FPA 2011 Publishing Fall Conference

Calling All Florida Authors, Self-Publishers, Traditional Publishers and Vendors in the Publishing Industry!

Register Now!

Early Bird Rates Have Been Extended Through Oct. 10

Florida Publishers Association’s

2011 Fall Ed-U Conference “Publishing in the Digital Age”

November 4-5, at the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel on Lido Beach in Sarasota, FL

(Hotel rate is $89/night for FPA conference attendees, mention FPA when making reservations.)

To View and/or Download the Complete Conference Brochure, CLICK HERE.

Featured Speaker: Brian Jud

Well-known book marketing expert and author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books (Without Worrying About Returns) Brian Jud will cap a full day of speakers, education, networking, presentations designed to position you for achieving maximum success in a changing publishing world.

Speaker: Tom Jelneck, On Target Web Solutions

Build and maintain your own web site SEO engine. Tom will show you 5 key steps to building a successful internet presence: Introduction to Internet Marketing and the PULL marketing mentality, the zero moment of truth.

Speaker: Doug MacGregor, Award-Winning Illustrator/Author

Create book trailers using iMovie. Create eye-catching book trailers that will drive readers to your point of purchase. From storyboard to finished product, you can do it!

Speaker: Rik Feeney, Author, Publisher, Book Coach

Electronic publishing is the story! One million books sold! Author lands multi-million dollar contract from traditional publisher from Kindle stories! Main stream authors publishing electronically! Every day sees yet another news report on the boom in electronic publishing. Don’t get left behind. Electronic publishing is relatively easy. Anyone can start with a blog to develop content and an audience, then turn around and format that same content into books or special reports which you can publish for free on the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes and Noble Nook, and many other e-reader platforms. Not quite sure how to do it or promote it? Attend this presentation by author and publisher Rik Feeney and learn how to get electronically published now!

Speaker: Mark Wayne Adams, Award-Winning Illustrator/Author

Mark was this year’s recipient of the IBPA Publishing University scholarship. He will share some of the knowledge and latest information he learned at the conference.

Download full details about the Speakers.

At the Ed-U-Conference, You will learn to:

Sell more books

Put up your own author and book websites for little money

Create successful book trailers

Put your e-books on Amazon and Barnes & Noble on your own

Become a more effective author for traditional publishers

And More

Special Events during the weekend include:

Friday evening, November 4th – Social hour with the chance to “Speed Date” your FPA Board members for quick feedback on your book(s). Come prepared with your elevator speech and published books.

Saturday evening, November 5th – Presidents Book Awards Banquet. We’ve had a record number of entries this year and the winners will be presented during this special awards ceremony. Note: Registration for banquet is separate from conference. Click here to register for the Banquet.

Registration Costs – including breakfast, lunch, full conference.
Note: To take advantage of Member pricing, Join or Renew your membership at the discounted cost of $75 click on the link you will be given after you complete the conference registration.

• Early Bird Registration Before Oct. 10
• Members Full Conference -- $99
• Non-members Full Conference -- $149

After Oct. 10

• Members Full Conference -- $125
• Non-members Full Conference -- $175

To Register Now for the conference, CLICK HERE

If you prefer to register by mail, please print out the registration form on the Brochure .

NOTE: The Saturday night 2011 FPA President's Book Awards Banquet is not included in the conference registration. You may choose to attend the conference or the banquet, or both. The banquet includes a lavish seafood buffet and the presentation of the Gold and Silver Award winners. To register for the banquet (cost is $45 per person for members and non-members) click here.

For more information, email Ellen Valladares at ellenwv@aol.com.