FRIDAY ROOM 1
11:30am – 12pm
Opening and Open Networking
12:00pm – 1:00pm
*James Kelly An English Major’s Guide to Chatbots
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Emily Enger Minimalist Marketing to
Grow your Author Career
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Jennifer Lawler The Editing Secret You Need to Know
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Kathryn Goldman ESQ Fair Use or Foul Play? Legal
Considerations of AI in Publishing
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Suzanne T Moore Using
LinkedIn to Build Thought Leadership Status
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Networking
FRIDAY ROOM 2
12pm – 1pm
INGRAM Emily Davis
Book Distribution Solutions
with Ingram Content Group
1:00pm -2:00pm
Ally Berthiaume and Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins
Do Not Write a Book (Until
You Attend this Session)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Elements for writing a successful book series
Matt Cost, BJ Magnani, Curt M. Wendelboe
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Gwyn Jordan
Working with an agent
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Pitch to Agent
SATURDAY ROOM 1
8:00am – 9:00pm
IPNE Networking + ANNUAL MEETING
9:00am – 10:00am
Leon Conrad – The Book as Story
10:00am – 11:00am
Stephanie Feger / The Book
Marketing Habit: A 15-Minute Method
to Decrease Author Overwhelm and
Increase Book Sales
11:00am – 12:00pm
Barbara Ingrassia / AI: Revolution or Evolution in the Publishing Industry?
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch Networking and Q&A with IPNE Board of Directors
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Pam Sheppard/ Put on a Whole New Hat:Preparing to Shift from the Craft of Writing to the Strategies for Selling.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Luke Davis /Do Androids Dream of Authorship: Five Possible Futures of AI and Publishing
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Networking
SATURDAY ROOM 2
9:00am – 10:00am
Carol Abrahamson/ Create the Right Book to Grow Your Business
10:00am – 11:00am
Written but not published panel
Scott Channell, Rae Francouer, Susan Oleksiw
11:00am – 12:00pm
Edie Clark
Using Videos to Amplify Your Reach and Impact
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Jennia D’Lima
Finding your audience, promoting your book
2:00pm – 3:00pm
PANEL: How to Pitch to a Publisher-Eddie Vincent, Dede Cummings, Samantha Kolber, Kim MacQueen, Deidre Randall
3:00pm – 4:00pm
PANEL: Leveraging Your Publishing Relationship-Charlotte Pierce/Pierce Press; Connie Taylor/Fathom Books; Tara Alemany/Emerald Lake
About the Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE)
The Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE) is an organization of professionals, authors, and companies who collaborate to help each other learn and succeed in the independent book publishing field.