VaBook Festival: The Business of Book Reviewing

Here are the Greatest Hits of what Washington Post Book World deputy editor Ron Charles said during the program I hosted last Friday, "The Business of Book Reviewing: Changes and Challenges." You can see and hear moderator Bethanne Kelly Patrick (at left) and author/reviewer Katharine Weber (at right), and hear one comment by me (explaining "trade magazines").



I'm too busy getting ready for my move to NY this week to write my own post about the festival, so read author & consulting client Clifford Garstang's comments here.

Catch Me If You Can

After spending most of Oct-Dec in bed recovering from surgery for a herniated lumbar disc, I'm going to be zooming around again. Here's my events schedule (so far) thru May.

January 24 - Book Promotion 101 Teleseminar
3:00-4:30pm ET (12:00-1:30 PT)
Includes Q&A, Marketing Plan Worksheet & private 15-minute follow-up consultation.

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January 29 & 30 - Space Coast Writers Guild Conference
Cocoa Beach, FL

• "Book Promotion 101"
• "Polish Your Pitch"
• individual 10-minute pitch coaching sessions

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March 19 - Book Promotion 101 Workshop
WriterHouse, Charlottesville, VA
9:00am-12:00pm
Guest speaker: Alison Larkin, author of The English American

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Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville

March 18, 7:00pm - "Candy & Booze: Good for the Jews?" Moderator; with Katharine Weber (True Confections) and Max Watman (Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine).

March 19, 4:00pm - "The Business of Book Reviewing: Changes & Challenges"
Host; Ron Charles, Washington Post, and freelancers David Montgomery, Rebecca Skloot and Katharine Weber; moderated by Bethanne Kelly Patrick.

March 20, 10:00am - "Book Promotion for the 21st Century">
Moderator; with nonfiction author Jag Bhalla, novelist Carleen Brice, book publicist Kelly Powers and science writer Rebecca Skloot.

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Backspace Writers Conference, New York

May 27, 6:00pm - "Polish Your Pitch" with Ron Hogan

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Oops

I accidentally double-booked myself. My next phone-in seminar will be on January 22--not the 21st as originally announced. (I've corrected my website & the post: Phone It In with Bella!)

Phone It In with Bella!

My next author TeleSeminar will be on January 22, 6-7:30 pm EST. (Date was originally Jan 21.)

The session is limited to 10; includes Q&A. Each participant gets an individual 15-minute follow-up consultation.

To make it more affordable, I've lowered the price from $90 to $65. FULL INFO HERE.


Photo by Robert W. Kelley for LIFE.

Last Chance to Hear Me Phone It In

I'm giving my last Book Promotion 101 TeleSeminar of the year tomorrow, Friday Nov 21, 6-7:30pm Eastern (3-4:30 Pacific). Participation is limited to 10 authors, but there's still room for last-minute additions. (Translation: registration has been light.)

90 minutes, 90 bucks; includes 15-minute individual follow-up consultation. Such a steal! Details here.

Hold the Phone for Book Promotion 101 TeleSeminar

In early June I did three "Promoting Like a Pro" phone-in seminars for the Authors Guild. They went so well that I decided to do them all by my very own self. So a little while ago I set up the first seminar through FreeConference. Here's the scoop:

Book Promotion 101 TeleSeminar
Date: Sunday, Sept. 28
Time: 3-4:30pm Eastern (12-1:30pm Pacific)
Price: $90
Registration limited to 10.

You get:

• The lowdown on promoting your book like a pro--the same as in my all-day workshop.
• Q&A session.
• Individual 15-minute follow-up consultation.
• First hour of additional consultation for $125 (a $25 discount).

Interested? Send an email to: blog (at) bellastander.com, with subject "TeleSeminar." Note: For commercially published authors only.