Books Alive! 2014 Conference Schedule
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Registration
8 - 9 am
Introduction
9 - 9:05 am
Welcome by David O. Stewart, President of the Independent.
Agents Roundtable: Crafting and Pitching a Proposal
9:05 - 9:50 am
“What makes an effective pitch?”
Moderator: Will Pittman
Helen Zimmermann
Sorche FairbankPaul S. Levine
New Platforms and Old
10:00 - 10:45 am
“With so many ways to publish, what’s an author to do?”
Moderator: Pat McNees.
Jessica Case – Pegasus Books
Ewurama Ewusi - Mensah author of “Brown Bag Guide to Book Publishing”
Jim Reston - Author of traditional and e-published books
Tools of the Trade: Producing, Protecting, Publicizing the Product
10:55 - 11:40 am
Moderator: Deborah Grosvenor
Elena Paul (Lawyer)
Gene Taft (Publicist)
Susan Coll (Bookseller)
Tom Shroder (Editor)
The Perils and Rewards of Self-Publishing
11:50 am - 12:30 pm
Moderator: Austin S. Camacho
Peter Ross Range
Grigsby Crawford
Dan Moldea
Lunch
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon Speaker: David Maraniss
Concurrent Panels
2:00 - 2:45 pm
Cooking the Books: Culinary Authors’ Recipe for Success
Moderator – Joe Yonan
Joan Nathan
Phyllis Richman
Aviva Goldfarb
The Mystery Market
Moderator – Dan Morse
Art Taylor
Donna Andrews
Brad Parks
Laura Lippman
Concurrent Panels
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Politicians and Prose: A Publishing Perennial
Moderator - Peggy Engel
Chris Matthews
Evan ThomasPeter Baker
Writing for Kids: A Cornucopia of Children’s Books
Moderator – Fred Bowen
Phyllis Naylor
Maria Olsen
Catherine Reef
Concurrent Panels
4:00 - 4:45 pm
Fiction Panel - What’s Novel about the Novel?
Moderator - Richard McCann
Howard Norman
Manil Suri
Susan Shreve
Help Yourself: Self-Help Books Go Viral
Moderator – Michelle Singletary
Julie Sussman
Stephanie Glakas-Tenet
Caroline Miller
Conclusion
5 - 5:15 pm