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Workshop
Description |
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Date: March 12 - 14, 2004 (Two-day workshop)
Designed For: Writers and illustrators determined
to make informed decisions about their publishing careers.
Maximum Capacity: 15 Participants |
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Do
you have what it takes to land and negotiate your next book
or magazine article contract? This two-day, intensive workshop
can help! This rare opportunity to meet and learn from some
of the most seasoned professionals in children’s publishing
will answer questions including:
- What kinds of manuscripts are book and magazine editors
currently seeking?
- Do I need an agent, and what would one do for me?
- How does my book get sold?
- What impact do reviews have?
- Do writers always get advances? What kind of advance can
I expect?
- What about royalties?
- What’s the difference between first rights, all
rights, serial rights, and licensing?
- What can I do to help the marketing process?
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Workshop
Faculty |
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Clay Winters
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Clay
Winters
Currently president of Boyds Mills Press, Clay Winters has been
in publishing since 1960. Before coming to Boyds Mills Press,
he was president of Putnum Grosset Books for Young Readers.
Clay has taught the rudiments of publishing to aspiring writers
and an entrepreneurial course in marketing at several colleges.
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Kent L. Brown Jr. |
Kent
L. Brown Jr.
Kent is publisher of Boyds Mills Press, which he started with
Clay Winters and Larry Rosler in 1990. He has 32 years of editorial
experience, and holds the position of editor in chief of Highlights
for Children magazine. He is the executive director of
the Highlights Foundation, and a member of professional editing
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