{"id":1434,"date":"2018-07-30T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2018-07-30T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:26:46","slug":"australian-society-of-authors-asa-self-publishing-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/articles\/2018\/07\/30\/1434\/australian-society-of-authors-asa-self-publishing-event\/","title":{"rendered":"ASA self-publishing workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is running a two-day workshop that will cast light on the myths and realities of self-publishing in 2018 and increase your chances of publishing success.<\/p>\n<p>This comprehensive professional workshop will give you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An in-depth understanding of the entire publishing, sales, marketing and distribution process<\/li>\n<li>An invaluable resource pack to help you publish safely<\/li>\n<li>A list of contacts for reliable sources of advice and expertise<\/li>\n<li>The opportunity to receive direct feedback on your work in relation to certain steps of the process<\/li>\n<li>A tutorial on how to turn your manuscript into an ebook<\/li>\n<li>Advice on creating a public profile and developing speaking skills<\/li>\n<li>Feedback from authors with experience of self-publishing<\/li>\n<li>A networking marketplace to meet competent and ethical providers<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with metadata, keywords and SEO<\/li>\n<li>The confidence to publish your work as a professional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will take away many valuable resources, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Costing template, sample rights reversion letter and P&amp;L template<\/li>\n<li>Tips and tricks to help you select competent and ethical service providers<\/li>\n<li>A completed title budget for your work<\/li>\n<li>Information on how to apply for a US tax file number<\/li>\n<li>A draft publicity campaign for your book<\/li>\n<li>A targeted press release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ASA advises members on their publishing options on a daily basis and no one has seen more traditional and self-publishing arrangements\u2014both good and bad\u2014than we have. We\u2019re therefore uniquely positioned to offer you expert advice and in-depth knowledge on the entire process.<\/p>\n<h3>Event details<\/h3>\n<p>Date: 21-22 September 2018, 8.30am-4.30pm.<br \/>\nLocation: ASA offices, C1.06 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo NSW.<br \/>\nBookings: phone (02) 9211 1004, <a href=\"mailto:comms@asauthors.org\">email<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asauthors.org\/news\/self-publishing-how-hard-can-it-be\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is running a two-day workshop that will cast light on the myths and realities of self-publishing in 2018 and increase your chances of publishing success. This comprehensive professional workshop will give you: An in-depth understanding of the entire publishing, sales, marketing and distribution process An invaluable resource pack to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletter","8":"category-notice"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/independentpublishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}