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, in Washington. The program will be co-sponsored by the American Society of Journalists and Authors (http://asja.org), the Washington, D.C. 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 Ne Light refreshments will be served from 6 tw Hampshire Ave. N.W., which is near the DuPont Metro stop on the red line.o 6:30 p.m. and reservations are requested. Program begins at 6:30 p.m.
The 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 Thomas B. Allen. Also invited are representatives of the Association of American Publishing, to address new trends in publishing, and a speaker from Amazon’s self-publishing division. Moderator will be Pat McNees, co-chair of ASJA’s Washington chapter.
Minow, who is lawyer, movie critic and publisher, will address 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 discuss aspects of how to get your writing from draft to a publisher, both in 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 webpage 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.