Jan L. Kardys and Jeanne E. Rogers will present a program for new writers, published authors, and anyone interested in the publishing industry on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Lyme Public Library.
They will share their years of experience on such topics as developing a concept, writing a manuscript, editing, finding a literary agent, negotiating a publishing agreement, permissions, royalties, special sales, subsidiary rights and marketing, and utilizing the most cutting-edge technologies and social media services to increase visibility to literary agents, publishers and readers alike.
Jan L. Kardys’ diverse book publishing career includes executive positions at ten of the major book publishers – Doubleday, St. Martin’s Press, Scholastic, Macmillan, Scribner’s, Little, Brown & Company, Warner Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers, Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall and Condé Nast Publications. Her experience and know-how are in editorial, art/production, subsidiary rights, contracts, copyrights, permissions, book agenting, editing, writer’s conferences, publishing consulting, and freelance editing. Jan worked for Google for three years where she added Internet sales and marketing to her already extensive expertise.
Jeanne E. Rogers is the Author of The Sword of Demelza, a Writer’s Digest award-winning self-published middle grade fantasy. She enjoys sharing her invaluable experience with self-publishing via CreateSpace, both in book and eBook format. She has successfully navigated a course through the difficult and sometimes frustrating world of writing and self-publishing and is more than happy to share her experience with fellow authors.
Rogers is familiar with all aspects of social media necessary to successfully self-publish and market a book, and is active on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Goodreads, among other sites. Jeanne is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, the ALA, AIA, CAPA, IBPA, IWC, and SCBWI.
The program is free.
Call the Library at 860-434-2272 to register or email [email protected].