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PLEASE COME TO BOSTON - AND LEARN TO PLAY THE PUBLISHING GAME
Touted by its sponsors as "the conference of the year for writers and small publishers!" the event focuses on strategies for selling more books.
The Publishing Game is a unique conference for writers and small publishers to be held in Boston, Sunday September 3 - Tuesday September 5, 2000.Hear top agents, magazine editors, chain store buyers, publishers, and TV producers share their expertise and help small publishers for strategies for selling more books. Enjoy private consults with agents, editors, and producers. Get a web site designed for your book, and shop for cover artists, ad designers, and printers in the Exhibit Hall.
Highlights include: John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book; Joel Roberts, media coach for the Chicken Soup for the Soulauthors; Marcella Smith, Small Press Buyer for Barnes & Noble; Brian Jud, television host and columnist; Sally Neher, Baker & Taylor Book Buyer, and panels of top New York literary agents and major magazine editors.
The Publishing Game Conference includes:
* Two and a half days of fabulous speakers and experts
* A private one-on-one consultation with your choice of an agent, editor, publisher, artist, marketing specialist, TV producer, chainstore buyer, or media coach. Sign up early to maximize your chances of getting the consult you prefer.
* Free design of a one-page website for your book or business, or free 15-minute consult on improving your existing website (Web designers will also have available full domain-name registration and hosting packages, so that you can lock in your site name and leave the conference with your website up and running.)
* A land/sea "Duck" tour of Boston
* A six-course banquet at the Medieval Manor Theatre Restaurant
* Entrance to the Exhibit Hall and the opportunity to meet with over 50 artists, editors, printers, etc. all in one place
* Continental breakfasts (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
* Sumptuous luncheons (Sunday, Monday)
* Publishing Game binder packed full of top tips from speakers and experts