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Small Press Center Publishing Workshop Series Continues
"Print-on-Demand: The Tangled Truth" on November 7th - "Better than Bookstores: Sales and Distribution" on November 21st
The fifth series of the Small Press Center Publishing Workshops, held with the support of Publishers Weekly, continues with Print-on-Demand: The Tangled Truth on Thursday, November 7, from 6pm to 8pm.This workshop will explore the pros and cons of new print technology. Expert panelists will discuss who can benefit from using print-on-demand and how to avoid falling into its traps. Panelists: Perry Brass, Publisher, Belhue Press; John Harnish, Author's Advocate, infinitypublishing.com, and author of Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About POD; Clare M. Wyckoff, Publisher, Paraview Press. Other panelists to be announced.
The remaining workshops in the current series are:
Print-on-Demand: The Tangled Truth
Thursday, November 7, 6 to 8pm
Better than Bookstores: Sales and Distribution
Thursday, November 21, 6 to 8pm
Do-it-Yourself Design for Books and WebSites
Thursday, December 12, 6 to 8pm
Getting It Right - Editing Strategy, Tactics & Techniques
Thursday, January 16, 6 to 8pm
Court Cases that Can Help You or Hurt You
Thursday, Jan 30, 2003, 6 to 8pm
Tracking Tools with Money-Making Power
Thursday, Feb.13, 2003, 6 to 8pm
How to Get Published
Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 6 to 8pm
Today's Best Book Promotions Options - Offline
Thursday, March 20, 2003, 6 to 8pm
The 2002/2003 Publishing Workshop series consists of nine workshops taking place over the next six months. Topics covered will include: book promotion online and offline, print-on-demand, special sales, do-it-yourself design for books and web sites, editing, the latest electronic publishing tracking tools and a session on how to get published. With a top-notch line-up of book industry professionals, the workshops will address practical publishing issues and answer audience questions. Writers, aspiring publishers and publishers will all find these comprehensive workshops useful.
Upcoming workshop:
Better than Bookstores: Sales and Distribution
Thursday, November 21 - 6 to 8pm
The siren song of "distribution" has lured many a publisher onto the rocks. This session will show you how to protect yourself if you do make a deal with a book trade distributor and give you an array of advice on how to make deals for sales in other channels -- including library, education and special markets -- which can sell many more books with much less risk.
Panelists: Nancy Kranich, Past President, American Library Association, and former Associate Dean, New York University; Martin Schamus, Senior Vice President, Special Sales, Sterling Publishing Company; Tom Woll, President, Cross River Publishing Consultants. Other panelists to be announced.