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10 Insider Publishing Secrets Every Writer Should Know
January 18 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A Lunch and Learn Discussion with Brenda Knight.
Unable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay!
Would you like to know how publishers think? Learn all about it here!
From the outside, book publishing can seem mysterious, but from the inside, it is really quite simple. Publishing veteran Brenda Knight will teach you how to sell yourself and your book idea, who you are really selling, the importance of “comp titles,” how to craft the perfect proposal and trend tracking.
In her own words, “I have acquired over one thousand books in my career, including a few New York Times bestsellers. One of the great joys in my life is helping authors get their work into print and published successfully.” Brenda Knight currently acquires both fiction and nonfiction and will listen to your pitches in the second half of the session. Bring all your questions for the Q&A!
What you’ll learn from this session:
- How publishers think
- Who the decision makers are at any publishing house (prepare to be surprised)
- Platform-building tips and marketing strategies that will work for you<
- The art of the book “hook;” the one line that might sell your book
- How to ask the right questions and the one question every editor is waiting to hear