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The Writer's Digest Conference: The Business of Getting Published

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The Writer's Digest Conference:  The Business of Getting Published is designed to guide any author through the new dynamics of today's publishing world.  This three-day event takes place Friday, September 18, through Sunday, September 20, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis, on Times Square in New York.

With emphasis on platform, networking and social media, The Writer's Digest Conference is an innovative and ground-breaking conference, featuring the industry's top forward-thinking speakers, leading sessions on topics relevant to the current and future state of the publishing world.
Chris Brogan, social media genius, is the keynote speaker. 

Other speakers include Kassia Krozser, editor/publisher of BookSquare.com;  David Mathison, whose online sales success is the new business model;  Mike Shatzkin, the industry's top publishing consultant, Seth Harwood and Scott Sigler, whose own podcasts and videocasts have made them superstars in the business;  and many more, plus the editors of Writer's Digest!

Complete program information, including speaker bios, special events related to the conference and registration, is now available here.

JOIN ME IN NYC THIS SEPTEMBER!

The Writer's Digest Conference: The Business of Getting Published

Use my discount code for $50 off!

Code: KatS8

The Writer's Digest Conference:  The Business of Getting Published is designed to guide any author through the new dynamics of today's publishing world.  This three-day event takes place Friday, September 18, through Sunday, September 20, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis, on Times Square in New York.

With emphasis on platform, networking and social media, The Writer's Digest Conference is an innovative and ground-breaking conference, featuring the industry's top forward-thinking speakers, leading sessions on topics relevant to the current and future state of the publishing world.
Chris Brogan, social media genius, is the keynote speaker. 

Other speakers include Kassia Krozser, editor/publisher of BookSquare.com;  David Mathison, whose online sales success is the new business model;  Mike Shatzkin, the industry's top publishing consultant, Seth Harwood and Scott Sigler, whose own podcasts and videocasts have made them superstars in the business;  and many more, plus the editors of Writer's Digest!

Complete program information, including speaker bios, special events related to the conference and registration, is now available here.

The Writer's Digest Conference

The Writer's Digest Conference: The Business of Getting Published

The Writer's Digest Conference:  The Business of Getting Published is designed to guide any author through the new dynamics of today's publishing world.  This three-day event takes place Friday, September 18, through Sunday, September 20, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis, on Times Square in New York.

With emphasis on platform, networking and social media, The Writer's Digest Conference is an innovative and ground-breaking conference, featuring the industry's top forward-thinking speakers, leading sessions on topics relevant to the current and future state of the publishing world.
Chris Brogan, social media genius, is the keynote speaker. 

Other speakers include Kassia Krozser, editor/publisher of BookSquare.com;  David Mathison, whose online sales success is the new business model;  Mike Shatzkin, the industry's top publishing consultant, Seth Harwood and Scott Sigler, whose own podcasts and videocasts have made them superstars in the business;  and many more, plus the editors of Writer's Digest!

Complete program information, including speaker bios, special events related to the conference and registration, is now available here.

Scrapbook of the Writer's Digest/Book Expo America 2009 Conference at the Jacob K. Javits Center in NYC on May 27th

I've finally come in for a landing from the Writer's Digest/BEA Conference trip. And what a great trip it was! I'd like to roundup a few highlights.

So here goes, my WD/BEA virtual scrapbook:

Chuck Sambuchino posted his adventures on the conference here. Stay tuned to his blog, Guide to Literary Agents, for those high-quality pictures he's promising.

Agent Janet Reid shared her impression of the writers who volunteered to test-pitch their pitches in front of the entire group. [It's always a good idea to volunteer for opportunities like this. I did with my first book, Writer Mama, and it was worth the risk to make a favorable impression--shaking hands and all.]

Agent Robin Mizell talks about the benefits to writers who dare to approach agents and pitch their ideas: the writers get to assess the agents by meeting them up close and personal.

And last but far from least, here's Jane Friedman's great recap.

I had my new Flip camera at the event and so, as promised, here's a couple of those clips:

Here's a short portion of the Karin Slaughter keynote that kicked the conference off. Ms. Slaughter was hilarious. If you hear someone laughing really loudly, you are probably hearing me.

And here is the tail-end of the author book signings. I'm sitting next to agent Donald Mass and next to him is author Peter Selgin. If anyone can help me from there down, the insights are appreciated!

Big thanks to Jane Friedman, Greg Hatfield, Kelly Nickel and the whole team at Writer's Digest Book for hosting such a great event for writers!

The Writer's Digest Conference: The Business of Getting Published

The Writer's Digest Conference:  The Business of Getting Published is designed to guide any author through the new dynamics of today's publishing world.  This three-day event takes place Friday, September 18, through Sunday, September 20, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis, on Times Square in New York.

With emphasis on platform, networking and social media, The Writer's Digest Conference is an innovative and ground-breaking conference, featuring the industry's top forward-thinking speakers, leading sessions on topics relevant to the current and future state of the publishing world.

Chris Brogan, social media genius, is the keynote speaker.  Other speakers include Kassia Krozser, editor/publisher of BookSquare.com;  David Mathison, whose online sales success is the new business model;  Mike Shatzkin, the industry's top publishing consultant, Seth Harwood and Scott Sigler, whose own podcasts and videocasts have made them superstars in the business;  and many more, plus the editors of Writer's Digest!

Complete program information, including speaker bios, special events related to the conference and registration, is now available at www.writersdigestconference.com.

Sessions I'm Attending at the O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference

Monday, February 9, 2009:

Tutorial: Copyright in Today's Digital Age with Dru Zuretti

Tutorial: Building Communities Around Content with Francois Gossieaux

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009:

Literature as a (Web) Service with Peter Brantley of Digital Library Federation

Authoring Challenges in a Multiplatform World with Scott Meyers, an independent author and consultant

Bringing Sexy Back to the Book Party in the Digital Age with Laurel Troubey of Mediabistro

Rights and Licensing Amidst Digital Change with Edward Colleran of Copyright Clearance Center and Bill Neinhuis of Logos Bible Software

Smart Women Read E-books with Kassia Krozer of Booksquare.com, Angela James from Samhain Publishing, and Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches Trashy Books

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis from Buzzmachine.com

Speaker: Sara Lloyd from Pan Macmillan: What Does the Future Look Like for Book Publishers

Speaker: Jason Fried from 37 Signals

Speaker: Jason Epstein from On Demand Books

7:30: Roundtable Discussion: How to Help Authors Sell Books with Christina Katz

Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Speaker: Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media

CFO Roundtable: The Changing Role of the Publisher with Joe Wikert of O'Reilly Media, Michael Hyatt of Thomas Nelson, Bob Young of Lulu.com, and Eileen Gittins of Blurb.

The Long Tail Needs Community with Gavin Bell of Nature

Understand Your Consumer Before You Define Your Strategy with Angela D'Agostino of Bowker

The Future of News with Andrew Nachison of We Media, Nick Bilton of the NYT R&D Labs, Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine.com, and Susan Mernit of People's Software Company.

Speaking the Same Language: Universal Technology Standards in Publishing and Bookselling with Kevin Smokler of Booktour.com, Otis Chandler of Goodreads.com, Aaron Miller of Bookglutton.com, and Tim Spalding of Librarything.com.

Where do you go with 40,000 readers? A study in online community building with Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com, John Scalzi, Patrick Nielsen Hayden of Tor Books, and Tobias Buckell.

Speaker: Good News from the Worst Writing Contest in the World with Chris Baty

This conference is sure to be nothing more than a mind-blowing glimpse of the future of publishing. Find more recommendations and updates over at Joe Wikert's 20/20 blog. There's still time to register! More here.