I reached out to graduating project managers Grace Hansen, Cole Bowman, and Bailey Potter who oversaw the successful launch events for LAUREL EVERYWHERE, FAULTLAND, and FINDING THE VEIN, respectively. I asked each of them about advice for planning future virtual events. Within a few hours, I had struck gold. Synthesized below are their replies and some guidance to get started when it is time to plan a celebration of your new book.
Relationships
Marketing Romance Through the Ages
By Mary Williams
One word: Fabio
Nurturing Key Relationships in Publishing
By Courtney Young @courtlbunny
On the publishing side of business, communicative relationships can determine the success of book sales, the continuing care for an author, future partnering decisions, and much more. Nurturing the relationship that is forged between author and editor, publisher and reviewer, and so forth is important as these forces are what can help you, not just in the moment, but in the future as well.
Tips for Creating a Beneficial Author-Editor Relationship
By Julie Collins
Make the effort to form relationships with people you can trust who will challenge you. The gain is well worth the effort.
How Are the Most Beautiful Books in the World Created?
By Maki Takase @mtakase
Beep-beep-beep, tap-tap, tap-tap—the typing and printing sounds echo in a small office that looks like a paper cave. A man in a medical-doctor-like white robe devotes himself to his work. He moves to a room equipped with a large industrial printing machine and checks paper came from it. Then he crams a pile of book samples in a suitcase and leaves the office for a trip to New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Qatar to meet his clients.
Till Death Do Us Part
By Jordana Beh
I got married one week before I started Ooligan’s graduate program. Needless to say, the reveling in my bridal bliss was cut short when I started to juggle work and school and a new—gasp!—husband. A couple weeks ago we celebrated our first six months, and I realized that I have made these past six months […]