The Insider's Guide to Getting Published

Monday, July 18, 2011 - 9:30am

When:    July 18 and 19, 2011
Time:     9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where:  Humber Lakeshore campus; Building J, Room J 206
For:       Writers who want to better their odds of seeing their books in print
Cost:      $372.04

The Insider�۪s Guide to Getting Published, established for writers who want to better their odds of seeing their books in print, is being offered this summer by the School of Creative & Performing Arts, Humber College. The workshop will discuss book proposals and query letters that get results, explain the business of self-promotion, and guide participants through the intricacies of the publishing process.

How to build an author profile to increase sales, how to market a book, and how publishing houses make their acquisition decisions are just some of the topics being covered. Others include a look at publishing deals and contracts, and an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of literary agents and self-publishing.

Workshop leader Cynthia Good is the former president and publisher of Penguin Canada and current director of Humber�۪s Creative Book Publishing Program. Joining her will be Jennifer Murray, former vice-president of Marketing at Penguin Books and Kids Can Press.

The workshop fee is $372.04

To register, please call 416-675-5005, and quote course number CBPP 027.