Greetings!

 

Find your agent, meet your publisher, and hobnob with industry professionals at FWA's 10th annual conference.  

 


Five Ways (and Counting) to Get the Most from the Conference

 

All year you've been looking forward to finding your agent or meeting your publisher at the conference, right? But now that the conference is getting close, are you ready?

Learn five things you can do to get the most from your conference experience, starting now.
Read on...

 

 


Ever Thought About Hearing Your Book? 
 

FWA welcomes its newest Platinum Sponsor, VoiceProjects.com, a company that turns manuscripts into audiobooks.  

 

VoiceProjects.com joins our other Platinum Sponsors: Peppertree Press, PublishingSuccessOnline.com, OnLineBinding.com, Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, and Scriptor Publishing. Together these companies provide services and funds to make our conference top-notch and keep your conference fees low. Please spread the word about these friends of FWA.

 


Deadlines...

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Speaking of getting ready for the conference, we have some deadlines coming up. Check this overview of deadlines for registering, making your hotel reservation, advertising, selling your books, scheduling interviews, and more. For additional details, check the FWA website or send us an email.

 


Important Dates

 

8/15 Payment & space reservation deadline for CSE ads

9/1 Last day to purchase a manuscript critique

9/1 CSE ad file submission deadline

9/1 Payment and space reservation deadline for AV ads & book trailers

9/15 Deadline for submissions for ads & book trailers

9/19 Last day to call Marriott to receive FWA guarantees room rate of $115

9/23 Late registration conference fee applies

10/1 Target date to donate door prizes and goodie bag items

10/3 Online conference registration closes

10/6 Last day for mail-in conference registrations

10/14 Bookstore registration removed from website

10/14 Cutoff date for authors to send their bookstore forms to the bookstore chairperson


 

In This Issue
Get the Most from the Conference
Hear Your Book
Deadlines
Schedule Your Booksigning
Thank You, Sponsors!

Authors, Get the Schedule You Want for Your Book Signing

 

If you'd like to schedule a book signing during the conference, please email Bob Hart, our Book Signing Coordinator, while there are still slots in the schedule.  

 

To have a book signing, of course you'll need to have your book available at the Conference Bookstore. Check out our bookstore rules and application forms. 

 

Thank You, Sponsors!

 

peppertree press

4th Year Platinum Sponsor

 

online binding logo 

2011 Platinum Sponsor &
Goodie Bag Donator  

   

 publishing success online

2011 Platinum Sponsor

 

 

scriptor

 

2011 Platinum Sponsor

 

voice-projects

   2011 Platinum Sponsor

      

marriott logo   

2011 Platinum Sponsor 

 

oxford self storage 

2011 Gold Sponsor

 

sps publishing

2011 Silver Sponsor