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2023 News & Views

May 2023

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April 2023
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March 2023
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February 2023
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September 2022

 

Selected highlights:

Sept 14  meeting:

"How to Utilize Your Networks to Sell Books" with Kevin Desrosiers

Featured articles:

"Engage Your Audience to Strengthen Your Network,"

an interview with SLPA Board Member Kevin Desrosiers

October meeting preview "Author Resources Right at Your Fingertips" by SLPA Board Members

Last Month's Recap: "TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm" with Desireé Duffy

Kudos Corner: SLPA Board Member Kerri Holloway presents her client Aaron Mann's first published book: Equal by Design

Events to look forward to:

August 10: "TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm" with Desireé Duffy

September 14: "How to Utilize Your Networks to Sell Books" with Kevin Desrosiers

October 12: "Author Resources Right at Your Fingertips" with Andrew Doty, Kevin Ericson, & Peggy Nehmen

November 5: SLPA Saturday workshop: "How to Publish Your Own Book"  

August 2022

 

Selected highlights:

August 10  meeting:

"TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm," presented by Desireé Duffy

Featured articles:

"TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm," by Desireé Duffy

"How to Utilize Your Networks to Sell Books" by Kevin Desrosiers

Last Month's Recap: "Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores" with Emily Hall Schroen

Event Highlights: "How to Sell Books by the Truckload" with Penny Sansevieri

Events to look forward to:

August 10: "TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm" with Desireé Duffy

September 14: "How to Utilize Your Networks to Sell Books" with Kevin Desrosiers

October 12: "Author Resources Right at Your Fingertips" with Andrew Doty, Kevin Ericson, & Peggy Nehmen

July 2022

 

Selected highlights:

July 13 meeting:

"Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores," presented by Emily Hall Schroen of Main Street Books

July 16 workshop:

"How to Sell Books by the Truckload PLUS: Bookstagrammers, Influencers and more!" with Penny Sansevieri

Newsletter Articles:

"Be Your Own Bookish Advocate," by Emily Hall Schroen

"TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm," presented by Desireé Duffy

Last Month's Recap: "How IBPA Can Help You Publish Like a Professional" with Christopher Locke of the Independent Book Publishers Association

Events to look forward to:

July 13: "Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores" with Emily Hall Schroen

July 16: "How to Sell Books by the Truckload!" with Penny Sansevieri

August 10: "TikTok and BookTok That Won’t Stop: The Hot Social Media Influencer Platform Taking the Bookish World by Storm" with Desireé Duffy

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views — June 2022

Selected highlights:

June 8 meeting:

"How IBPA Can Help you Publish Like a Professional," presented by Christopher Locke via Zoom.us

Newsletter Articles:

"Director’s Desk: Advocating Fairness with IBPA’s Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book," by Angela Bole, CEO, Independent Book Publishers Association

"Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores," by Emily Hall Schroen

KUDOS Corner: SLPA Member Carin Fahr Shulusky

Last Month’s Recap: "Walk, Trot, Run: An Author’s Journey from Novice Writer to a Multi-book Publishing Contract," by Debbie Burns

Summer Workshop with Penny Sansevieri: How to Sell Books by the Truckload • PLUS: Bookstagrammers, Influencers and more!

Events to look forward to:

June 8: "How IBPA Can Help You Publish Like a Professional," with Christopher Locke

July 13: "Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores," with Emily Hall Schroen https://zoom.us/j/86782144399

July 16: "How to Sell Books by the Truckload!" with Penny Sansevieri

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views — May 2022
Selected highlights:

May 11 meeting:
"Walk, Trot, Run: An Author's Journey from Novice Writer to a Multi-Book Publishing Contract" via Zoom.us
          Presented by Debbie Burns
·       Newsletter Articles

-   Preview of the May 11 meeting: "The Long Road I'd Never Change"
By Debbie Burns

-   Preview of the June 8 meeting:
"How IBPA Can Help You Publish Like a Professional"
Featuring Christopher Locke

-  Last Month's Recap: "Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience"
Facilitated by Jo Lena Johnson

-  KUDOS Corner -- SLPA Member Jo Schaper: The Rockhound Ranger Chronicles, and The Paw Paw Almanac & Reader

