​Mark your calendar for April 21, 6:30 p.m., in person at Lisa's office, Concierge Marketing, 4822 S. 133rd, AND Zoom meeting. The link will be emailed to you if you signed up on our contact list. If you're not sure, sign up again. The link is also below. Open discussion, but everyone wants to talk about book marketing, so that's what we'll do. Plus, questions answered on all topics book related. Bring your questions.  Apologies, the Zoom link failed us at the library location. We will try again. If you are having trouble getting on the call, you can try  402*301*4767. We were frustrated about that too. 

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NOTE: Community event: April 17 at the Keene Memorial Library in Fremont, a Blackout Poetry Workshop (6:30 p.m.). Blackout is a form of poetry that takes existing text and erases or blacks out large portions of text to create a wholly new work from what remains. Fun. ​​​​

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The group welcomes —

• Independently published and traditionally published authors

• Aspiring authors of all genres

• Small press publishers

• Librarians

• Teachers of all grades

• Booksellers

• Educators at colleges and universities

• Students of creative writing and journalism

• Poets

• Readers

• People who love books

• YOU

 

What we offer: Tidbits on book writing and publishing and marketing and networking for local authors

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Topics for future meetings (your suggestions are welcome):

We will create programming to meet the needs of the authors who actively attend. The best topics will be those that pertain to all genres. We will recruit local experts to present, and most of the time those experts will be members of this group.

• Trends in publishing

• How to market your book (ways you never thought of)

• The craft of writing from those who excel

• How to tap into book clubs

• What is copyright (so you don’t do it all wrong)

• Local educational learning opportunities for writing

• What is editing and why you need to edit before publishing

• How to join the local book festival and showcase your book

• Tricks to navigate KDP/Amazon and IngramSpark

• How to buy your book in bulk and save money

• Bookstore tour and why some books get shelf space and others don’t

• Awards programs, which ones to enter and how to win

• What readers are reading and how to tailor your book

• Collaborative and collective book-selling opportunities

• Networking with authors and editors and readers

• How to get more Amazon reviews without bribing your friends

• What is beta reading and how it will help you write a better book

• Your suggestions

This is not a critique group. But the opportunities for networking with like-minded authors writing in your genre will be obvious.

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