping of sections on your website -why its time to realistically look at what photos you have on your website -why its time to revisit your email list and clean it up And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Fiction Writing & Marketing Tips for 2025 podcast 01-02-2025

    Fiction Writing & Marketing Tips for 2025 podcast 01-02-2025
    Jan 3 2025
    Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Canadian bestselling author Deborah Armstrong to share her tips on building a publishing empire that started at age 50. A spicy romance writer, her series has attracted fans worldwide. Your takeaways include: -characters talk...tips on getting them to tell their story to the writer; -how she uses her travel to build her storylines; -how your phone can help an author write scenes; -how to create a Giveaway program; -why she uses family and friends in her books; -why authors should read alot; -marketing tips; - writing and expanding a series; and much more. It's the 7th year of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 21 million downloads.
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    59 mins