Author YOU-Creating and Building the Author and Book Platforms
Judith Briles' Author YOU: Creating and Building your Author and Book Platforms should be required reading for all authors who want to succeed in the new world of publishing. Her wise counsel combined with the reader participating through Questions and Activities will guide you to real success in building your author platform. Highly recommended. --Joel Friedlander, Marin BookworksJudith Briles has mapped out a comprehensive plan to take authors from A-Z in getting their idea to market: the RIGHT market. And that makes all the difference. From problem, to platform, to published, she knows the ropes, resources, and road to save you time, money, and headaches. I ve watched her succeed for 20 years. Author YOU will be her next bestseller. --Dianna Booher, Booher CommunicationsAuthors can scour the Internet for articles and try to piece together a plan from various bits of advice; they can hire consultants; they can buy Dan Poynter s and John Kremer's books, but if they want to end up with a fully executable, complete publishing and marketing plan, all they need is this step-by-step guide and workbook to put it all into place. Judith Briles delivers 30+ years of publishing experience in-between two covers. Woven around 22 Activities, illustrated and four-color throughout, Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms is the guide and workbook designed for Authors at every level. --Amy Collins, New Shelves DistributionEvery aspiring author should be keenly aware that being a published author is a business decision as well as a creative one. A "book shepherd" is someone who assists an author in packaging a book so that it will be successfully competitive in a volatile publishing marketing place and attract the attention of the author's intended readership.In Author YOU: Creating and Building the Author and Book Platforms,Judith Briles draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as a successful book shepherd to create an interactive instruction manual to train aspiring authors into creating a successful book plane; acquire the time and money to accomplish the project; identify the appropriate publishing venue for the project; arrange for the time and space to craft their books; utilizing internet and social media resources; avoid publishing predators and scam artists; and master the factors for creating a successful book launch.Basically, Author YOU: Creating and Building the Author and Book Platforms is a complete course of instruction under a single cover and while it's 'fill in the blank' instruction pages rendered it inappropriate for community library collections, it will prove to be an indispensable, thoroughly 'user friendly', and highly valued learning tool and continuing reference resource for anyone seeking to create a successful writing career for themselves. --The Midwest Book ReviewAuthor YOU Creating and Building Author and Book Platforms Successful authors need a good business foundation, and Briles shows exactly how to build one.Judith Briles authoritative --Mile High PressBook Awards:Winner, Gold - USA Book News Award, PublishingWinner, Gold - Indie Excellence Awards, PublishingWinner, Gold - International Book Awards, PublishingWinner, Bronze - IPPY Book AwardsFinalist - Foreword Book Awards, Non Fiction, Writing--Foreword magazineAuthors can scour the Internet for articles and try to piece together a plan from various bits of advice; they can hire consultants; they can buy Dan Poynter and John Kremer books, but if they want to end up with a fully executable, complete publishing and marketing plan, all they need is this step-by-step guide and workbook to put it all into place. Judith Briles delivers 30+ years of publishing experien --Amy Collins, New ShelvesBook Awards:Winner, Gold - USA Book News Award, PublishingWinner, Gold - Indie Excellence Awards, PublishingWinner, Gold - International Book Awards, PublishingWinner, Bronze - IPPY Book AwardsFinalist - Foreword Book Awards, Non Fiction, Writing--Foreword magazineAuthors can scour the Internet for articles and try to piece together a plan from various bits of advice; they can hire consultants; they can buy Dan Poynter and John Kremer books, but if they want to end up with a fully executable, complete publishing and marketing plan, all they need is this step-by-step guide and workbook to put it all into place. Judith Briles delivers 30+ years of publishing experience in-between two covers. Woven around 22 Activities, illustrated and four-color throughout, Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms is the guide and workbook designed for Authors at every level. ----Amy Collins, New Shelves