Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

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Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing episodes

  • How Authors Can Get Sponsorships 03-05-2026
    In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles has invited author and sponsorship expert Roberta Vigilance to join her for an hour of show and tell … an hour to grow your support network. Roberta is the author of How to Secure Sponsors Successfully and other sponsorship guides. Her website is www.RobertaVigilance.com
    Your take aways include:
    -What is sponsorship, and how is it different from donations?
    -What do sponsors actually look for before they say yes?
    -What is the biggest mistake people make when reaching out to sponsors?
    -How early should someone start approaching sponsors for an event?
    -Why most sponsorship outreach fails (and how to fix it).
    -How to approach sponsors with clarity and confidence.
    -The difference between donations and sponsorship.
    -How to build long-term sponsor relationships.
    -What is one simple step someone can take today to be more attractive to sponsors?
    And of course, much more.
    You’ll come away with tips for expanding your “author support” 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.
    57 min
  • Why Authors Need Book Reviews-How to Get Them 02-19-2026
    How to Thrive in Writing, Authoring, and Publishing
    THRIVE is one of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host’s favorite words. When “thriving” is in your mix … it is way beyond surviving. Think being healthy, striving for personal growth, being able to manage challenges that land in your lap, having a positive mindset, and enveloping the strength and power of resilience.
    Author and leadership coach and expert Laura Belsten shares her insights about writing, authoring and getting published. Her website is CenterForThrivingLeaders.com.
    Your takeaways include:
    -Putting into practice GLAD: gratefulness, learning, accomplishing, and deleting
    -What “Positive Psychology” is why you should embrace it.
    -Incorporating wellbeing into your thought patterns and practice.
    -What “toxic positivity” is …
    -Why authors need to create a“-10” (where what is being done is limp to not working) to “0” (not neutral) to “+10 “ (all is good).
    -The twelve pillars for author and writing success.
    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.
    57 min
  • Online Scammer Red Flags for Authors 02-12-2026
    Ouch … You’ve been stung. There is nothing subtle when it comes to someone or a group of “someones” who go after you and your credit card and bank account. The book thieves, the pirates, and those who penetrate your accounts via lures with their ever-flowing emails and texts that bombard you … that attempt to seduce you and your ego.
    In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles has invited author and cyber theft guru Charles Breakfield to join her for an hour of show and tell … an hour to protect you and your intellectual property.
    Your takeaways include:
    -The most common scams focused on authors.
    -Exposing the resurfacing of the literary Nigerian scam.
    -How AI is a major culprit in the scammers tool kit.
    -Our book club loves your book scam.
    -Very bad players to be on alert for.
    And of course, much more.
    54 min
  • Help and Scholarships for Up and Coming Authors 01-29-2026
    Two publishing pros reveal the power for newbie authors … for authors-to-be … for any resident of Colorado over 20 on how to get help … money … guidance via the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Aspiring Authors Scholarships.
    Joining host Judith Briles is Mara Purl. Both are founding members of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame and are the guiding lights for the creation and the implementation of the Asping Authors Scholarships valued at $17,000. In 2026, five will be awarded to Colorado residents who want to write … want to publish at a special luncheon event honoring them on September 11, 2026, at the Inverness Denver hotel.
    There is no cost to submit … do not wait until the last minute.
    Here’s the criteria:
    -You are unpublished in either your name or a pen name in a traditional, independent, or a self-published venue.
    -You are over 20.
    -You are a legal resident of Colorado.
     You have a desire to be a successful author.
    -You will submit an essay of less than 1,000 words as to WHY you want to publish and what you will do with the money you will receive.
    -You will submit a sampling of your writing of up to 20 pages.
    -You will commit to at least 75% of all coaching/mentoring sessions that are held once a month in 2027.
    If that is you, you have until March 31, 2026, to submit your application at:
    https://www.coloradoauthorshalloffame.org/scholarships
    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.
    57 min
  • Power Strategies for Instagram 2026 01-22-2026
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Dr. Judith Briles invites Social Media Marketing Specialist Jules Marie to join her. You will learn the latest changes on Instagram and how to implement for your social media and influence building on Instagram. Embracing them will enhance your 2026 marketing and publishing success.
    Your takeaways include:
    -Use CanvaPro to resize quickly for social media platform.
    -Hey authors—discover the updated power of Instagram.
    -How to turn non-followers into followers on Instagram.
    -Discover the power of the “sticky feature” on Instagrams.
    -How to link to buy book within Stories on Instagram.
    -Post at odd times on Instagram.
    -Use Trial Reels on Instagram.
    -Tips for engaging followers on Instagram.
    And lots 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
    57 min
  • Taming the Google Monster for Authors 01-15-2026
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, has invited book marketing guru John Kremer back to deep dive further into the massive changes that Google is pushing forward. Embracing them will enhance your 2026 publishing success.
    Your goal: You want to create what others want to read. To buy.
    Smart 2026 publishing strategies should include:
    -Understanding the power of the Google Monster.
    -Ways to work within the Google Monster.
    -How to rise above the metadata cloud.
    -Using the power of Substack.
    -Sites for podcasting contacts and becoming visible.
    -Why podcasting guesting matters.
    -Making your book a bestseller and shouting it out.
    -Tagging key authors.
    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.
    57 min
  • Book Marketing Strategies for 2026 01-08-2026
    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, has invited book marketing guru John Kremer to step up and reveal his key tips for 2026 success for authors.
    Your goal: You want to create what others want to read.
    Smart 2026 strategies include:
    -Revisiting your website and updating each page’s metadata.
    -Why you need to visually post the price of your books and other “products for sale” on your website.
    -Hooking onto existing bestseller titles and authors in your genre with ongoing posts.
    - Hooking onto names of authors and their titles that are bestsellers in bookstores you want to work with.
    -Commit to "knocking on doors" 20 times a week. Pitching you and your book--speaking, podcast guesting.
    -80% of book sales come from "word of mouth."
    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.
    57 min
  • Why Your Words Matter 01-01-2026
    Dr. Judith Briles takes you along on her walk to become a writer … after she became an author … harnessing her sheer grit to achieve publishing success.
    Every walk has a first step. For Aspiring Authors, it starts here ...
    • Why your words matter.
    • Embrace your steps, not others, to claim your author’s walk.
    • Tips for dealing with the nosedives that will lead to a soar.
    • Engage the power of self-care and setting boundaries with others.
    • Welcome the wisdom, the chaos and the truthiness of your words.
    Judith shares the transformational work she did to grow her confidence and create her own publishing voice. You will learn the strategic, practical steps that optimized her writing and marketing, enabled her to activate profits, and become a successful author with intentions.
    Your words matter. You can write your book. It’s The Author’s Walk you will take, step-by-step.
    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.
    58 min

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