Indy Publishing Guru Makes Rare New England Appearance to Show Authors How to Become Publishers--WITHOUT Filling the Attic With Books

* Publishing expert Dan Poynter, of Santa Barbara, California, will present a four-hour seminar, "Profitable Publishing: The New Book Model," Sunday, September 22, 2002, in Marshfield, MA, 1-5 p.m. at the Winslow House Tea Room in Marshfield, MA; authors will learn how to wriite, publish, and market themselves and their books from one of the most successful independent publishers ever * Successful self-publishers can use new technology and market savvy to profitably mine markets that bigger publishers ignore

Self-publishing has been an honorable tradition for both literary (Walt Whitman, Anaïs Nin) and commercial (What Color is Your Parachute, The Celestine Prophecy) authors. Independent publishing of others' books also has a rich history. Independent Publishers of New England will present a four-hour seminar, "Profitable Publishing: The New Book Model," with Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual and dozens of other books and one of the foremost experts in independent publishing--his first New England appearance in many years. Attenders will discover how to use new techniques and technology to write your book faster, produce your book for less (regular, POD & eBooks) and promote your book more effectively. Dan will share the secrets to finding an agent, contacting a publisher and how to publish yourself. Plus: How to handle interviews, autographings and the throngs of fans!

As mainstream publishers tilt toward superhero authors with blockbuster advances, ordinary mid-list authors have to find their own path. Dan Poynter has helped thousands of authors take control of their work and publish successfully. Now, new technologies, such as Print-Quantity-Needed and electronic delivery, allow authors and small publishers to develop new markets--without sinking big chunks of money and space into inventory.

It's easier than ever to get a book off the presses--but much harder to get distribution, and much more important to produce a book every bit as professional as those coming out of the major houses. To succeed in the rough-and-tumble world of publishing, where every book is competing against 100,000 new books each year, knowledge is the key to success.

Poynter's seminar, which he has given all over the country, provides crucial advice for would-be publishers, in three separate modules: