BookCAMP 2027 Tickets
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The BookCAMP 2027 (April 9th - 10th) event is where
independent authors, publishers, industry experts gather
to learn, trade success stories and network.
FRIDAY
NOON BookCAMP Registration Opens
1:00 PM PR Strategies to Sell More Books Brian Feinblum
1:00 PM Performative Readings: What Techniques Do You Need (So They Don't Suck) Lancelot Schaubert
1:00 PM ALL DAY COFFEE included
1:45 PM Going Beyond the Book with Movies and Shows Michael Evans
1:45 PM Know Your Craft to do Effective Marketing Lee Woodman
2:30 PM GAB TALKS Shorts (For those with a two-day BookCAMP ticket, sign-up required). Gabby Olczak
2:30 PM Going Beyond the Book with Movies and Shows Next Level Printing – Taking Your Book from POD to PRO Dave Sheets
2:30 PM From the OG: An Author’s Progress: Walls and Passages
3:15 PM Snack and coffee break included
3:30 PM Hybrid Publishing Conversation Jessica Powers /
Gloria Mindock / Ted Olczak / Dave Sheets /
Why Authors Choose and Trust Gatekeeper Press | Premium Independent Publishing Tony Chellini
3:30 PM Green Light: The Final Fixes That Make Publishers Say Yes Megan Sells
4:15 PM Meet the Experts, one-on-one/small group meetings
4:15 PM Intro to Audiobooks with Audible’s ACX Rick Krueger
5:15 PM Meet with Experts Revision Strategies: How to Read Your Manuscript Like an Editor Kristen Tate
5:15 PM Nontraditional and Nonreturnable Bookselling: Sell Your Book to Target and Other Big Box Stores Brian Jud
6:00 PM Networking, Wine reception and Hors d'oeurves (ticket holders)
SATURDAY
(ALL DAY COFFEE included)
9:30 AM Metadata: What Is It, and Why Authors Cannot Live Without It
9:30 AM Contracts and Trademarks Isabella S. Olczak
10:15 AM Million Dollar Mindset:
How Indie Authors Need to Think to Achieve Real Sales Ann Mracek
10:15 AM Podcasts & Podcasting: Build Your Platform & Expand Your Reach Becky Parker Geist
11:00 AM KEYNOTE: Climb Greater Heights: How Award-Winning Authors Build Global Movements from One Powerful Books
Tony Jeton Selimi
NOON Meet the sponsors
NOON Lunch Break
1:00 PM Mastering Point of View:
How to Choose, Control, and Break the Rules Megan Sells
1:00 PM How Indies Can Turn Their Book into a Movie
Eddie Gamarra / Kate Orsini
2:00 PM Indie Book to Movie Panel Eddie Gamarra / Kate Orsini /
Michael Evans / Elizabeth Blake-Thomas
2:00 PM The Authority Metric: Building Discoverability as a (Non)fiction Author in the Age of AI Sarah Bean
2:30 PM Why, Who and How: Preparing to Secure a Literary Agent
2:30 PM From Manuscript to Marketplace, 3 Steps for Self-Publishing Success Avery Bacchues
3:15 PM Snack and coffee break included
3:15 PM Meet the Experts, one-on-one/small group meetings
3:45 PM Scaling Your Business: "Track to Transcend";
Value Ladder—MFSB's Solution to Business Scale Jimmy Newson
3:45 PM Book Reviews and Awards, Do They Make a Difference in Book Sales? Ted Olczak
3:45 PM Putting the People and Events of Your Life on the Pages of Your Book Don Mazzella
4:15 PM KEYNOTE: The Human Aspect In Artificial Intelligence. Nadim is the Founder & CEO of Shimmr AI. BOOK SIGNING Nadim Sadek
5:00 PM BookCAMP closes
SATURDAY NIGHT
Awards Dinner (separate ticket required)
SUNDAY
All day, hourly showings of the Printed Word Reviews' Billboard Event in New York City's Times Square.
Register now!
Or for Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Jack Olczak at Jack@PrintedWordUniversity.com
or Ted at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com / (718) 938-4590.
