Great
American Bargain Book Show
Authorship
101 Seminar
"How To Become a
Successful Author"
Thursday, August
?, 2011 (exact date to be announced shortly)
Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St. Boston, Mass. 02115
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 ?, 2010. Following is the agenda,
including faculty, topics and times.
Enrollment information appears below the
agenda.
Seminar attendees receive free admission to the Great American Bargain Book Show - normally $50 per person.
| Time | Presenter |
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9:45-10:45 a.m. |
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11:00-noon. |
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1:00-2:00 p.m. |
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2:15-3:15 p.m. |
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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"
Noel Griese, 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."
Lauren E. MacLeod joined 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:
 | What exactly does an agent do? |
| Do I really need an agent? |
| What should I look for in a good agent? |
| How/Where do I find an agent? |
| How can I make myself more appealing? |
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."
Nina Anderson 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."
Barry T. Kerrigan 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 pay at the door on Thursday, August 19, 2010: $65
Tuition will be refunded in full only if you cancel 5 or more days before the seminar begins.
Have a question? Click on the hyperlink below to send an email to seminar planners at Anvil Publishers in Atlanta.