

Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing
Dr. Judith Briles
The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is ranked by Feedspot in the TOP 10 podcasts for Book Marketing and in the Top 100 in Author-Publishing Careers by Goodpods.
If you want to write and publish a book ... if you want to know the latest in book marketing strategies ... if you want to know what tools an author should be using ... and if you want to be successful as an author, Author YOU - Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles ... Everything You Want to Know But Didn't Know What to Ask is for you.
You will hear about statistics, scenarios, and strategies on what to do now! Judith features a variety of experts, besides herself, that are visionaries in publishing, book marketing experts, book design experts—anything that will get your book and YOU as the author—to the next, next level of success.
Sometimes, it's one step at a time; other times, you will leapfrog up the ladder. As The Book Shepherd, Dr. Judith Briles leads the conversation each week. She will include publishing professionals that will reveal tips and secrets to the author's journey. Sometimes, she goes solo and just shares her expertise that she has earned and learned over a 40-year period from the publication of her first book. Each week, you will get a new show, no repeats.
If there is a book in you, then you will want to listen and learn each and every week with Dr. Judith Briles, your Book Shepherd.
If you want to write and publish a book ... if you want to know the latest in book marketing strategies ... if you want to know what tools an author should be using ... and if you want to be successful as an author, Author YOU - Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles ... Everything You Want to Know But Didn't Know What to Ask is for you.
You will hear about statistics, scenarios, and strategies on what to do now! Judith features a variety of experts, besides herself, that are visionaries in publishing, book marketing experts, book design experts—anything that will get your book and YOU as the author—to the next, next level of success.
Sometimes, it's one step at a time; other times, you will leapfrog up the ladder. As The Book Shepherd, Dr. Judith Briles leads the conversation each week. She will include publishing professionals that will reveal tips and secrets to the author's journey. Sometimes, she goes solo and just shares her expertise that she has earned and learned over a 40-year period from the publication of her first book. Each week, you will get a new show, no repeats.
If there is a book in you, then you will want to listen and learn each and every week with Dr. Judith Briles, your Book Shepherd.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Dec 14, 2018 • 58min
eBooks, Publishing Strategies and Beyond--Oh My! Show 12-13-2018
Mark Coker

Dec 7, 2018 • 58min
6 Steps for a Successful Author Journey Show 12-06-2018
The Author’s Journey has highs and lows along with twists and turns. Joining the Book Shepherd and Host Judith Briles in this edtion of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing is multi-award winning author Lisa Rienicke who reveals the mistakes and successes she’s encountered.
Within discover the 6 essential steps that have led to her author success. It's the Author's Journey.
Lisa's evolution from doing her first book herself to the use of a “core” of pros to take her and her books to the next, next level. Her latest accomplishment is winning the Reader’s Choice Gold award. As a children’s author, Lisa has crossed over to writing and publishing for adults.
Join them for a fun and insightful author. You too can be a success!

Nov 30, 2018 • 57min
Get Ready to Sell 200+ Books in 2 Weeks Show 11-29-2018
AHA for all authors: do you want to sell at least 200 books over the next two weeks?
And, do you know the #1 way to sell books?
John Kremer joins host and The Book Shepherd Judith Briles for a lively how to in creating massive books sales in a short period of time. Join in if you want book selling success.
You can and you will—this podcast has got tips from John Kremer to kickstart your success and outsell what the average self-publishing author does in a lifetime in just a few weeks. Loved the tips and a few of the websites referred to in this podcast of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing.

Nov 23, 2018 • 58min
Publishing Predators May Be In Your Midst Show 11-22-2018
Oh-oh—there’s a new stealth publishing predator lurking.
Get the essential steps for authors on how to identify publishing predators that could be rising in the midst and how to search for and do if they surface. Host and The Book Shepherd Judith Briles has steps to take, starting now:
-If you have been snared, key steps to immediately take to do a financial rescue-
-Listen to the latest update on publishing predators.
-Learn how to find them on the internet.
-and much more.
If you are publishing, you want to listen into AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles

Nov 16, 2018 • 58min
Author Smarts--Trigger Points for Book Success Show 11-15-2018
A critical component of dealing with the book overwhelm is creating a spending plan—both for time and money—for book marketing and social media engagement.
As an author:
-learning about what moves books;
-what trigger points allow an author to soar above “like” books;
-what the sweet spot of book marketing is leads to success.
Another excellent and insight AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast for author and book success with host and The Book Shepherd Judith Briles and Amy Collins.

Nov 9, 2018 • 58min
Discover the Fan Based Formula for Authors Show 11-08-2018
Do you know what the Fan Base Formula for Authors is? How about how to land a spot on the USA TODAY Bestseller list? Do you know the steps to expand your categories from two to ten on Amazon?
You will and so much more on this podcast on AuthorU- Your Guide to Book Publishing with The Book Shepherd and her guest, Adam Hoague.

Nov 2, 2018 • 57min
11 Tools to Target Your Reader Market Show 11-01-2018
It’s a huge yahoo for authors in this edition of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.
Host The Book Shepherd Judith Briles and Publicity Hound Joan Stewart dive into 11 amazing ways to gather up promo and create marketing for you and your book.
-Did you know that there are over 3,000 #book bloggers?
-Do you want your book in front of them?
-How about getting 10 ways to use a press release that you never thought about?
And lots more. You will get terrific tips for authors for branding and book promo. This is a podcast that you will want to listen to many times. Get your paper out—you are taking notes!

Oct 26, 2018 • 58min
The Ultimate Guide to Writers Show 10-25-2018
Calling all writers … discover the awesome resource that the Thesaurus Collection delivers. Created by Angela Ackerman and Becca Publis, you will learn about:
- a database to get unstuck when writing emotions,
-dealing with positive and negative traits,
-how to describe character motivations … -even tips on describing and using weather and settings that you’ve never thought of.
AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles--The Book Shepherd--loves to discover new resources—you will too! Listen to the podcast:

Oct 19, 2018 • 58min
Instagram Success Tips for Authors 10-18-2018
One of the hottest social media formats for authors and book selling is Instagram.
-What is it?
-How do you use it?
-What tips can authors use to position their expertise and books in this fast moving image rich platform.
You will get the how-tos in setting up, posting, using hashtags, and adding images in with AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles.

Oct 12, 2018 • 58min
Bye-Bye Boring PowerPoint Slides Show 10-11-2018
I’ve been using slides for decades in my presentations. What I learned in less than 60 minutes on this edition of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing will change how I create future PowerPoint presentations for when I speak or do webinars … and it will start me on the path to create slide makeovers for all I have—and there are a lot.
On this podcast, PowerPoint magician Dr. Jaclyn Kostner joins me and reveals an array of tips and tricks to take your slides into the next century—it’s bye-bye boring slides for sure. Podcast:


