June 1st, 2020

Social Media Secrets for a Successful Book Launch (Slides)

Social Media Secrets for a Successful Book Launch.

Our May 30th speaker Lizzy Renee generously offered to share her slides. Get them here.

September 9th, 2019

Ian Lamont shares his slides from his presentation: Amazon Deep Dive

Ian Lamont of i30Media gave a great program on how to take advantage of Amazon’s many marketing programs. He generously offered to share his slides. Click here to get the slides.

April 30th, 2019

Marla Markman shares her slides from her On-Time: Creating Your Production Schedule presentation

Thank you to Marla for sharing her slides from her recent presentation. Click here to get the slides.

July 13th, 2018

Desiree Duffy shares her Beyond Branding slides from her June presentation

Thank you to Desiree Duffy of Black Chateau Enterprises, who shared slides from her informative and enlightening presentation in June. Click here to get the slides.

March 8th, 2018

Author Websites Made Easy with John Burke – Slides

John shares slides from his February presentation on creating and maintaining a successful author website.

Author Websites Made Easy (presentation slides)

October 11th, 2017

“I published a book” is not a marketing plan with Lee Wind – Worksheet Printout

Lee Wind, Director of Marketing and Programming for the Independent Book Publishers Association, walked attendees through these worksheets for how to build an effective marketing plan for your book.

 

"I published a book" is not a marketing plan worksheet

 

September 11th, 2017

Publishing Professional Standards Illustrated with Teri Rider – Slides

In August, Teri Rider of Top Read Publishing presented explanations and examples of many of the standards on IBPA’s Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book. Her slides are below:

Publishing Professional Standards Slides

August 8th, 2017

Book Publicity 101 with Holly Watson – Slides

Holly Watson, a PR agent who has worked for many of the major publishing companies, shared her insight into what goes into a great PR campaign, what authors can and should do for themselves, and what they should hire others to do. She generously offered to share her slides. Thanks, Holly, for a great presentation.

Book Publicity 101 Slides

 

 

 

May 11th, 2017

Cliff Notes from Portland by Gerri Santiago and Dan Primbs

Get the highlights from the 'Publishing University 2017: Cliff Notes from Portland', by Gerri Santiago, the PWSD scholarship recipient, and her business partner, Dan Primbs from May 6th. They agreed to share their slides on book development, marketing, distribution, and more. Please click on the link below for the slides.

Cliff Notes from Portland by Gerri Santiago and Dan Primbs

November 10th, 2016

Key Success Factors for Writers Today and into the Future – Slides

Steve Wilson, CEO of FastPencil, an end-to-end writing and publishing platform, presented his observations about challenges and opportunities for independent writers today. He generously agreed to share his slides. Also, he announced a new collaboration between FastPencil and the bookstore chain Books-A-Million to support independent publishers. A link to the program as well as some information about it are also available below.

To read the Press Release, click here.

Click below to view the slides from Steve's presentation:
Key Success Factors for Writers Today and into the Future with Steve Wilson

Visit the bookstore chain, Books-A-Million's website here.