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IPA BookCAMP 2025 Tickets
Secure your ticket to IPA BookCAMP 2025 and gain access to a wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities within the publishing industry.
Join us at BookCAMP 2025 to immerse yourself in practical insights and connections with other publishing professionals that can elevate your book publishing programs and boost your book sales.
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​Be an attendee, get an ALL SESSIONS PASS
The BookCAMP 2025 event is a three day event (May 2nd-4th) where independent authors,
publishers, industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.
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BookCAMP 2025 will help indie authors & publishers market, publicize, meet with other publishers & authors, make literary agents available, social media strategies, finding out best ways to see if your book is ready for the big screen (Book to film adaption), direct on how to get your books into Costco, Target, and other big box stores, among a myriad of topics. Sign up today!
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​​​BookCAMP DAY ONE is SMALL PRESS, Poets & Writers DAY:​ ​Friday, May 2nd, Focus on Sales, Marketing, Publicity
1pm Welcome
1pm Get the Most Out of the Show
1:10pm Bestseller Marketing Tips & Strategies
1:45pm Book Series Building for any Genre
2:15pm Coffee Break / Snacks included
2:30pm Publicity / Marketing / Book Business Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing; Author becomes Publisher; Publisher becomes Author,the "must-haves" and "must-dos"
3:10pm Branding and Outreach: The Secret Life of A Writer /
Radio, Podcast, Video, email
3:40pm How To Develop An Affordable Book Marketing Plan
4:00pm Meet the Experts
4:30 pm Streaming Channels Opportunities & National Media
5:00pm "40 Under Forty in Publishing" ceremony
BookCAMP DAY ONE Continued:​ ​Friday, May 2nd, Fun and Networking
5:30pm Wine Tasting (Sponsored by Wineries) Hors d'oeuvres served
6:00pm Networking event
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​​​BookCAMP DAY TWO: Saturday, May 3rd, Focus on Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Literary Agents, Libraries
10:30am Meet one-on-one with a personalized publishing expert
Need personalized attention? Meet with an expert that can help your particular publishing challenge or specific need. Need a new book cover? new printer? marketing? publicity? specific questions answered?, here is your chance.
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11:30am Audiobooks / Podcasting with Becky Parker Geist
Wondering how to use podcasts to help you build your platform and expand your marketing reach? Whether you want to be a guest or start your own podcast, this presentation will provide the key things you need to know. Podcasting has become one of the best ways to build audiences and communities around specific topics. But how do you jump in? Join us for top tips on leveraging podcasting as part of your overall marketing strategy.​
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Noon: Lunch
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12:30pm Keynote Speaker Mara Anastas, MUSE (former publisher at Simon & Schuster) / Welcome/ State of the Industry
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1:00 "Book to Screen" (steps one can take to get their book to the movie studio) with Eddie Garmarra and Actress Kate Orsini
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1:00pm GAB TALKS Interviews for BookCAMP attendees included, sign-up required​
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1:40: Reaching a Global Audience: What You Need to Know about Rights Licensing
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2:10pm Social Media, how an indie author went from one follower to 90,000 Instagram followers
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2:40pm Book Discoverability: Consultants, Agents & Publishers
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3:10pm Coffee Break
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3:30pm Press Releases, local and national tactics. Learn how public libraries and Independent Bookstores discover and acquire books,and how individual authors can engage and partner with them.
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3:30pm Meet your fellow author
3:30pm Meet the Experts
4:00pm 90-Day Book Marketing Plan and using an Artificial Intelligence Assistant to create in seconds
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4:30pm Keynote Speaker: Past presidential candidate on Artificial Intelligence
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6:00pm Awards Reception and Awards Photos
7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the
Garden State Ballroom​​
More award photos on the red carpet​
Podcasting with
Becky Parker Geist, President of BAIPA, ProAudio Voices
Reaching a Global Audience: What You Need to Know about Rights Licensing by Lindsay Jones, CEO
90-Day Book Marketing Plan and using Artificial Intelligence by Julie Trestad
We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs.
This year we will host attendees for our
Independent Press Award /
NYC Big Book Award
awards reception, ceremony & dinner on May 3, 2025.
A separate ticket is required:
https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner
6:00pm Reception and Awards Photos
7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the Garden State Ballroom
​​BookCAMP DAY THREE: Sunday, May 4th, Focus on logistics, selling to Costco,
Target, Big Box stores, etc.
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9:30am BookCAMP Continential Breakfast
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9:45am Keynote Speaker
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10:00am The Unconventional Marketing Mindset Shift presented by Aryn Van Dyke, Book Rockstar
Session: Most authors aren't aware that there is one major roadblock impacting their marketing strategy: mindset. By adjusting the mindset around marketing, authors can more clearly adjust their expectations, tackle relevant marketing strategies with more confidence, and have clarity on what it takes to make their book(s) successful.
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10:45am Nontraditional Bookselling / Big Box Stores
Session: Among a myriad of topics, Brian Jud will direct on how to get books sold into Costco, Target, and other big box stores, along with specialty markets, park assoc. et. al.
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11:30am Contract Law: Copyright Overview & Trademarks
Session: Overview on copyright law, and trademarks.
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11:55am Closing remarks
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12pm Raffle and door prizes for attendees​​​
Register now! Or for Sponsorship Opportunities,
Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com or (718) 938-4590.
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Book Camp 2025 is independent authors, publishers and industry providers meeting, networking,
learning and more. Gain knowledge, find resources, discuss book strategies and solutions, and more.
The event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to
help your publishing process along! Plus, networking opportunities!!
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