Self-publishing conference hits San Francisco July 18
If you are going to be in San Francisco on July 18 then you might want to consider going to the InStock Conference. The one-day event focuses on ‘the business and marketing of self-publishing.’ Here’s the press release that was emailed to me a few days ago:
SAN FRANCISCO, California (June 9, 2009) – InStock, a one-day conference for authors and those interested in self-publishing, will premiere July 18, 2009 in San Francisco. The Instock Conference features panels on topics of interest to self-publishers, with a focus on marketing and the business of self-publishing books.
Speakers will include successful authors and self-publishers, independent publishers, and representatives from the traditional arm of the book industry. The panels and conversations will include information on marketing self-published books, finding an audience, publicity outreach and tactics, product pricing and more.
Speakers include Melinda Roberts, who runs the successful website The Mommy Blog and who has self-published the book Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood. Ms. Roberts has been quoted in publications including The Washington Times, and recently appeared on Oprah. Also speaking is Deborrah Cooper, also known as “Ms. Heartbeat”, Editorial Director and Columnist for AskHeartBeat.com, who has self-published Sucka Free Love: How to Avoid Dating The Dumb, The Deceitful, The Dastardly, The Dysfunctional & The Deranged!
The “Getting The Word Out” panel features Micha Berman, author of Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship, which recently was the highest ranking book on Amazon for a title released through the popular self-publishing service Lulu.com; journalist Mark Curtis, who authored Age of Obama: A Reporter’s Journey with Clinton, McCain and Obama in the Making of the President 2008; and Patricia Volonakis Davis, Editor-in-Chief of harlotssauce.com, and author of Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece.
Panels will include “Do Judge A Book By Its Cover” which looks at the importance of design in book marketing; “Beyond The Sale” which discusses branding yourself; and “Successful Self-Publishers” which features authors who have effectively and successfully self-published.
A discount rate of $145 is available through June on the website. For further information about the conference schedule, sponsorship opportunities, or to register, please go to the website www.instockconference.com.
CONTACT:
Abuzz Productions
www.instockconference.com
info@instockconference.com
A lot of good information will be packed into that one day. So if you are a self-published author, or want to be one, this might be something worth looking into. If my own schedule wasn’t full during July, I’d consider going myself.
If you do go, please drop me an email or leave a comment and let us know how it went!
A big thanks to Ashli at Abuzz Productions for sending me this information.
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