Registration is going on for the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) Annual Get Published! Institute, being held this year at Dominican University in San Rafael, California, about 25 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco.
I went to this workshop last year and it was a terrific experience, both informative and entertaining. If you're in the area and you have any thoughts about self-publishing, this is a great way to spend a day.
Here's the schedule from the BAIPA website, and here's a link to the Workshop Page:
BAIPA Annual Get Published! Institute
Schedule
8:30 to 9:00 / Registration and Welcome
9:00 to 10:15/ Danny O. Snow / The e-Book Bandwagon: Myths, Realities and News You Can Use
Harvard graduate Danny O. Snow is a senior fellow of The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR.org), a Palo Alto based think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new and emerging media.He founded Unlimited Publishing LLC, “The Professional POD Book Publisher™,” in 2000. Snow also works as a consultant to fellow authors and publishers, as a public speaker, and as a journalist. He is widely quoted by print, broadcast and online media about new publishing and communication technologies. In 2009, he was elected to the board of directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association, serving 3,000+ publishing firms across North America and around the world.
10:15 to 10:30 / Break
10:30 to 11:30 / Morning Breakout Sessions
Small group sessions on publicity, marketing, production or printing.
11:30 to 12:45 / Lunch / Dining hall at Dominican College
12:45 to 2:00 / Scott James / Advice from the Front Lines of the Future of Books
Scott James writes the "Barbary Coast" column for The New York Times, part of the newspaper's expanded coverage of the Bay Area. He is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for hiswork in television news. In the world of fiction, he writes under the pen name Kemble Scott. He is the author of two bestselling novels: SoMa was the first novel launched using YouTube, and The Sower was the first novel sold by giant social publisher Scribd.com.
2:00 to 3:00 / David Mathison / Using Social Media to Build Your Brand to Sell More Books
David Mathison is an internationally recognized media consultant, speaker, publisher, and hi-tech entrepreneur, with more than 25 years experience in content distribution. His new book, Be The Media, sold over 5,000 copies in just eleven days via his web site, blog, Twitter, and Facebook. From 1995-1999, Mathison was Vice President with Reuters, the world's largest news agency, where he pioneered online content syndication. From 1999-2002, he was founder and CEO of the Kinecta Corporation, where he raised $30 million in under two years. Kinecta is now part of Oracle. Mathison received a Masters degree from Columbia University in 1995.
3:00 to 3:30 / Break
3:30 to 4:30 / Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Small group sessions on publicity, marketing, production or printing
4:30 to 5:00 / Closing
Cost
Before March 1, register in advance (see above) / $99 for members / $119 for non-members
After March 1, register at the door / $129 for members / $149 for non-members
The program is subject to change without notice.
Event and email marketing by Margaret Speaker Yuan / books4womenATyahooDOTcom
I went to this workshop last year and it was a terrific experience, both informative and entertaining. If you're in the area and you have any thoughts about self-publishing, this is a great way to spend a day.
Here's the schedule from the BAIPA website, and here's a link to the Workshop Page:
BAIPA Annual Get Published! Institute
Schedule
8:30 to 9:00 / Registration and Welcome
9:00 to 10:15/ Danny O. Snow / The e-Book Bandwagon: Myths, Realities and News You Can Use
Harvard graduate Danny O. Snow is a senior fellow of The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR.org), a Palo Alto based think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new and emerging media.He founded Unlimited Publishing LLC, “The Professional POD Book Publisher™,” in 2000. Snow also works as a consultant to fellow authors and publishers, as a public speaker, and as a journalist. He is widely quoted by print, broadcast and online media about new publishing and communication technologies. In 2009, he was elected to the board of directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association, serving 3,000+ publishing firms across North America and around the world.
10:15 to 10:30 / Break
10:30 to 11:30 / Morning Breakout Sessions
Small group sessions on publicity, marketing, production or printing.
11:30 to 12:45 / Lunch / Dining hall at Dominican College
12:45 to 2:00 / Scott James / Advice from the Front Lines of the Future of Books
Scott James writes the "Barbary Coast" column for The New York Times, part of the newspaper's expanded coverage of the Bay Area. He is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for hiswork in television news. In the world of fiction, he writes under the pen name Kemble Scott. He is the author of two bestselling novels: SoMa was the first novel launched using YouTube, and The Sower was the first novel sold by giant social publisher Scribd.com.
2:00 to 3:00 / David Mathison / Using Social Media to Build Your Brand to Sell More Books
David Mathison is an internationally recognized media consultant, speaker, publisher, and hi-tech entrepreneur, with more than 25 years experience in content distribution. His new book, Be The Media, sold over 5,000 copies in just eleven days via his web site, blog, Twitter, and Facebook. From 1995-1999, Mathison was Vice President with Reuters, the world's largest news agency, where he pioneered online content syndication. From 1999-2002, he was founder and CEO of the Kinecta Corporation, where he raised $30 million in under two years. Kinecta is now part of Oracle. Mathison received a Masters degree from Columbia University in 1995.
3:00 to 3:30 / Break
3:30 to 4:30 / Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Small group sessions on publicity, marketing, production or printing
4:30 to 5:00 / Closing
Cost
Before March 1, register in advance (see above) / $99 for members / $119 for non-members
After March 1, register at the door / $129 for members / $149 for non-members
The program is subject to change without notice.
Event and email marketing by Margaret Speaker Yuan / books4womenATyahooDOTcom