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IPA BookCAMP 2025 Tickets
May 2nd is
SMALL PRESS
and
POETS & WRITERS DAY
You have been selected to join us for DAY ONE at BookCAMP 2025 to immerse yourself in practical insights and connections with other publishing professionals that can elevate your book publishing programs and boost your book sales.
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A limited number of SPECIAL May 2nd, Day One, tickets are available to small press, poets and writers at a substantial discount:
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$29 on May 2nd, 1pm to 5pm
$25 for wine tasting & networking, May 2nd, 5:30pm to 7pm
or combo ticket, ONLY $49. May 2nd, 1pm to 7pm
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LM98562WAK9AS
​and special nightly $169/rate at DoubleTree by Hilton,
or
GET AN ALL SESSION THREE DAY PASS:​https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/SMSZLB26WP3DA
or for more details, please visit
BookCAMP 2025 will help indie authors & publishers market, publicize, meet with other publishers & authors, make literary agents available, social media strategies, finding out best ways to see if your book is ready for the big screen (Book to film adaption), direct on how to get your books into Costco, Target, and other big box stores, among a myriad of topics.
The BookCAMP 2025 grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, which addresses authors and publishers' business challenges of book publishing.
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BookCAMP DAY ONE is SMALL PRESS, Poets & Writers DAY:​ ​
Friday, May 2nd, Focus on Sales, Marketing, Publicity
1pm Welcome
1:10pm Get the Most Out of the Show
1:20pm Bestseller Marketing Tips & Strategies
1:40pm Poetry Power, how its craft relates to other genres / Series building
2:15pm Coffee Break
2:30pm Publicity / Marketing / Book Business
Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing
Author becomes Publisher; Publisher becomes Author, the "must-haves" and "must-dos"
3:10pm Branding and Outreach: The Secret Life of A Writer / Radio, Podcast, Video, email
3:40pm How To Develop An Affordable Book Marketing Plan
3:45pm Streaming Channels Opportunities & National Media
4:00pm Meet the Experts
5:00pm "40 Under Forty in Publishing" ceremony
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BookCAMP DAY ONE Continued:​ ​Friday, May 2nd, Fun and Networking
5:30pm Wine Tasting (Sponsored by Ridge Wineries)
6:00pm Networking event
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Lee Woodman, Poet
Philanthropist, advocate for the arts and acclaimed poet, has served the art world and literary arts community as a museum pioneer, educator, business woman, and writer.
Lee Woodman, known as an award-winning public radio producer at the Library of Congress, and a film and multimedia producer at the Smithsonian Institution, Woodman has used the power of words and images to educate and enlighten broad audiences.
Gloria Mindock, Poet, Founding Editor and Publisher of ÄŒervená Barva Press
Mindock is an award-winning author of six poetry collections, two translations into Romanian and Serbian, and three chapbooks. Her poems have been published and translated into twelve languages. Publications include: Ibbetson, Gargoyle, The James Dickey Review, Growth: Journal of Literature, Culture, & Art (Macedonia), Unlikely Stories, Lily Poetry Review, KGB Lit to name a few.
Gloria was the Poet Laureate in Somerville, MA in 2017 & 2018.
Ted Olczak, Publisher of BookCAMP magazine; Michael C. Higgins, Author
​Be an attendee, get a THREE DAY ALL SESSIONS PASS to BookCAMP 2025.
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The BookCAMP 2025 event is a three day event (May 2nd-4th) where independent authors,
publishers, industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.
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BookCAMP DAY TWO: Saturday, May 3rd, Focus on Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Literary Agents, Libraries
11:30am Press Releases, local and national tactics
Noon: Lunch
12:30pm Keynote Speaker / Welcome/ Planned topic
1:00pm GAB TALKS Interviews on the Upper Terrace
(Registration required, no fee)
1:15pm Book Discoverability: Agents & Publishers
Amazon Secrets to Success
2:00pm Social Media, how an indie author went from one to 90,000 Instagram
followers
2:30pm Audiobooks
Learn how public libraries discover and acquire books,
and how individual authors can engage and partner with them.
3:10pm Coffee Break
3:30pm Meet your fellow author
3:30pm Literary Agents / Meet with Literary Agent
3:45pm Meet the Experts
4:00 Should and how do I use Artificial Intelligence - Claude Assistant AI
4:30pm Keynote: Past presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan on Artificial Intelligence
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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 May 3, 2025.
A separate ticket is required:
https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
6:00pm Awards Photos & GAB TALKS on the Upper Terrace
7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the Garden State Ballroom
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BookCAMP DAY THREE: Sunday, May 4th, Focus on logistics, selling to Costco,
Target, Big Box stores, etc.
9:30am BookCAMP Group Breakfast
9:45am Keynote Speaker
10:00am The #1 Thing You Need to Feel Like a Book Rockstar /
The Unconventional Marketing Mindset Shift
10:45am Nontraditional Bookselling / Big Box Stores
11:45am Closing remarks
12pm Raffle and door prizes for attendees
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Three day ALL SESSIONS Passes here:
​https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/SMSZLB26WP3DA
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Register now! Or for Sponsorship Opportunities,
Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com or (718) 938-4590.
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Book Camp 2025 is independent authors, publishers and industry providers meeting, networking,
learning and more. Gain knowledge, find resources, discuss book strategies and solutions, and more.
The event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to
help your publishing process along! Plus, networking opportunities!!
