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Maher Kaddoura, the original Leapfrogger talks about how a poem by Kahlil Gibran changed his whole perspective. Spurring him on to live a full life of travel, experiences, education and never being afraid to make mistakes. He claims to have been a student in the “school of life,” and at the young age of 15, he travelled across many countries to expand his physical and psychological horizons. Today, after making his fortune at Accenture, Maher is a philanthropist, committed to social causes b ...
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This show introduces the topic of ‘creative economy’ in Africa’s economic and development agenda. It explores the potential of the creative industry to provide new opportunities for developing countries, in particular African countries, to leapfrog into emerging high-growth areas of the world economy. The creative economy is a vital and growing engine of growth and employment in many countries of the world. According to UNESCO, the creative economy is one of the most rapidly growing sectors ...
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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 Did ...
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Automation Leads to Author Success 08-21-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Michelle Renee, for a lively and informative hour of how to step up your contacts and visibility and reduce the time it takes for book marketing and influence building forward. Your takeaways include: -If you don’t automate, your contacts and leads will go cold. -S…
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Getting Noticed…Podcasting Success for Authors 08-14-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jackie Lapin, visionary of Conscious Media Relations radio/Podcast Tours. One of your goals should be to get on podcasts—lot of them. Jackie’s website is: https://consciousmediarelations.com/ —make sure you download her Tech Tools Treasure Chest. You will take away…
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Bestselling and award-winning author Dom Testa blends personal stories with insights from his award-winning morning radio show on Denver’s Kool 105 to explore the keys to lasting satisfaction. With nearly 30 books published in multiple genres and under multiple pen names, he knows publishing … and how to write. Dom was a 2019 inductee into the Colo…
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How to Avoid Publishing Mistakes and Blunders- Part 2 07-24-2025
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How to Avoid Publishing Mistakes and Blunders- Part 1 07-17-2025
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Finding SuperFans for You and Your Books 07-10-2025
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How to Create a Crowdfunding Game Plan for Authors07-03-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the power of using and implementing a crowdfunding campaign for your book—or any project that is in your wheelhouse. Only 35% of publishing related campaigns. You will get tips on how to be in the minority! -Crowdfunding stats for 2023. Some are eye-opening. -Crowd…
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Creating a Speech on Your Book Game Plan 06-26-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles opens the door to the #1 way to sell mega cases of your book at full price with immediate payment and not returns. You will get plenty of tips and strategies to get started and build momentum. You can listen in audio and video on YouTube. Can speaking on your book … your e…
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How to Create Book Marketing Game Plan 06-19-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles rolls out a full hour on how to create a book marketing game plan. Start with: -The Hows and Whys of creating a book marketing plan. _The essential elements every book marketing game plan needs. -How to initiate a direct marketing campaign. -What the most common mistakes a…
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Create the Author Website Opt-In Game Plan 06-12-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites dives down into the elements of the Why and How to create an Opt-In lead magnet for the website. The goal—to attract new visitors and gather emails of followers. Available in audio only and video on YouTube. You will take away: -Why an Opt-In is an essential websit…
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Create the Ultimate Book Publishing Game Plan 06-05-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles walks authors through the Game Plan to seed and build their book to reach their WHO it’s for and steps needed for success when published. You will take aways include: -Essential components create your book. -Narrowing down the WHO your book is for. -Identify what the value…
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Essential Author DOs and DON'Ts 05-29-2025
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Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and Rebecca Finkel, Book Design expert, deliver a fast hour of essential author DOs and DON’Ts for author success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: • How tariffs will impact your book production. • What’s happening with printing costs. • Why authors should expect to…
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10 Essential Book Marketing Strategies 05-22-2025
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Judith Briles The Book Shepherd and John Kremer Book Marketing expert, deliver a fast hour of 10 plus strategies to deliver book marketing success in 2025 on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: -Overall strategies to leap forward. -Why every author should have a newsletter. -Tips for creating your own Summit a…
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Book Marketing Timelines for Authors from Writing to Launch and Beyond In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles delivers a solo hour to create book marketing timelines from the time you start writing to the launch date and beyond. It’s a note taking hour with Judith for a lively and informative hour to set the st…
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Copyright Tips in the Age of AI 05-08-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Dan Miller, the copyright detective, to join her for a lively and informative hour of how to protect your book You takeaways include: • Copyright Insights for Authors in the Age of AI. • Copyright rules for registering a book that is AI generated. • What is AI gene…
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Marketing to and Speaking at Schools 05-01-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Jane Wood, author of Schools: A Niche Market for Authors joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively and informative hour of how to get your books into schools; who to contact; strategies to get schools to buy your books for all classrooms; along with tips to engage stude…
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Coaching, Editing and AI…Oh My! 04-24-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites PR marketing strategist and publishing consultant Dan Janal to share his tips on the world of book coaching, developmental editing and the AI element. Your takeaways include: -Strategies for engaging a book coach … should you? -What is developmental editing and whe…
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Books, Books, Books - Make Your Cover Rock!
