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Upcoming events ...
APA MEETINGS IN COMING
MONTHS
UPCOMING APA WORKSHOPS &
SEMINARS
NON-APA EVENTS
DAN
POYNTER WORKSHOP IN HOUSTON!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
NEXT
APA GATHERING
Pending further notice, we will be meeting on
the third Thursday, per
tradition:
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 6:00 PM
Cafe Express: River Oaks
1422 W Gray St
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 522-3100
Directions
and map
See
details below
Once again we are gathering at Cafe
Express, our former "pre-meeting" spot.
Please be assured that the Authors and
Publishers Association is (still) alive and well and we
have no intention of disbanding. In fact, we'll (finally)
have some exciting new developments to announce soon. We
strongly believe that there is a real need for an
organization such as this one. After all, we're not just
another writers' group; we are truly devoted to authors
who want to publish and successfully market their works.
Stay tuned here for updates. Meanwhile, we
welcome your comments, questions and suggestions. This is
your organization, and we really do want our members to
become more involved.
For
questions or comments about the APA, please email:
info@authorsandpublishers.org
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Also join us on:
Thursday, November 15
Same time (6:00 PM), same place (Cafe
Express)
And stay tuned for an announcement
about our holiday party in December...
We may be participating in a
holiday party
with other groups. Details coming soon.
Until further
notice...
Our temporary "monthly meeting" place is still
at Cafe Express River Oaks...
1422 West Gray, Houston, TX 77006 (713.522.3100), from
6:00 p.m. until they throw us out or we decide on our own
to go home, whichever comes first. Cafe Express offers a
variety of salads, pasta dishes, burgers and sandwiches
and more. Average check is $10 and major credit cards are
accepted. Meet fellow authors and publishers
in a relaxed setting!
Directions and
map
"Come on in; the food and
company are great!"
Above, APA-ers raising a ruckus a few years ago
at Cafe Express on West Gray, Houston
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR
NEXT GATHERING!
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APA
MEETINGS... COMING SOON:
As of now,
we have suspended our formal monthly meetings, which had
been held
on the third Thursday of every month at the Museum of
Printing History in Houston.
But we're still holding our informal third-Thursday
networking meetings at Cafe Express in River Oaks,
Houston (see above for details).
Details about seminars and workshops will be published
here as they occur.
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Keep your eye on this page for
announcements of exciting forthcoming events: we may have
suspended our monthly meetings, but we're still planning
workshops and seminars that will benefit the growing
community of independent authors and publishers. We're
going to be hosting another one of our popular "So
You Want to Be Published" free-for-alls, and a
couple of PMA-related events you won't want to miss.
After ten years, we're still growing and changing, and
we're working overtime to make the AAP a much more
exciting, useful and fun organization for authors and
publishers. So stay with us. And if you're not with us
yet, now's the best time to join us!
. . . . . . . . . .
APA
WORKSHOPS
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YES, MORE WORKSHOPS ARE
COMING!
We know we've been promising this
for a long time, so don't give up on us; we are still
actively planning our next series of workshops and
seminars. Some of the topics we're planning for the
coming year are...
* Marketing & PR
* Legal issues in publishing
* Working with literary agents and publishers
* Book production: working with printers and other
service providers
* Media relations
* Internet presence and online marketing for authors
* Software for book designers (PageMaker/InDesign,
FrameMaker, etc.)
* Screenwriting
Watch this page for announcements
about upcoming APA workshops, seminars, and conferences.
And, by the way, if you are interested in teaching, or
participating in, one of these exciting events -- or if
you would like to volunteer to be on a planning committee
-- or even if you just have a terrific idea for a future
workshop -- please contact our president, Ron Kaye, at moonshad@swbell.net.
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NON-APA
EVENTS
If you know about an upcoming event
of interest to writers and publishers, drop us a line at info@authorsandpublishers.org
(subject line: Events).
DAN
POYNTER WORKSHOP IN HOUSTON!
Increase
Your Publishing Viability, Credibility & Visibility
Saturday,
April 19, 2008
Dan Poynter, the foremost authority on the
book publishing industry, is coming to Houston for a
one-day, information-packed workshop, sponsored by The Book Connection. Whether your project is an
idea, a rough draft, or a finished manuscript, this
workshop will help you assess your project’s
viability in today’s market. You will find
specific, workable advice, including:
1. Is
traditional or independent publishing right for you
2. Realistically evaluate your project’s sales
potential
3. How to assess and achieve your goals
4. Break your project into easy-to-manage sections
5. What a professionally designed book needs
6. How to reach the readers you want
7. What to do next, starting from where you are NOW!
Information
8:30am -
4:30pm Workshop
5:30pm - 8:30pm Reception with Dan
Fee - $125 includes lunch and reception
Fee - $55 reception ONLY
Houston, Texas - Holiday Inn SW
Registration - 713-937-9184
Information - rita.mills@comcast.net
Registration Limited to 100 Attendees
Watch this page for more
listings...
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