Mini Writers Conference (NYC - 1/15/04)

Event: Mini Writers' Conference: Getting Your Book Published
Place: Small Press Center (NYC / West 44th Street)
Date: January 15, 2004
Time: 6:30 - 9:15 PM
Price: $30.00 nonmembers; $20.00 members

Brief Description: Two top editors and two savvy literary agents offer advice
and tips on how to get published in the competitive market of 2004. You'll
learn how to: draft a winning book proposal; find out which agents are seeking
new clients; discover what editors are looking for; and negotiate a better book
deal. There will be ample time for Q&A.

Address: 20 West 44th Street, Library
Phone: 212/764-7021 for more details
Fax: 212/354-5365
Email: info RemoveThis @smallpress.org
Website: http://www.smallpress.org

Detailed Description: Learn from a panel of experts what literary agents and
editors are looking for and dramatically increase your chances of publication.
The panel includes top editors PJ Dempsey, Senior Editor at M. Evans and
Company and Caroline White, Senior Editor at Viking Penguin, who have published
dozens of bestsellers. Leading literary agents James Fitzgerald of the James
Fitzgerald Agency and Kim Goldstein of the Susan Golomb Literary Agency, who
have linked up literally hundreds of authors and editors, will also take part
in the panel. The panel will be moderated by Lloyd Jassin, one of the country's
most knowledgable attorneys specializing in publishing law. He is coauthor of
"The Copyright Permission & Libel Handbook" (John Wiley & Sons).