Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles has invited author of Communicating with the Future and Futurist Dr. Thomas Frey to join her for a session on the Future of Authoring and Publishing. The founder of the DaVinci Institute, Tom has crisscrossed the globe physically and now via Zoom to crowds as large as 150,000 attendees. A daily blogger, you can find him at FuturistSpeaker.com and via his Substack newsletter, ThomasFreySubstack.com.

Your takeaways include:

-Don’t compete where machines can do it better.

-Become an expert in something you like—expect years in your learning curve.

-Always be curious.

-The future of libraries.

-Never underestimate the power of convening LIVE, In-Person meetings.

-Build relationships as fast as you can.

-Always consider: what can go wrong?

-Technology is not the bad guy!

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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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

When is the last time you did an author “spring cleaning”—your office, your surroundings, even what your goals are? If you have been on the author and publishing track for a few years, most like some of your original goals have changed.

Your overall mission may be different; you may have altered your marketing philosophy and your execution of it; you may decide to tweak your writing style and genres. Who knows … only you.

Before summertime arrives, many go through the housekeeping cleaning out, cleaning up, and decluttering of what the wintertime delivered. Authoring is no different. In the episode of the AuthorU—Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Judith Briles is your host and guide to stimulate a look in your mirror, ask and answer:

Where am I?

What do I believe and value?

What do I need to support where I want to go and be?

It is realignment time for your author success. Your take aways include:

-A strategic lookover of what your values and mission as an author are.

-Your branding and rebranding if appropriate.

-The power of your website and strategies for realigning it.

-Reassessing your content and how it flows in social media and followers.

-Influence building and growing your findability.

-Strategies for using your videos and making ones that connect.

-Identifying and creating strategies for enhancing finances.

And as always, much more. Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

The Weeklies are the core of a community—a type of local press that features a variety of things that helps a community to thrive. Who better to talk about the strength and power a weekly brings to a community that Bob Sweeney, publisher of The Villager for over 40 years that spiders out to communities in the Metro Denver area of Colorado. Usually offered in both print and digital formats … and published weekly.

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• Why a Weekly would feature their local authors and events they are at.

• How Weeklies focus on the hyper-news of a community that includes events and in-depth features.

• How Weeklies curate local happenings, political news, life style and work news.

• How they are used as weekly shoppers for readers.

• How they bring the people in the communities they follow into an upfront and personal connection.

• Tips on how to find, reach out, and connect with your local Weekly.

• Use press releases, include images, and send directly to the Weekly publisher.

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.

In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles has invited author of 29 books and creator of the www.BigFatWords.com Substack, Dom Testa to join her in a deep probe in what holds writers and authors back. Within his Substack is a creative content studio. His book, The Color of Your Dreams will seed their conversation and tips for you.

Dom is a storyteller who writes fiction and nonfiction. With both traditional publishing deals and multiple indie-published books, Dom is truly a hybrid writer.

Your take aways include:

-The psychology bending two major blockers that holds authors and writers back.

-The key factors that hold people back.

-Why solitude works best for creative minds

-Why "being bored" has acquired a bad reputation, when it's really where creativity blooms

-How to get to the point where you release your work to the universe.

-Why authors should stop trying to sell … and start creating desire.

And of course, much more.

You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author beware” chops.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

IP PART 2 ...

The recent pirating of over 500,000 books and lawsuit settlement from Anthropic for 1.5 BILLION dollars opens with Judith Briles and the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Marketing podcast. Joining her is Colin O’Brien, intellectual property expert and partner in the Illinois based law firm of Latimer, LeVay Fyock LLC. This is Part 2 in one of Judith’s favorite podcasts, so much is covered that focuses on your Author Success. So much, that a second podcast was created to cover “the rest” of what authors need to know. Get ready to take lots of notes. His website is www.LLFLegal.com and email [email protected].

Your take-aways include:

-Understanding the “lifetime” of a copyright.

-Why the authors must use their imagination and “reimagination”.

-How to register a trademark federally = ® .

-When to start using your intentionality with a TM = ™

-Unconfusing fair use.

-Exposing Parodies … and how to avoid getting into trouble.

-Revisiting the use of lyrics.

-Knowing the four main rules of fair use.

-Where to verify quickly if an image or words are trademarked.

-Public domains

And of course, much more. It's a jammed-packed hour with host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd for author success.

You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author smarts” chops.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

The recent pirating of over 500,000 books and lawsuit settlement from Anthropic for 1.5 BILLION dollars opens with Judith Briles and the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Marketing podcast. Joining her is Colin O’Brien, intellectual property expert and partner in the Illinois based law firm of Latimer, LeVay Fyock LLC.

In one of Judith’s favorite podcasts, so much is covered that focuses on your Author Success. So much, that a second podcast was created to cover “the rest” of what authors need to know. Get ready to take lots of notes. His website is www.LLFLegal.com and email [email protected].

Your takeaways include:

-Get two critical questions to separate generic to true branding.

-What the current status is in copyright litigation.

-Why DMCA is critical for authors.

-Why AI companies have significant risk.

-When and Where to posts copyright marks ©!

-Why every author should read, understand, and embrace Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 in the US Constitution.

-Tips on how to create your trademarks—what you can’t … and what you can.

-How to search out the appropriate clause for any trademark you apply for.

And of course, much more. It's a jammed-packed hour with host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd for author success.

You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author smarts” chops.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

The ultimate entrepreneur Tom Antion, joins the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with his latest AI hacks to evolutize your publishing business.

Your take-aways include:

- How to write so it doesn't look like AI.

- How to ensure that all your writing shouts out that it was done by a human.

- Tips and tricks in using Canva with your next generation images.

- How to create a "master prompt generator" by having ChatGPT interview you.

- How to use Google's NanoBananas.

- When using AI, always add, "Verify and cite all answers" to avoid hallucinations.

- Why you should instruct/prompt that anything you create is for a specific reading/grade level.

And much more. It's a jammed-packed hour with host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd for author success.

Publicity expert Joan Stewart has been a frequent guest on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.

-Why Press Releases work … and what are the new twists.

-Why Newsjacking works … and what are the new twists.

-Why Target Marketing is a must … and what are the new twists.

-Why Book Hooks are hot … and what are the new twists.

-Why eMail Marketing works … and what are the new twists.

-Why Repurposing is a must … and what are the new twists.

And of course, much more.

You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author beware” chops.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles and book designer and branding expert Rebecca Finkel deliver an hour of show and tell … an hour to enhance your presence and book marketing forward.

Your take aways include:

-A dozen tools you should using in your Author Kit.

-Essential thing you should be adding to website metadata.

-Signing event swags to boldly standout.

-Idea for depleting old inventory and increasing book sales.

-Latest item to add to a bookmark when printing.

-eBook makeover time.

-Adding QR codes to bookmarks and website.

-Don’t forget to use AMInstitue.com headline analyzer.

And of course, much more.

You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author beware” chops.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.

What does the Kroger grocery store empire have in common with authors and books? Lots … and now you can discover another alternative portal to sell your books.

The Authors In Grocery Stores program is available in half the states in the US … that is if you are working within the portal that 220 authors are using, selling over 30,000 books and retaining over 60 percent of the retail book price.

Sound interesting?

CEO Ray DePew is the featured guest on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Within it, your takeaways include:

-Why it makes dollars and sense to add grocery stores to your book marketing mix.

-How to be invited into the program.

-What an author needs to have at a grocery signing event.

- How to create your author bookselling tour.

-How you get paid and how often.

And of course, much more.

Join in ... you will learn a lot!

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.