Ebook Platforms and Design - How to Format Them, Where to Sell Them

If you
are interested in learning about writing an ebook and how to get it into the
marketplace, join us Wednesday, October 9 at 6:30PM for this very informative
evening.

Ebook
sales numbers are growing every year, and more titles are being released in
multiple formats. Don’t let readers slip through your fingers. Join the digital
publishing revolution.

Cathy
Davis, owner of Davis Creative, and Brad R. Cook, President of the St. Louis
Writers Guild and an ebook formatter, will discuss how ebooks have come to
dominate the publishing world and what you need to know to produce them.

Topics
will include:

Important
facts about ebooks (some may surprise you)

Formatting
your manuscript to save time and money when e-publishing fiction

Overcoming
the difficulties of formatting non-fiction ebooks

What
book aggregators are and what you should know about them

Plus
tips to help you through each step of the process

E-publishing
can be easy when you know what you’re doing, and this workshop will get you
started!

Brad R.
Cook, President of St. Louis Writers
Guild,
is a historical fantasy writer who daylights as a freelance technical writer.
He is also a business writer, formatter, website developer, and graphic layout
designer for The Scribe. Brad is a founding contributor to The Writers’ Lens (a
resource blog for writers), his poetry was published in St. Louis Reflections,
and his short stories have placed in several contests.

Brad
began as a playwright and still pens a few scripts, but every once in awhile he
has to sit down with a centuries’ old book. Follow him on Twitter @bradrcook or on his tumblr page at Thoughts from Midnight. Learn more at http://bradrcook.com

As a
veteran marketing professional, Cathy Davis’ love of books was sparked while
designing catalogs and retail displays for a high-end regional bookseller.
Followed by over a decade as Creative Director for a global financial
institution, Cathy began working for herself in 2004, providing brand strategy
and graphic design.

As a
Certified Professional Author Consultant, Cathy and her nationwide team provide
Author-Assisted Self-Publishing, supporting authors throughout the US. Learn
more at http://DavisCreative.com.

Our
regular Monthly Meeting location

(the
second Wednesday of every month)

Brentwood
Community Center

2505
Brentwood Blvd - Room 101

St.
Louis, MO 63144

Here's
a link to Google Maps for location and
directions.

Doors
open at 6:30 PM for networking. Business meeting begins at 7:00 PM and
continues till 8:30 PM or so with networking continuing afterward till about 9.

For
more information, visit the St. Louis Publishers
website.

Monthly
Meeting Admission

Members
– FREE

Non-member
Guests – $10 per person, cash or check at the door

(Guest
fee will be applied to Membership if you decide to join at that meeting)