Face The Book TV

You don’t want to miss this high-energy session at the IPNE Conference on Nov. 3-4 with writing and publishing experts Alyssa Berthiaume and Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins. You’ll receive insider secrets on how to avoid some of the biggest writing and publishing mistakes. In short, do not write a book ... until you attend this session!

Alyssa Berthiaume:
Award-winning author; international book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter; founder and CEO of The Write Place, Right Time

Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins:
Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins is an award-winning international professional speaker, an award-winning author, and an award-winning publisher and owner of the hybrid publishing company, "Press 49."

Updated show notes & links at https://piercepress.com/face-the-book-tv
Conference registration: https://ipne.org/events

We simulcast live to Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube; audio is subsequently distributed to all major podcast apps.

Could your book be a contender? This episode of Face The Book TV will help you make a wise selection from the many available book awards programs and so your return in book sales exceeds the cost of application fees.

Receiving an award can help you reach new readers and bring requests for author signings, conference presentations, and media interviews. At $90 and up (IPNE.org offers one of the lowest fees at $45 for members), the fees can mount up, but with a well-designed book, a carefully tended author platform, the right awards program, adding "Award-Winning" to your book's cover and author resume is certain to grab the attention of publicists, bookstores, and readers.

CREW:
Pierce Press Productions: https://piercepress.com/face-the-book-tv​
Eddie Vincent, Host & IPNE president: https://encirclepub.com;​ https://IPNE.org/BOD​

GUESTS:
Hannah Jacobson, Book Award Pro: https://BookAwardPro.com​
Linda Radke, Story Monsters: https://storymonsters.com​
Michael Piekny, IPNE: https://IPNE.org/BOD;​ https://hubedits.com

COMMON EARTH, Season 4 , Episode 1
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"Rewilding" is not just about bringing back endangered species and habitats, it's about restoring balance to our planet. Pierce Press author Manoj Gautam's innovative community-based approach to conservation has made a real impact in Nepal and beyond. In this discussion, we talk about how and to what extent habitats & environments can be returned to their wild, natural state while taking into consideration the requirements of human communities.

This year, Manoj was named to the elite Explorers Club 50. Each year, The Explorers Club 50 recognizes fifty extraordinary individuals changing the world. Naming these global exploration leaders to the EC50 shines a bright light on their extraordinary work, amplifies their voices, and redefines that field of exploration as we know it.

Our new author, Oleg Veretskiy has made the time to come on our livestream to answer your questions and talk about his writing and his work supporting the frontline in Ukraine.We hope you’ll join us for this special opportunity to gain insight into the life of this committed volunteer and writer in Ukraine, Oleg Veretskiy.

With this episode, we're celebrating a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign and thanking our backers for helping us raise $9,000 for translation and production costs. Were reserving any pledges received through the end of the campaign on Sept. 26 for additional language translations – Ukrainian, Japanese, and Polish have been requested so far.

Be Oleg’s publishing partner – click here to pledge & help fund the next translation! Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ends September 26.

If you would like to support Oleg & his team in their mission to help Ukrainians in the de-occupied territories and Ukrainian soldiers fighting for freedom, the verified PayPal account is [email protected]. Additional donation options, click HERE.

Oleg Veretskiy had just published the first novel in his magical realism trilogy, “Tales of the Wandering Mists: A Fairy Tale,” when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022. After getting to know him, we decided that all proceeds after production costs should go to Oleg, who has suspended his career to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom; the publisher will not retain any profits for this first book in The Tales of the Wandering Mists trilogy.

Despite the stress and disruption from the war, the reception of his first book continues to buoy Oleg. “I really like the feedback that my readers send me,” he admits. “Some of them ended up as refugees in Europe and the US, and the book has a therapeutic effect on them. When I think about this, I feel goosebumps.”

We are deeply grateful for helping us realize this meaningful project.

Even (or especially) when your book is just a twinkle in your eye, researching what "competing" or "complementary" books are published can help you refine your niche and identify your readers. And doing comparative title research is usually a must when crafting a pitch, query, or book proposal to a traditional or hybrid publisher.

It's a delicate dance - you need to identify how your work complements, without exactly duplicating, best-selling titles. Although fiction market genres are fairly well defined — murder/mystery, thriller, sci-fi/fantasy, literary fiction — the nonfiction market has a nearly infinite number of niches, so more consideration is required when you make the decision on how to position your nonfiction book.

Host Mary Catherine Jones explores the subject along with guest experts Pam Sheppard, publishing coach, and her client Teri Rider, independent publisher.

CREW:

• • Producer, Charlotte Pierce, Pierce Press
  • Host, Mary Catherine Jones, Voice Over Vermont & IPNE
  • Web services, Laura Williams, GoodInklings
  • Tech Director, Samara Jones