Startup Book: Launching Your Self-Published Book (Pizza!)

Hi Everyone,
We're going to be hosting our event titled Startup Book to coincide with Book Expo America.

*note: We've teamed up with ride sharing app VIA to give you comp rides to the event (http://bibliocrunch.com/catch-a-ride-in-nyc-with-our-bibliocrunch-via-partnership/).

Startup Book will cover a variety of topics that will help authors publish and promote their books in today’s evolving publishing landscape.

Startup Book is part of Bibliocrunch, a platform that connects authors with the best, curated publishing professionals. If you’re looking for an editor, designer, someone to help you with your book you can post your project on Bibliocrunch and watch the proposals pour in.

Members of our exclusive community of industry professionals have worked for some of the largest publishing houses in the world, including Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, and HarperCollins. Bibliocrunch has been featured in Consumer Reports, Forbes, Money Magazine, Bloomberg, BBC World News, Publishers Weekly, MediaBistro, The Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, and The Columbia Review, among other press outlets.

Event outline:

We'll have some lighting panels with some snacks and drinks. Topics covered.

Event outline:

We'll have some lighting panels with some snacks and drinks. Topics covered.

1. Basics of self-publishing - market overview, where you should publish and why (Miral Sattar of Bibliocrunch)

2. Writing your book - Abigail Carter

3. Formatting your book for print and digital - Iris Febres (Aptara)

4. Distribution options (Joshua Unruh of Draft2Digital)

5. The value of meta data (Kathy Meis of Bublish)

6. Should you run a free promotion or a discounted deal if you're a first-time author? (Kate Tilton)

7. The value of joining a membership organization (Angela Bole of IBPA).

8. How to get your book on radio and tv (Dan Smith of Smith Publicity)

9. Getting reviews for your book (Amy Edelman of Indiereader)