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Great
American Bargain Book Show Thursday,
August 19, 2010 Official hotel: Sheraton Boston, with indoor access to Hynes Convention Center You're invited to the Great American Bargain Book Show Authorship 101 Seminar on Thursday, August 19, 2010. Following is the agenda, including faculty, topics and times. Seminar attendees receive free admission to the Great American Bargain Book Show - normally $50 per person.
Instructors Noel Griese, author of 17 books and editor of the Southern Review of Books, "The biggest revolution in book publishing since Gutenberg - understanding the changes"editor of the Southern Review of Books and Energy Pipeline News newsletters published in Atlanta, Ga., ha  s
three degrees in English and journalism from the University of Wisconsin,
where he was elected to both the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor
societies. During his career, he has been a newspaper reporter and editor,
a radio newscaster, a U.S. Army officer, a journalism professor at the
Universities of Wisconsin and Georgia and a public relations executive in
the telecommunication and petroleum industries. The author of 17
nonfiction books and numerous articles, he is president and CEO of Anvil
Publishers, which is currently marketing $16.5 million in books and $8.5
million in literary properties. In addition to brokering remainder books
and manuscripts, Anvil offers for sale to larger publishers a number of
small publishing houses and other properties.
Noel will speak on "The biggest revolution in book publishing since Gutenberg - understanding the changes." Lauren E. MacLeod, literary agent, The Strothman Agency, LLC, Boston, "The road to the book deal: Getting an agent." oined the Strothman Agency after graduating cum laude from Emerson College with a BFA in writing, literature and publishing. Lauren's primary  interests
are middle grade novels, young adult fiction and nonfiction, as well as
highly polished literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Lauren works
closely with the agency and its clients to create effective digital
platforms and capitalize on the many opportunities presented by social
networking. Recent sales include: Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings
by Hilhne Boudreau (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky), The Newsoul Trilogy
by Jodi Meadows (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books) and The Widening
Gyre: A Journey Across a Melting Landscape by Christopher White (St.
Martin's).
Lauren will walk writers through the Does and Don'ts of the query process and answer the questions writers have about agents:
She will then open the floor for specific questions on agents and the querying process. This session is appropriate for writers of fiction, nonfiction and children's literature. Nina Anderson, publishing house CEO, author of 17 books and commercial jet pilot, "What a publisher advises writers to do to assure the success of their book before they ever pick up a pen." is a specialist in performance nutrition certified by the an International Sports S  cience
Association. A nationally acclaimed researcher, author, television and
radio personality, Nina has reached thousands of listeners. A retired
corporate jet pilot, she has flown Gulfstreams, Citations and the Hawker.
The last is the airplane in which she set the action in her novel 2012
Airborne Prophesy. She has been an active researcher in the
alternative health field for over 20 years, and has co-authored 17 books
including Worse Than Global Warming, Atlantis Today - The USA,
Low Carb and Beyond, Cancer Disarmed, ADD, The Natural
Approach, Super Nutrition for Dogs n' Cats, Nutritional
Leverage for Great Golf and Analyzing Sports Drinks. Nina has a
BA from Monmouth College. Her television credits alone include appearances
on Week-End Today, NBC N.Y.; WNYT, Albany N.Y.; Vision Quest, Chicago,
Ill.; WTNH, New Haven Conn.; and many others.
In addition to her main topic, advice from a publisher, Nina will cover how to look at your book as a product (especially if you are writing a memoir), and will draw on the The Secrets of Successful Inventors by John Hobbs as a model for looking at a book like a product. Barry T. Kerrigan, CEO of Desktop Miracles Inc., a book design house based in Stowe, Vermont, "Successful self-publishing and mistakes to avoid." is the president and founder of Desktop Miracles, a book design and production studio born on April Fools Day 1994. Barry has been involved in book  design
and production since 1989, and has been involved with more than 1000
projects. His experience includes corporate publishing accounts with
several Fortune 100 companies, as well as setting up and starting the
entire in-house prepress and typesetting department for Word Publishing,
at the time the world?s leading Christian publishing house, and a division
of ABC/CapCities. Barry is a respected expert and frequent speaker on book
design and production at publishing seminars nationwide, an active
participant in several national and regional publishing associations, and
a regular exhibitor at publishing conferences and trade shows nationwide.
He is the author of Book Design & Production: The Ultimate Guide to
Editorial, Design, Production, and Manufacturing, an upcoming release
from Laughlin & Monroe Press., along with several smaller ebooks available
at
DesktopMiracles.com.
In his presentation "Successful self-publishing and mistakes to avoid," Barry will discuss common errors that stymie authors from greater success, especially in regard to design errors that prevent self-published works from being reviewed favorably by leading publications that drive book sales. ENROLL NOW TO ASSURE A PLACE. SEATING IS LIMITED! You may enroll by clicking on the appropriate button below, which will take you to our secure Web site.
Following are the tuition fees for GABBS University students. If you enroll on or before Wednesday, August 18, 2010: $50. If you enroll at the door on Thursday, August 19: $65. TO ENROLL, VISIT http://anvilpub.net/gabbs_university.htm |