The event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to help your publishing process along! Plus, did we mention networking opportunities!!
Authors and publishers from these publishing houses were winners and distinguished favorites in the past year's Award programs:
Beaufort Books;
Berrett-Koehler Pub.;
BiggerPockets;
Free Spirit Publishing;
Hachette Go;
HarperCollins Leadership;
Lyons Press;
McGraw Hill;
Old Stone Press;
Post Hill Press (Dist. by Simon & Schuster);
Red Wheel/Weiser Books;
Rowman and Littlefield;
S&S/Marysue Rucci;
Simon & Schuster / Simon Element;
The Cooking Lab, LLC;
Thomas Nelson;
WorldChangers Media and more.
Writing
Opportunities to meet with experts
* Revision strategies: How to read your manuscript like an editor
* Crafting (and marketing) a series
* Putting the people and events of your life on the pages of your book
Green Light: The Final Fixes That Make Publishers Say Yes
Writer's Block, how to deal with it so you can get writing
Performative Readings: Techniques you need (so they don't suck)
From the OG: An Author’s Progress: Walls and Passages
Mastering Point of View: How to Choose, Control, and Break the Rules
Revision strategies: How to read your manuscript like an editor
Meet your fellow author
Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
Fun and Networking
Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
Marketing
Opportunities to meet with experts
* How to get the MEDIA and the PRESS working for you
* Marketing Strategies to sell more books
* Publicity Gurus share their secrets
* How do independent authors and publishers reach librarians and independent bookstores effectively
* Book Marketing Plan using Artificial Intelligence
* Streaming Channels Opportunities
* Scale Author Influence, Book Sales, and Profits with Intelligent Story Ecosystems
* National Media
* Social Media: How to build an audience and engagement for results or for those ready for doing it yourself.
* Nontraditional / Nonreturnable Bookselling / Sell your book in Target and other Big Box Stores
*Audiobooks & Podcasting: Creation & Marketing;
* GAB TALKS Interviews in Podcast Room (Included at no charge with a BookCAMP ticket, sign-up required).
* Bring the human aspect into artificial intelligence.
* Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
Fun and Networking
Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
BookCAMP Networking event
Wine reception /
Hors d'oeuvres served
Business
Opportunities to meet with experts
* Who, Why, and How: Preparing to Secure a Literary Agent
* "Book to Screen" (steps one can take to get their book to the movie studio) - includes Panel session
* Manifest Your Million Dollar Mindset. Turning your book into your branded business.
* Turning your Backlist from storage to revenue driver
* Metadata and why it matters to small presses and independent publishing
* Running a small press and building a business. Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing
* From Microphone to Marketplace: An introduction to Audiobooks. Get an insider's perspective on the burgeoning Audiobook industry
* Translation Services
* State of the Industry
* Next Level Printing – Taking Your Book from PRINT ON DEMAND to PRO
* Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
Fun and Networking
Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
Author with 20 plus books published
Aspiring Author
BookCAMP DAY TWO: Saturday
Focus on “Book to Screen,” Book Sales, Marketing, Publicity
Keynote Speaker & Book Signing
Sadek is the Author of ‘Shimmer, don’t Shake – How Publishing can embrace AI’ and ‘Quiver, don’t Quake – How Creativity can Embrace AI‘, and will be signing his new book, free to the first 25 recipients.
* Meet one-on-one with a personalized publishing expert Need personalized attention? Meet with an expert that can help your particular publishing challenge or specific need. Need a new book cover? new printer? marketing? publicity? specific questions
answered?, here is your chance.
We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs. This year we will host attendees for our Independent Press Award / NYC Big Book Award awards ceremony & dinner on April 10, 2027. A separate ticket is required: https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
Join us at BookCAMP 2027 to immerse yourself in practical insights and connections with other publishing professionals that can elevate your book publishing programs and boost your book sales. All programming is subject to change.
We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs.
This year we will host attendees for our
Independent Press Award /
NYC Big Book Award
awards reception, ceremony & dinner on April 10, 2027.
A separate ticket is required:
https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
6:00pm Reception and Awards Photos
7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony
More award photos on the red carpet
