Happening this Month
Online Presentation
How to Write Query Letters & Proposals:
The Seven Steps to a Successful Book Proposal
Monday, June 29, 2020
* 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. PST *
PALA members – free
Non-members – $15
This Monday night event will take place over Zoom.
Nearly all nonfiction books are sold with a query and proposal that enlists the aid of a literary agent in convincing an acquisitions editor at a publishing entity to advance funds to a writer with an idea.
Bring paper and pen (or a laptop or iPad) and your best idea for a nonfiction* book, and learn how to write irresistible query letters and book proposals. Marvin J. Wolf, author of a dozen nonfiction books, as well as a novel and several photography books, will take you through the seven steps to a successful book.
In the Works
Here’s what we’re working on for our writing community. It’s all subject to change for the obvious reason, but this will help you plan.
UPCOMING REGULAR MEETINGS:
- MARKETING INTENSIVE
- AGENT PANEL—with agents from Los Angeles and New York
- MAGAZINE EDITORS
- SELF-PUBLISHING INTENSIVE
- NAVIGATING THE WRITING AND PUBLISHING WORLD TODAY
…and more, of course!
Coming up in January on ZOOM
- Want some feedback on potential titles for your next book?
- Need help with finding a distributor?
- Have an opinion about a potential cover design?
- Not sure if you should spend money on exhibiting at an upcoming trade show?
November 4, 2019 – RECORDING AVAILABLE
7:30pm at the Veterans Memorial,
Multipurpose Room in the back of the building.
Members – freeNon-members – $15.
MODERATOR: Steven Sanchez, one of the two IWOSC/PALA Vice Presidents. PANEL: Lee Wind, Director of Marketing & Programming of the Independent Book Publishers Association, Kathleen Kaiser of the Small Publishers And Writers Network, Emanuela Cariolagian of Be In The News, Desireé Duffy, Founder of Black Château and Books That Make You Show
For more information, please click here.
Special Programs
Everything You Need to Self-Publish So You Can Publish Your Book Now
Do you have everything you need to successfully self-publish your book?
Whether you’re writing a helpful nonfiction work, a stunning genre novel, a community cookbook, or the next bestseller, the publishing process involves the same elements: preparation of your manuscript and production of your book. And don’t forget about marketing.
IWOSC/PALA’s 2019 Self-Publishing Intensive has the answers you need to start now and successfully publish your book. Our experts, Carla King of Self-Publishing Boot Camp and Sharon Goldinger of PeopleSpeak Consulting and the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, have over 45 years of traditional AND self-publishing experience and will cover EVERY aspect of self-publishing that you need to know.
PLUS, attendees will receive more than a dozen books, handouts, checklists, and timelines.
For the FULL COURSE DESCRIPTION, and to save as an IWOSC/PALA member, click here.
LOCATION: Veterans Memorial, Culver City (Corner Culver & Overland)
Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 9:00am – 4:00pm
Everything You Need to Self-Publish So You Can Publish Your Book Now
Do you have everything you need to successfully self-publish your book?
Whether you’re writing a helpful nonfiction work, a stunning genre novel, a community cookbook, or the next bestseller, the publishing process involves the same elements: preparation of your manuscript and production of your book. And don’t forget about marketing.
IWOSC/PALA’s 2019 Self-Publishing Intensive has the answers you need to start now and successfully publish your book. Our experts, Carla King of Self-Publishing Boot Camp and Sharon Goldinger of PeopleSpeak Consulting and the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, have over 45 years of traditional AND self-publishing experience and will cover EVERY aspect of self-publishing that you need to know.
PLUS, attendees will receive more than a dozen books, handouts, checklists, and timelines.
For the FULL COURSE DESCRIPTION, and to save as an IWOSC/PALA member, click here.
LOCATION: Veterans Memorial, Culver City (Corner Culver & Overland)
IWOSC/PALA Membership Benefits
Member benefits include:
- newsletter, packed with information
- discounted membership with IBPA
- discount for recordings of meetings
- attendance at our members-only brainstorming sessions
- participation in cooperative marketing programs
- free panels/deep discounts for seminars
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access to information about IBPA’s Publishing University scholarships