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Enjoy the sights and sounds of publishing expertise below. This is just a sample of our extensive audio library, available to eWomenPublishingNetwork members. Please allow as much as 2 minutes to complete each download.

Your Book Development Plan with Jan B. King and Gail Richards (presentation time is 1 hour and 2 minutes)

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The shortest distance between you and a finished book.  You’ll learn:
•    How to select the best topic for your skills and expertise
•    How to determine what type, style and length book you might want to write
•    The importance of your core message
•    How to write for your audience
•    How to find the right writing process for you


Your Book Publishing Plan with Jan B. King and Dawn Putney (presentation time is 1 hour and 15 minutes)

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Should you publish your book with a traditional publisher or consider self-publishing?  You’ll learn:
•    That if you define what success means to you up front, it will help you make this decision
•    There are good reasons to self-publish and other good reasons to publish more traditionally
•    How to pull together your publishing “team”
•    What kind of budget you will need for the entire process


Your Book Marketing Plan with Jan B. King and Gail Richards (presentation time is 45 minutes)

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Begin with the end in mind by considering your marketing before you write your book.  You’ll learn:
•    How to position you and your subject for success
•    What the author platform is and how to enhance yours
•    What distribution channels are and how to find them for your book
•    How to set pricing for your book

Listen to an introduction to the publishing industry and the challenges of creating, publishing and promoting your book through a  teleclass with Jan King talking to eWomenNetwork members.  Jan also talks about the benefits of eWomenPublishingNetwork membership.  You can download both the audio as well as a PDF of all the slides in the presentation using the links below.

Create, Publish and Promote Webseminar Audio (1 hour, 15 min)

Webseminar slides in PDF

Get publishing industry insights with Jan King in radio interviews with Sandra Yancey, CEO of eWomenNetwork and host of the #1 Women's Business Radio Show, on the ABC Affiliate in Dallas, Texas.

1. Show 1 (20 min) - Hear Jan discuss why she's passionate about publishing, the evolution of the publishing industry, why it's a great time to author a book, how eWomenPublishingNetwork helps the author/aspiring author, and how eWomenPublishingNetwork's connection to publishing industry VIPs can make the difference between success and failure. At the time of this taping, there were only 4 women who had become authors through the help of eWomenPublishingNetwork, as you will hear in the interview - today, there are over 50.

2. Show 2 (14 min) - Hear Jan discuss her book Smart Women Publish and why women need to become published authors, publishing industry changes that benefit women, challenges that are unique to women authors, the costs of publishing a book, and how to get a publishing deal with a traditional publisher.

3. Show 3 (22 min) - Hear Jan discuss the 10 things rookie authors do to mess up their success

4. Show 4 (10 min)- Hear Jan discuss how to create a winning book proposal

5. Show 5 (19 min)- Hear Jan discuss the Women and Books 2007 National Study

6. Show 6 - Hear Jan discuss how to write a nonfiction bestseller - Coming Soon!


Hear successful authors talk about their experiences
The wrap up event each year at the eWomenPublishingNetwork Conference is "Lessons Learned", featuring successful authors who are members of the publishing network and who have been published over the past year or two.

1. Introduction (21 min)- Panelists introduce themselves, their books and their experience of becoming a published author:
  • Elinor Stutz, author of a self-published book that sold to a major publisher
  • Francine Ward, Esq., author of 2 books with major publishers, one netting a six-figure advance
  • Kimberly Fulcher, author of a self-published book that sold to a major publisher with a six-figure advance
  • Lauren Sullivan, author of a self-published book
  • Carol McClelland, Ph.D., author of 3 books, one self published and two with major publishers, including a book in the "For Dummies" series
  • Jenifer Madson, author of a self-published book
2. Segment 2 (21 min)- The panelists talk about what they loved about the writing experience and what their favorite writing resources were.
3. Segment 3 (19 min) - The panelists talk about the publishing experience, whether they were traditionally or self-published and the pros and cons. Also, panelist Francine Ward gives tips on contracts.
4. Segment 4 (9 min- )Question are posed to the panel from audience members.
5. Segment 5 (14 min)- More questions and answers.
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