 SELF-PUBLISHING BOOT CAMPSaturday, June 30, 2012
Mills College, Oakland, California |
This is a no-nonsense workshop to arm you with all the information you need.
WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY:
TAKE THIS BOOT CAMP. Do yourself a favor. I took the half day with Carla and Laurie and I can't say enough good things about it. They are both straight-forward and deeply experienced in their fields. CARLA IS HONEST AND AWESOME AND CLEARLY HAS THE BEST INTERESTS OF ATTENDEES IN MIND. She didn't try to sell me anything, all she did was tell me exactly what I needed to know to do self-publishing the right way for me. What a treat to have someone just straight up tell you the truth. This boot camp saved me many hours of research and countless mistakes I would have made. TAKE THIS BOOT CAM. -- SCOTT JAMES, author, Sidewalk Ritual
- Budget: From free to fee, what's worth paying for and what's not
- How to find and work with editors, designers, and ebook formatters
- Self-publishing, partner-publishing, and getting a traditional book deal
- Develop a platform to successfully market and promote your book
- Book discovery: Websites, social media, and SEO for dummies
- Distribution possibilities for your ebook, print book, and book app
- Avoid common self-publishing pitfalls
You also get:
- The latest print edition of Carla King's Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors, an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide under 100 pages with handy checklists to make sure you don't forget to do anything.
- A discount for membership in SPANpro, the premium content and community area of the Small Publishers Association of North America, a nonprofit trade association of authors and independent publishers with the mission of building successful writing and publishing businesses.
SELF-PUBLISHING BOOT CAMP
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1-5
With Carla King and Laurie McLean
CARLA KING
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Carla King began her career in publishing and technology in 1988, self-published her first book in 1994, and began experimenting with internet and multimedia publishing in 1995. She is a regular contributor to PBS MediaShift, leads workshops, and consults with a variety of clients from corporate to individuals. She is the author of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors and the Motorcycle Misadventures series of live reports from the road -- a web and book series. Carla will talk about the various publishing paths, including ebook and print book production, book discovery, and websites. Find out more at CarlaKing.com. |
LAURIE MCLEAN
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Laurie McLean puts together digital marketing plans for her authors as "agent savant" at the Larsen-Pomada literary agency. She has been writing professionally since high school--first as a journalist, then as a public relations agent. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the State University of New York and a Master's Degree at Syracuse University's prestigious Newhouse School of Journalism. She is co-organizer of the San Francisco Writer's Conference and founder of the San Francisco Writers University. Laurie will give you tips on book publicity, author PR, and a social media plan you can implement today. Here's more info on Laurie. |
Attend the afternoon Self-Publishing Boot Camp and the morning Build Your Wordpress Blog Boot Camp, for a $25 discount. Buy both here. Mills faculty and students, email us for additional discounts.
BUILD YOUR BLOG BOOT CAMP
SATURDAY MORNING 9-12
With Linda Lee
Bring your computer, leave with a WordPress Website. You will learn how to publish a post, add images and you will set up a gravatar. Free follow up Videos are included on what you learn during Bootcamp. Details and purchase at Linda Lee's AskMePc-WebDesign site and to purchase only the morning Build Your Blog Boot Camp for $149.
Go to Carla King's store to purchase just the Self-Publishing afternoon boot camp for $149 or BOTH boot camps for $273. Mills faculty and students, email us for coupon code for additional discounts.