Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for a virtual panel discussion on the secrets and surprises of the publishing industry. Seasoned professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds and roles share what they wish they’d known early in their careers and offer insider tips for success. Andrew Karre is senior executive editor at Dutton Books, an imprint of… Read More →
Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for a virtual lesson on how to make your InDesign files accessible from the beginning of your project. Learn how and why to implement accessibility features such as alt text, navigation landmarks, bookmarks, hyperlinks, file metadata, and HTML export tags. This discussion will also include an overview of best practices in… Read More →
Join the Minnesota Book Publishers roundtable for a virtual panel discussing the current state of AI in the publishing industry. This webinar gathers a group of local professionals with a variety of jobs across the industry who are working to figure out how and where to integrate AI into their workflows while avoiding the challenges… Read More →
Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for our season-ending in-person panel discussing book distribution. As books travel from publisher to consumer, the decisions a business makes to navigate this journey are critical to a book’s visibility and ultimate success in the trade and the title’s financial well-being. With options ranging from traditional full-service trade distribution to wholesale… Read More →
Should I be leveraging booktok in my marketing strategy?
The simple answer is yes. At MBPR, we've put together an amazing panel to discuss this very question. You will walk away with new insights and be able to answer these questions:
What is booktok? How do I get a book booktokked? What difference could booktok make in my marketing?
You'll also have time to network with other industry professionals. Join us for what is sure to be an enlightening event.
This event is presented in partnership with the Professional Editors Network (PEN), www.pensite.org. Join MBPR and PEN in welcoming Russell Harper, principal reviser of The Chicago Manual of Style, for a discussion of the 18th edition! Harper will detail decisions behind some of the more significant changes in the new edition. This in-person event will also include… Read More →
Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for a virtual panel discussing why business savvy matters in creative roles. In the ever-evolving landscape of publishing, success requires more than just creative vision—it demands a solid understanding of the business world. This engaging webinar brings together a panel of experts from the book publishing industry to explore… Read More →
The Professional Editors Network and the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable are coming together for another joint happy hour! Whether you’re working in-house or freelance or are just interested in the publishing industry, join us at Lake Monster Brewing in St. Paul to socialize and network. We welcome editors, proofreaders, publishers, writers, agents, indexers, marketers, designers, illustrators, production managers, and anyone else in… Read More →
Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for our final in-person panel of the year. We've convened booksellers from our most dynamic community-oriented bookstores, including Big Hill Books, Milkweed, Black Garnet Books, and Wild Rumpus, to share their perspectives on supporting the diverse reading communities upon which all our work depends. Discussion topics include: The place of bookstores in Minnesota's… Read More →
The Professional Editors Network and the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable are coming together for another joint happy hour! Whether you’re working in-house or freelance or are just interested in the publishing industry, join us at Cream & Amber in Hopkins to socialize and network. We welcome editors, proofreaders, publishers, writers, agents, indexers, marketers, designers, illustrators, production managers, and anyone… Read More →
How will people find this book? To whom should we pitch it? When do we need to launch the campaign? What can small press publicity teams do to amplify their impact? These questions are just a few of the many that small press publicity, marketing, and sales teams ask every day. With small budgets and… Read More →
Book marketing is ever evolving, and book discoverability online is one of the most critical areas marketers and publishers need to pay attention to. In this webinar panel, we will discuss: What makes books show up in online searches? What does and doesn’t work for keywords? How can AI be used to optimize metadata? What… Read More →
