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"Everything You Need To Know About Publishing"
July 21-25, 2008
Instructor: Maya Reynolds
Cost: $15.00 (RWA Members), $20.00 (Nonmembers)
Course focuses on information all writers should learn about the three arms of the publishing industry: publishers, agents, and booksellers, along with publishing trends, and speculation about the future.
Topics covered include:
1) Who are the major players in publishing?
2) When should I target a New York publisher, an independent publisher, or an online publisher?
3) Publishing terms I need to know.
4) Why would I want an agent, and what do I need to know about them?
5) Do I need a blog or a website?
6) What do I need to know about the five Internet giants?
7) Trends to be aware of in publishing.
8) What about contracts?
9) How does selling books differ than selling any other commodity?
10) Explain POD to me.
Speaker Bio: At varying times, Maya has been a teacher, a stockbroker, a psychiatric social worker, and a crisis team interventionist. She has sold short stories to romance magazines as well as non-fiction articles. In 2006, she sold "You've Been A Bad Girl" to NAL Heat, a division of Penguin. She is one of the founders and membership chairs for Passionate Ink, the erotic romance chapter of RWA. She also writes a quarterly column on the publishing industry for the Passionate Ink newsletter.
Deadline to sign up: July 20th, 2008 (electronically, or if sending by postal mail, received by)
Click here to register for this workshop via postal mail, or fill out the form below. NB Paypal/credit card payments only for online registrations. If you’d prefer to pay by check or money order, click here.
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