·       Events to look forward to in 2022
        -- May 11 - Walk, Trot, Run: An Author's Journey from Novice Writer to a Multi-Book Publishing Contract
        -- June 8 - How IBPA Can Help You Publish Like a Professional
    

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views — April 2022
Selected highlights:

April 13 meeting:
"Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience" via Zoom.us
          Facilitated by Jo Lena Johnson
·       Newsletter Articles

-   Preview of the April 13 meeting: "Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience"
Facilitated by Jo Lena Johnson, SLPA Board member, Book Coach and Publisher

-   Preview of the May 11 meeting:

"Walk, Trot, Run: An Author's Journey from Novice Write to a Multi-book Publishing Contract"

-  KUDOS Corner -- SLPA Member George Garrigues: The Failed Joke of the Veiled Prophet: How a Fake Illinois Klansman Became the Grim Symbol of St. Louis' Happiest Civic Celebration

·       Events to look forward to in 2022
        -- March 9 - SLPA Vendor Showcase featuring publishing professionals of all specialties
        -- April 13 - Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience
        -- April 23 - Saturday Workshop: How to Publish Your Own Book
-- May 11 - Walk, Walk, Trot, Run: An Author's Journey from Novice Write to a Multi-book Publishing Contract

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views -- March 2022
Selected highlights:

March 9 meeting:
"SLPA Vendor Showcase featuring publishing professionals of all specialties" via Zoom.us
          presented by the SLPA Board
·       Newsletter Articles

-   Preview of the March 9 Vendor Showcase

-   Preview of the April 13 meeting: "Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience"
Facilitated by Jo Lena Johnson, SLPA Board member, Book Coach and Publisher

-    Last Month's Recap:
"How to Publish Your Book: Fundamentals Workshop"

·       KUDOS Corner -- SLPA Board Member Andrew Doty, Owner of Editwright, presents his client Mike Kleckner
and his very first release: Unforgettable St. Louis History, Volume I

·       Events to look forward to in 2022

-- March 9 - SLPA Vendor Showcase featuring publishing professionals of all specialties

-- April 13 - Defining Your Purpose: An Interactive Author Experience

-- April 23 - Saturday Workshop: How to Publish Your Own Book

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views -- February 2022
Selected highlights:

February 9 meeting:
"Diversity and Inspiration in Books for Children" via Zoom.us
          presented by Jeffrey Blair
·       Newsletter Articles

-    " Diversity and Inspiration in Books for Children" an interview with Jeffrey Blair

-   Preview of February 19 Saturday workshop presented by SLPA Board Members

   "How to Publish Your Book: Fundamentals Conference" (virtual via Zoom.us)

-    Last Month's Recap:
"Tax Tips for Writers and Self Publishers"

·       KUDOS Corner -- SLPA Board Member Jo Lena Johnson: Absolute Good Enterprises presents her coaching client

Troy Miles, and his very first release: Honey Pineapple Lemonade: The Adventures of Babu and Bubbas

·       Events to look forward to in 2022

-- February 9 - Diversity and Inspiration in Books for Children

-- February 19 - How to Publish Your Book: Fundamentals Workshop

-- March 9 - SLPA Vendor Showcase featuring publishing professionals of all specialties

St. Louis Publishers Association News & Views -- January 2022
Selected highlights:

January 12 meeting:
"Tax Tips for Writers and Self Publishers" via Zoom.us
          by Carol Topp, CPA
·       Newsletter Articles

-    "The IRS Doesn't Email and Other Tax Tips for Writers" by Carol Topp, CPA

Preview of February 9 meeting presented by Jeffrey Blair

-    "Representation Matters"

-    Last Month's Recap:
"Polish Your Pitch: The One-Minute Book Marketing Challenge"

·       KUDOS Corner -- SLPA Board Member Sean Gold 

Pure Love, Or Is It?

·       Events to look forward to in 2022

-- January 12 - Tax Tips for Writers and Self Publishers

-- February 9 - Diversity and Inspiration in Books for Children

-- February 19 - How to Publish Your Book: Fundamentals Workshop