What does the rapid transformation of the book publishing industry mean for authors and would-be authors?
Join a discussion on “Options for Authors in the Changing Book Publishing Game” from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Washington. The program will be co-sponsored by the American Society of Journalists and Authors (http://asja.org/), the Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (http://www.spjdc.org/) and the Washington Biography Group.
The program will be held at The Fund for American Studies, 1706 New Hampshire Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. It is near the DuPont METRO stop. Light refreshments will be served from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and reservations are requested. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. Fee for SPJ/ASJA members is $6, and $8 for non-members. No charge for university students with an ID.
For ticket purchases, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-changing-book-publishing-game-tickets-15023227879.
Confirmed speakers on the panel include authors Nell Minow and Tom B. Allen. Also invited are representatives of the Association of American Publishing, to talk about new trends in publishing, and a speaker from Amazon’s self-publishing division. Moderator will be Pat McNees, co-chair of the Washington Chapter of ASJA.
Minow, who is a lawyer, movie critic and publisher, will be addressing questions on how writers can understand and take advantage of the changes in book publishing and perhaps even help shape the future of the industry.
Minow is the co-author of three books about corporate governance, including five editions of the best-selling MBA textbook on the subject, and two print books and three e-books about movies. She is the founder of Miniver Press, which has published 28 books, including three Amazon best-sellers. Minow writes a column for the Washington Post and reviews each week’s movie and DVD releases for Beliefnet.com and radio stations across the country.
Allen will be discussing aspects of getting writing from draft to the publisher, both print and online.
His work ranges from writing articles for National Geographic Magazine to writing more than 30 books on a variety of subjects. His latest book, “Tories: Fighting for the King in America’s First Civil War,” a History Book Club selection, is a narrative history of Loyalists in the American Revolution. Another recent book, published jointly by the National Geographic Society and the International Spy Museum, is “Declassified: 50 Secret Documents That Changed History,” also a History Book Club selection. He has done Web page editing and writing for the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery, National Geographic On-Line, and the Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/civil-war/index.html)
For more information about the program, contact Stephenie Overman at saoverman@gmail.com.