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March 9th, 2011 | Author: admin
Getting to talk to an agent or an acquisition editor is a valuable experience.
What does an agent do? What does an acquisition editor do?
An agent represents the author. Agent earns his/her commission when he/she lands a publisher for the author. An acquisition editor buy authors’ works for the publisher he/she works for; publisher offers the author a contract (publisher buys/author sells the rights to publish); agent gets his/her 15% commission.
“Meet the Agents and Acquisition Editors” a signature event of Women’s National Book Association (WNBA-SF Chapter)
Saturday, March 26th, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Space is limited (we sold out last year) – register by March 15th, 2011
Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2, San Francisco
$50 WNBA member, $65 non-member, or $75 at the door
8:00 to 9:00 am Bonus: Coffee and “How to Pitch Training” included from 8:00 to 9:00 am.
Coaches Teresa LeYung Ryan, Mary E. Knippel and Tanya Egan Gibson will help you with your pitches.
Coach Teresa’s examples of pitches from last year’s event: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/2-more-examples-on-how-to-pitch-to-agents-acquisition-editors-publishers-at-wnbas-signature-event/
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Saturday March 26, 2011 You’ll get a chance to meet:
Amy Burkhardt of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Brooke Warner is Senior Editor at Seal Press
Elizabeth Pomada is a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents
Georgia Hughes is editorial director at New World Library
Gordon Warnock is a Senior Agent with Andrea Hurst Literary Management
Jeanette Perez, Senior Editor, acquires for the HarperOne imprint based in San Francisco after six years at Harper Perennial.
Jennifer Joseph publisher and editor of Manic D Press
Laurie McLean is an agent at Larsen-Pomada Literary
Michael Larsen is a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents
Peter Beren
Bios, more info, registration: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/
New this year!
Keynote Luncheon – 12:30 – $30.00 – Menu selections on WNBA website.
WNBA author Zoe FitzGerald Carter will share her journey to the publication of her memoir, Imperfect Endings, recently optioned for film. Join us for lunch and rub elbows with agents and acquisition editors.
Note: Must be registered to attend
See you there! Tell your writer-friends.
Sincerely,
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan
http://writingcoachteresa.com
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