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2023 News & Views
2022 News & Views
Selected highlights:
Sept 14 meeting:
"How to Utilize Your Networks to Sell Books" with Kevin Desrosiers
Featured articles:
Events to look forward to:"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 DuffyKudos Corner: SLPA Board Member Kerri Holloway presents her client Aaron Mann's first published book: Equal by Design
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"
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:
Events to look forward to:"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 SchroenEvent Highlights: "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
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
Selected highlights:
July 13 meeting:
July 16 workshop:"Wherever Books are Sold: A Guide to Forming Lasting Partnerships with Independent Bookstores," presented by Emily Hall Schroen of Main Street Books
Newsletter Articles:"How to Sell Books by the Truckload PLUS: Bookstagrammers, Influencers and more!" with Penny Sansevieri
Events to look forward to:"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
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
"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:
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