BookCAMP 2024, a new three-day trade show where "independent authors, publishers, industry experts will gather to learn, trade success stories and network," takes place June 23-25 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
The show includes the Independent Press Awards ceremony dinner on June 24, celebrating the winners of the IPA and NYC Big Book Awards. Awards authors and publishers will attend from across the U.S., as well as Singapore, China, and Australia, among other countries.
Audible.com audiobook service ACX is sponsoring the "Get the Most Out of the Show" welcoming ceremony for all newcomers. There will be a "40 Under 40 in Publishing" ceremony, keynote presentations, deep-dive breakout sessions, literary agent speed dating, and "Meet the Expert" one-on-one consultations.
Speakers and experts include Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio Publishers Association, publisher of AudioFile magazine as well as the executive director of PubWest; Wolfgang Schmid of Surplus Logistics LLC., a 50-year veteran of global logistics; Brian Jud, executive director of the Association of Publishers for Special Sales; David Nudo, former publisher of Publishers Weekly and managing director of books at the New York Times.
The event grew out of the quarterly magazine BookCAMP, which addresses authors and publishers' business challenges of book publishing. BookCAMP magazine publisher Ted Olczak commented: "These three days of BookCAMP 2024 will help indie authors & publishers improve their bookselling strategies, and expose them to additional streams of revenue including professionally made audiobooks. With authors and publishers in focus, BookCAMP 2024 will provide practical, actionable information and connect them with other publishing professionals that can make a bottom line difference in their book publishing programs and book sales."
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