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Joining the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is award-winning book designer Nick Zelinger. You will get two insiders skinny on book covers that readers will embrace. Whether it's a new book or a makeover on an old book--make sure it is contemporary versus yesteryear. You will take away: - Tips for creating eye-fr…
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How to Create the Ultimate Press Release 03-27-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites digital marketing strategist Jules Marie to share her tips on creating press releases that get the attention of the media. If you don’t tell the media your story with a press release, who will? Your takeaways include: - Strategies to create a compelling hook. - Tip…
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Write HOT with your first sentence! 03-20-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites author and writing coach Anne Randolph to share her tips on creating the best book ever. Your takeaways include: -Writing tips step by step. -Why creative writing can increase the quality and speed of your writing. -Get 8 tips of creating the best book ever. -Why s…
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Writing with Color and Personality 03-13-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites award-winning and bestselling author Mara Purl to share her tips on creating characters that readers want more of. Your takeaways include: -Characters talk...tips on getting them to tell their story to the writer. -How colors will set the stage for your sto…
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Strategic Digital Book Marketing 03-06-2025
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites digital marketing strategist Jules Marie to share her tips on creating digital marketing that connects with your ideal audience. Your take aways include: -Aha-digital marketing includes anything that uses technology. -Why the author website is the most important pa…
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In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd deep dives into how to create a successful bookstore event. Author takeaways include: - How to pitch to the bookstore manager or author event coordinator. - How to engage bookstore customers. - Tips for book table swag. - 10+ tips for creatin…
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Editing Tips for 2025 to POP Your Copy 02-20-2025
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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 writi…
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Judging Your Book in a Book Contest 02-13-2025
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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 …
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Cover and Interior Book Trends 2025 02-06-2025
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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. -Wh…
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Birthing a Series & Fan Clubs 01-30-2025
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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 chose…
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How to Create a Speech Using AI 01-23-2025
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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…
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Book Marketing Buzz for 2025 podcast 01-16-2025
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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 includ…
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Refresh, Repurpose, Roar to 2025 Author Success podcast01-09-2025
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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 me…
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Fiction Writing & Marketing Tips for 2025 podcast 01-02-2025
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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 h…
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#1 Creating a Positive Mindset - Part I 12-26-2024
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How to Create a Conscious Mindset for Authors, Part I 312,961By Dr. Judith Briles
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#1 Creating a Positive Mindset, Part II 12-26-2024
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#2 Author Success Goldmine-Creating the Ultimate Opt-In 12-19-2024
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Continuing the top podcasts of 2024, #2 How to Create the Ultimate Op-In had 204,169 listener downloads since it's first broadcast on 3-14-24. In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the ultimate tips for turning your website into a hot magnet for new clients, fans, your book, and your expertise. It’s Ju…
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#3 Publicity Power for Authors 12-12-2024
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It's countdown month for the TOP downloaded podcasts for 2024. Coming in at #3 with 171,700 listeners downloading the sage advice shared within the podcast first heard on March 28, 2024. In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the latest in PR strategies with PR expert Andrea Pass, founder of AndreaPassP…
