INTRODUCTION
LEARNING RESOURCES
Everyone has an equal opportunity of becoming an author. No matter the background as long as you have access to the resources needed. Also, having a goal in mind can help you determine what steps you need and which ones you can skip.
This webinar focuses on book distribution. This is the first part of a series of book distribution. An introduction to the book distribution industry and various areas that you as an author must know. Book distribution is sometimes affected when authors are self-published, or published with a small or large publisher. Over the years, books published have increased greatly but less than 40% get a meaningful distribution which sill affect their sales greatly.
Hosted by Kirk Whisler, Empowering Latino Futures Board Member and Co-founder of ISLA
Creating Audible Books by Luis Puig
Getting the Audible book you’ve always dream about – and at no real cost. Award Winning Author Luis Puig did a wonderful job sharing insights about this program. All the attendees were amazed at what Luis had gotten for free and it was a very productive session. (Private to ISLA Members)
Partnership between Empowering Latino Futures and the Independent Book Publishers Association
Through this partnership, ELF will provide free IBPA memberships for a year for all our AWAs. That’s a $139 value and their magazine alone is worth that for publishing information. Angela Bole, IBPA CEO explains what the partnership entails as well as how to take advantage of the membership. (Private to ISLA Members)
IngramSpark – Distribute Like A Pro
ISLA Members can benefit from Empowering Latino Futures partnership with IngramSpark.
(Powerpoint & video available only to ISLA Members)
Award Winning Authors
9 Ways to Increase Book Sales Using Your Award Winning Author Status
This webinars’ focus was for everyone to understand how the title of Award Winning Author becomes a great way of promotion. If you have won a book award, you are an Award Winning Author and you have to promote yourself as such. Award Winning Authors are separated from others because of the recognition acquired with the title and award received. Publishers also like to see these titles and awards before approving the publishing of any book. Author success in the past also improves the odds of getting a good publisher contract.
Hosted by Kirk Whisler, Empowering Latino Futures Board Member and Co-founder of ISLA.
10 Ways to Use Your Award Winning Author Status
This webinars’ focus was for everyone to understand how the title of Award Winning Author becomes a great way of promotion. In this second session, we will review the information previously covered on the topic. Both sessions allow for an in-depth review on ways to take advantage of your recognition as an Award Winning Author and it represents for future books.
Hosted by Kirk Whisler, Empowering Latino Futures Board Member and Co-founder of ISLA.
AWA Tour Book Review & Video Interview Project
The AWA Book Review & Interview program is volunteer-based which consists of reading a book of another author and providing a book critique/review as well as an interview. Another author will do the same for your book and interview you.
Goal: To create more professional visibility for books by and about Latinos.
Objective: Ensure that quality information about your book is presented in a minimum of 8 different ways.
Entrevistas y Criticas Literarias. Resumen en español.
Book Reviews & Interviews, P1
Book Reviews & Interviews, P2
Book Reviews & Interviews, P3
Latino Book into Movies Promotion Sheet
Hosted by Kirk Whisler, Empowering Latino Futures Board Member and Co-founder of ISLA.
This webinars’ focus was for everyone to know a little more about the creation of Promotion pieces for marketing their books. In this case, it was specific to the winners of Latino Book into Movie Awards and targeting those in the entertainment industry, but the information provided on the promotion sheets apply to all kinds of books. Promotion pieces are great tools to get the information of your book out there. It takes work, but don’t get discouraged because it’ll pay off.
14 Ways to create a winning promo sheet
Once we have all the books and promo sheets we will start delivering them to key people within TV networks and studios. We will typically deliver the packages to Presidents and Senior VPs within their operations. This distribution will occur over the next few months. From there the books typically will go to different departments within their operations. We have no control or input from that step on. These entities have staffs that will review possible items…Continue reading
Zenger News for Writers
Zenger News is a newswire, so stories published are available to thousands of websites. Many of those are run by Hispanic newspapers and broadcasters. With Zenger, you can Zenger never turns down a great story … Continue reading
Zenger pitches, Session 1
Zenger pitches, Session 2