Program - VABook! 2006

Publishing Day and Vendors Book Fair

Saturday, March 25
9AM - 5PM
Omni Charlottesville Hotel Atrium and Meeting Rooms
235 W. Main Street, Downtown Mall, Charlottesville

This year's Publishing Day will focus on evolving models of how books are being written, chosen and produced. Panels listed below.

A Vendors Fair will take place in the hotel atrium amid two major streams of programming: Crime Wave mystery and suspense events and Publishing Day events for aspiring and rising authors. More than 30 vendors will be on site.

Saturday, March 25

Pub Day Plenary
A survey of publishing today, with Nick Weir Williams (publisher, consultant, and author of the Encyclopedia Idiotica)
9 a.m., Omni Hotel Ballroom A

From Manuscript to Cash Register: Publishing Panel
What really happens to a book once a manuscript is chosen? What decisions inform how it will be marketed and sold? With agent Simon Lipskar, W.W. Norton editor-in-chief Starling Lawrence, VP & Associate Publisher of P.G. Penguin Catharine Lynch, and bookseller Robert Gray. Moderated by Bella Stander.
10 a.m., Omni Hotel Ballroom A

Who’s Reading and How? Publishing Panel
Identifying who exactly is the reading public, what's changing, and how technology is influencing the way people read. With Ron Hogan (Beatrice.com), David Kipen (NEA Director of Literature), David Montgomery (reviewer, Chicago Sun Times), and Gene Schwartz (ForeWord magazine). Moderated by Carol Fitzgerald (thebookreportnetwork.com)
Noon. Omni Hotel Ballroom A

Plotting Your Career: Publishing Panel
You crafted your book's plot with care, why stop there? Three authors and a literary agent tell you how to write the rest of your publishing success story, with Lynn Isenberg (The Funeral Planner), Julian Rubinstein (The Whiskey Robber), N. M. Kelby (Whale Season) and agent Jeff Kleinman. Moderated by Bella Stander.
Noon. Omni Hotel Preston Room

Buzz Your Book: Publishing Panel
Bring your books up to the "brainstorm table" and author M.J. Rose will select books and strategize publicity for them. Learn by listening to others' strategies--and maybe glean tips for your own.
2 p.m., Omni Hotel Preston Room

Careers in Publishing: A Panel
With agent James Fitzgerald, acquisitions editor Boyd Zenner (UVa Press), editor Mary Ann Hall (Rockport Publishers), book designer Mayapriya Long (Bookwrights), and Nick Weir Williams (publisher, consultant). Moderated by Brandy Savarese.
2 p.m., Gravity Lounge

Agents Roundtable
With Faith Childs (Faith Childs Literary Agency), Deborah C. Grosvenor (Grosvenor Literary Agency), Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management), and Simon Lipskar (Writers House). Moderated by Robert Friedman.
4 p.m., Omni Hotel Ballroom BC

Landing Your First Children's Book Deal
Picture book authors Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (Tightrope Poppy), Jennifer Elvgren (Josias, Hold the Book), and Mara Rockliff (Pieces of Another World) give the inside scoop on breaking into children's publishing.
4 p.m., Charlottesville Ice Park

Scholarly Publishing in the Popular Realm: Merging Academic and "Big Bookstore" Publishing Dreams
Carole Sargent, Ph.D., founder of the consulting agency, A Word in Time, offers information on how to open doors at the best literary agencies and with elegant trade publishers.
4 p.m., UVa Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library Auditorium
NOTE: This event is NOT within easy walking distance of other Publishing Day events.

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