The Insider’s Guide to Getting Published

A two-day workshop for authors who want to know how to get published and who want to understand the publishing process.

July 23 – July 24, 2007
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Humber College

Learn

how to prepare covering letters and book proposals that get results
how to target the editor or agent who will be receptive to your writing
publishers’ internal decision-making processes
how to market your book
about the outside influences that affect publishers’ choices
the pros & cons of literary agents and self-publishing
how to build your author profile and increase your sales

“For many authors, the financial lives of their books are often a complete mystery… [and] they have unrealistic sales and marketing expectations.”

A recent Writers’ Union of Canada/Quill & Quire survey revealed that writers have little understanding of, and high expectations from their publishers

Our workshop introduces you to the basics of the financial arrangements and the sales and marketing decisions of publishers, and provides you with the strategies for improving the odds of your book getting published.

Workshop Leader, Cynthia Good, is the former President and Publisher of Penguin Canada and current Director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at the Humber College. Joining Cynthia will be Jennifer Murray, former Vice-President of Marketing, Penguin Books and Kids Can Press

The workshop runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lakeshore Campus located on Lake Shore Blvd. West, at the foot of Kipling Avenue, in Etobicoke.

Fee: $329.

For information, contact:
Cynthia Good
416-675-6622 ext. 3462
cynthia.good@humber.ca


To register, contact:
Hilary Higgins
416-675-6622 ext. 3449
hilary.higgins@humber.ca