YOU WROTE A BOOK, NOW WHAT? Getting Published Today

# You Wrote a Book, Now What? with Jan L. Kardys

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 pm. Guilford Public Library, Guilford, CT


### Event Details

• DATE:
  Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• CATEGORIES:
  Lecture
• AUDIENCE:
  Adults

Gain an insider’s view of book publishing with literary agent Jan L. Kardys, Black Hawk Literary Agency and chairman of Unicorn Writers Conference. Jan will share her 40 years experience inside 10 major NYC book publishers on such topics as developing a concept, writing a manuscript, editing, finding a literary agent, query letters, book proposals, publishing agreements, the various departments within publishing companies, self publishing versus traditional book publishing, subsidiary rights, marketing, utilizing the most cutting-edge technologies.
Jan L. Kardys’ diverse book publishing career includes executive positions at ten of the major book publishers – Doubleday, St. Martin’s Press, Scholastic, Macmillan, Scribner’s, Little, Brown & Company, Warner Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Lippincott & Crowell, Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall, and Condé Nast Publications. Her experience and know-how are in editorial, art/production, subsidiary rights, contracts, copyrights, permissions, book agenting, editing, writer’s conferences, publishing consulting, and freelance editing. Jan worked for Google for three years where she added internet sales and marketing to her already extensive expertise.
This program is free and open to all.
Please register.