BookCAMP 2026 Tickets
Secure your ticket to BookCAMP and gain access to a wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities.
GET A BookCAMP 2026
(Awards Dinner not included)​
With a COMBO ticket, join us for the
most exciting Awards Ceremony:​ NYC Big Book and Independent Press Awards, Ceremony & Dinner ​​
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SPONSORSHIPS Available
INDEPENDENT PRESS and NYC BIG BOOK AWARDS
Reception, Dinner and Ceremony
​​​​​BookCAMP Tickets here:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YMK2GH8KVAQPQ
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​Be an attendee, get an ALL SESSIONS PASS​. The BookCAMP 2026 (April 24th - 25th) event is where independent authors, publishers, industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.
FRIDAY, April 24th
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NOON BookCAMP 2026 Registration Opens
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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
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
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2:30 PM From the OG: An Author’s Progress: Walls and Passages
3:15 PM Snack and coffee break
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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
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4:15 PM Intro to Audiobooks with Audible’s ACX Rick Krueger
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5:15 PM Meet with Experts Revision Strategies: How to Read Your Manuscript Like an Editor Kristen Tate
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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)
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SATURDAY, April 25th
(ALL DAY COFFEE)
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9:30 AM Metadata: What Is It, and Why Authors Cannot Live Without It
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9:30 AM Contracts and Trademarks Isabella S. Olczak
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10:15 AM Million Dollar Mindset:
How Indie Authors Need to Think to Achieve Real Sales Ann Mracek
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10:15 AM Podcasts & Podcasting: Build Your Platform & Expand Your Reach Becky Parker Geist
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11:00 AM KEYNOTE: Climb Greater Heights: How Award-Winning Authors Build Global Movements from One Powerful Books
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NOON Meet the sponsors
NOON Buffet lunch included
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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
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2:00 PM Indie Book to Movie Panel Eddie Gamarra / Kate Orsini /
Michael Evans / Elizabeth Blake-Thomas
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2:00 PM Writer’s Block: How to Deal with It So You Can Get Writing Gloria Mindock
2:30 PM Why, Who and How: Preparing to Secure a Literary Agent
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2:30 PM From Manuscript to Marketplace, 3 Steps for Self-Publishing Success Avery Bacchues
3:15 PM Snack and coffee break​​
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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
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3:45 PM Book Reviews and Awards, Do They Make a Difference in Book Sales? Ted Olczak
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3:45 PM Putting the People and Events of Your Life on the Pages of Your Book Don Mazzella
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4:15 PM KEYNOTE: The Human Aspect In Artificial Intelligence. Nadim is the Founder & CEO of Shimmr AI. BOOK SIGNING Nadim Sadek
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5:00 PM BookCAMP 2026 closes
SATURDAY NIGHT, April 25th
​Awards Dinner (separate ticket)
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SUNDAY, April 26th
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9:00 AM Breakfast for VIP Awards Dinner Guests
9:30 AM - NOON More expert 1-on-1 meetings
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Book Fair
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April 26th, all day, hourly showings of the Printed Word Reviews' Billboard Event in New York City's Times Square.
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Register now!
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Or for Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Jack Olczak at Jack@PrintedWordUniversity.com
or Ted at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com / (718) 938-4590.
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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 this year's Award programs:​
Beaufort Books;
Berrett-Koehler Pub.;
BiggerPockets;
Free Spirit Publishing;
Hachette Go;
HarperCollins Leadership;
Lyons Press;
McGraw Hill;
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
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* Revision strategies: How to read your manuscript like an editor
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* Crafting (and marketing) a series
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* Putting the people and events of your life on the pages of your book
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Green Light: The Final Fixes That Make Publishers Say Yes
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Writer's Block, how to deal with it so you can get writing ​​
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Performative Readings: Techniques you need (so they don't suck)
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From the OG: An Author’s Progress: Walls and Passages
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Mastering Point of View: How to Choose, Control, and Break the Rules​
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Revision strategies: How to read your manuscript like an editor
Meet your fellow author
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Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
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Fun and Networking
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Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
Marketing
Opportunities to meet with experts
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* How to get the MEDIA and the PRESS working for you
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* 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
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* National Media​​
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* Social Media: How to build an audience and engagement for results or for those ready for doing it yourself.
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* Nontraditional / Nonreturnable Bookselling / Sell your book in Target and other Big Box Stores​
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*Audiobooks & Podcasting​: Creation & Marketing;
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* GAB TALKS Interviews in Podcast Room (Included at no charge with a BookCAMP ticket, sign-up required​).
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* ​Nadim Sadek brings the human aspect into artificial intelligence.
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* Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
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Fun and Networking
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Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
BookCAMP Networking event
Wine reception /
Hors d'oeuvres served
Business
Opportunities to meet with experts ​
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* Who, Why, and How: Preparing to Secure a Literary Agent
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* "Book to Screen" (steps one can take to get their book to the movie studio) - includes Panel session
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* Manifest Your Million Dollar Mindset. Turning your book into your branded business.
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* Turning your Backlist from storage to revenue driver
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* Metadata and why it matters to small presses and independent publishing
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* Running a small press and building a business. Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing
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* From Microphone to Marketplace: An introduction to Audiobooks. Get an insider's perspective on the burgeoning Audiobook industry
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* Translation Services
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* State of the Industry
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* Next Level Printing – Taking Your Book from PRINT ON DEMAND to PRO
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* Meet with Sponsors, Vendor table time
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Fun and Networking
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Wine reception / Hors d'oeuvres served
Aspiring Author
Author with 20 plus books published
​​​​BookCAMP DAY TWO: Saturday, April 25th,
Focus on “Book to Screen,” Book Sales, Marketing, Publicity
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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.
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* 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.
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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 25, 2026.​​ A separate ticket is required: https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
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BookCAMP DAY THREE: Sunday, April 26th, 9am - noon,
Meet-the-expert
9am to noon: 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.
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BookCAMP DAY THREE: Sunday, April 26th, Literary Book Fair ​​
9:30am to 1:00pm: Award-winning books on display and for sale, as well as literary marketplace for authors, writers, publishers and industry folk. Register here.
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Join us at BookCAMP 2026 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 25, 2026.
A separate ticket is required:
https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
6:00pm Reception and Awards Photos
7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the Garden State Ballroom
More award photos on the red carpet​