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#4 2024-Tips for Becoming and Being a Podcast Guest 12-05-2024
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It's countdown month for the TOP downloaded podcasts for 2024. Coming in at #4 with 166,940 listeners downloading Tips for Becoming and Being a Podcast Guest was first heard in May. Get ready for BIG Tips for Becoming and Being a Podcast Guest ... In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites her podcast produ…
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Author Tips for Researching and Interviewing 11-28-2024
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Elaine Rock, author of the newly released Dusty Roads-Meet the Hidden Figure that Ignited the Women’s Movement to be her guest expert. Elaine took ten years to research and complete all interviews necessary to create Dusty’s biography. Get ready for an hour with tw…
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Writing Tips for Nonfiction Authors 11-21-2024
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Anne Janzer, author of the newly released The Curious Reader’s Field Guide to Nonfiction to be her guest. Anne is also the author of The Writer’s Process and Writing to Be Understood. Get ready for an hour with two masters of writing to make your writing success vi…
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Author Success Strategies for Moving Forward 11-14-2024
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Authors Hall of Famer and Commander Mary Kelly to be her guest. Mary is the author of 20 books, her latest is Stop Procrastinating Tomorrow. Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should be doing for moving forward with your author st…
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites Creativity Writing Coach Beth Barany to be her guest. She's also an award-winning author, writing in several genres including young adult adventure fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction mysteries. Get ready for an hour with plenty of ideas on what you sh…
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Stretch Book Marketing Strategies for Authors 10-31-2024
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In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books to be her guest. Can you initiate end-of-the-year book marketing strategies that work within the final months of the year? Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should be doing fo…
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Getting the Media Attention You Want 10-24-2024
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Are you ready to establish your expert credentials? Joining Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is Expert Click expert Mitchell Davis. Your takeaways include: -Smart ways to repackage your old stuff to get the media's attention. -Why your bio needs power words in it for Google ranking. -How to identify your …
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Book Thieves - Book Infringements Part II 10-17-2024
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This is an AUTHOR BEWARE episode... It is Essential to stop and prevent Book Thieves from creating chaos in your publishing life. Joining host Dr. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd is Publishing and IP attorney, Jonathan Kirsch. Your takeaways include: -What is an infringement? -What can an author / publisher do when it happens? -What do when copyri…
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AI Chaos and Confusion Zapped 10-10-2024
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The AuthorU Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast takes another swing at the swirling confusion around AI. Should author use it ... or avoid it? With host Dr. Judith Briles is Jonathan Kirsch publishing and IP attorney to help authors from drowning. 1 What must authors know today. 2 Why it's essential to know the AI source. 3 How AI works and learn…
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Author Goal Setting and Marketing for Better Holiday Sales 10-03-2024
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October and November are HOT book-selling months. Are you getting your share? In this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Dr. Judith Briles will dive into over 20 years to get your goals in synch with YOU and tips on how to execute them. Your takeaways include: -Creating a realistic marketing plan for end of the year …
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SuperFans can become an author’s best friend. Finding, feeding, and growing them is what authors need to do. The questions are: -Who are they? -Where are they? -What does an author need to do to feed them? -How can an author increase the number? Your takeaways include: •Understanding the buying power base of a SuperFan for an author. •Learning that…
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Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 2 09-19-2024
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The pillars of your publishing success often are seeded with a few mistakes. Every author makes them. Sometimes, it’s a gradual building until the zap comes into play. Other times, it comes quickly. When mishaps occur STEP BACK. Evaluate. Access. Going forward will come. Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles i…
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