The Copyright Clearance Center Presents: Self-publishing with Matthew Cavnar, Jenny Pedroza, Mark Coker, M.J. Rose and moderator Christopher Kenneally
Saturday, Nov. 17, 4:30 p.m., Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Matthew Cavnar
Matthew Cavnar is the VP of Business Development at Vook where he extends Vook's cloud-based ePublishing platform to content holders everywhere. At Vook, Matthew has produced the award-winning JFK:50 Days enhanced eBook with NBC and Perseus, Unleashing the Super IdeaVirus with Seth Godin, Winning the Zero Moment of Truth/ with Google, as well as a variety of eBook projects for Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Harvard Business Review, Franklin Covey, HayHouse and Hachette.
Jenny Pedroza
Jenny Pedroza is one of the founders of an online reading and writing community The Writer's Coffee Shop, the original publisher of the blockbuster trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey.
Mark Coker
Mark Coker founded Smashwords in 2008 to change the way books are published, marketed and sold. In the four years since its launch, Smashwords has grown to become the leading ebook distributor serving indie authors, small presses and literary agents, and publishing 45,000 authors from around the world distributing more than 130,000 books. Smashwords success has garnered much press: In June 2010, The Wall Street Journal named Mark one of the "Eight Stars of Self-Publishing." In March 2012, MediaBistro named Mark one of the "Five Ebook Experts to Watch." In June 2012, Forbes profiled Mark in feature story titled, “Apple's Biggest (Unknown) Supplier of E-Books.”
M.J. Rose
M.J. Rose’s, The Book of Lost Fragrances: A Novel of Suspense (Atria Books, $24.00) infuses exotic scents into her latest mystery. Jac is the heir to a storied French perfume company. When her brother hints at a remarkable discovery in the family archives and goes missing—leaving a dead body in his wake—Jac is plunged into danger. Her quest for the ancient perfume someone is willing to kill for becomes the key to understanding Jac’s own troubled past. “Once you catch a whiff, you will be enchanted." –Associated Press. Rose is the bestselling author of twelve novels and three non-fiction books on marketing.
Christopher Kenneally
Christopher Kenneally is Director of Author Relations for the Copyright Clearance Center, where he is responsible for organizing and hosting programs that address the business needs of authors and publishers of all backgrounds and sizes. As a freelance journalist, Christopher Kenneally reported over many years on education, business, travel, culture and technology for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and The Independent of London.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
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