Ask an Author Assistant Anything featuring Kate Tilton
The Kobo Writing Life team is excited to announce our next Live Q&A on March 31st from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST. KWL Director Tara and author engagement manager Laura will be chatting with Kate Tilton! Bring your questions about Kate’s company, Kate Tilton’s Author Services, LLC, working with an author assistant, marketing, branding, knowing when to hire an author assistant, and more.
Hello authors!
For our third live Q&A of the year, author assistant and marketing expert Kate Tilton will be in conversation with KWL’s director Tara about everything to do with being an author assistant! If you’ve ever wondered what an author assistant does, if you need one, or how to work with an amazing assistant like Kate, this is the Q&A for you!
Kate has also previously featured on the Kobo Writing Life podcast. Check out our interview with her here!
We will be touching on subjects such as:
- What an author assistant’s job involves
- Knowing if working with an author assistant is right for you
- How to hire an author assistant
- Book release tips and tricks
- Marketing and branding strategies
And more! We will also have time for questions at the end, so be sure to join the live event and bring your questions! And, as always, happy writing.
For more about Kate Tilton and her author services, please visit her website.
Kate Tilton is the founder of Kate Tilton’s Author Services, LLC, where she has been helping authors since 2010. Kate works with authors of all stripes, from New York Times and USA Today bestsellers and award winners to pre-publication authors. She helps authors navigate the publishing world and connect with readers.
Kate has shared her industry knowledge by contributing to The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide (2016) and has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, RT Book Reviews, Novelists Inc. and Kobo Writing Life. She has also presented at NINC, Book Expo America’s Blogger Con, Penned Con and other venues.
A cat-lover and fan of many geeky things, Kate can likely be found curled up with tea and a good book, plotting world takeover, or connecting authors and readers in any way she can. You can find Kate on katetilton.com.
Tara runs Kobo Writing Life (KWL), Kobo’s independent publishing platform. As a subject matter expert in all aspects of indie publishing, her aim is to make KWL the greatest and most user-friendly self-publishing platform available and always looking for ways for indies to reach a new audience of readers.
Laura is Kobo Writing Life’s Author Engagement Manager. In her role on the KWL team, she works closely with indie authors to help them reach new readers on Kobo. She has a B.A. in English from York University and a post-grad certificate in book, magazine and electronic publishing from Centennial College. When she’s off the clock, you can find her curled up with a romance book or binge-watching a new reality show.
