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Special Events
"The Editor Will See You Now." The First Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Slam "The Editor Will See You Now." Saturday, September 19, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Every Writer's Digest Conference attendee will get a 15-minute appointment with our team of editors from Writer's Digest, or one of our other expert writing editors, to discuss a book proposal or idea, query letter, or get impressions on an already published book. You'll get immediate feedback, suggestions for your next steps and you'll come away with the information you need to succeed in the publishing world. We are no longer accepting entries for the one-on-one agent meeting. All attendees who registered and submitted a query, proposal, or self-published book by September 1 are being considered. All other attendees will still receive the one-on-one editor meeting. This opportunity to meet with an agent is only available to writers who registered and submitted materials to the Writer’s Digest office by September 1. The First Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Slam Join us for a fun, FREE offsite event. Get to know your fellow attendees and speakers in an informal atmosphere, and win prizes if you're brave enough to enter the poetry slam! Open to all attendees, panelists, editors and agents associated with the Writers Conference, free of charge, at the Bowery Poetry Club! The Details: 1. Three competitive rounds of poetry reading Round One: Round Two: Round Three: The Host: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez works in publishing by day, world domination by night. He
Breakfast with the Stars
Saturday, September 19 at 7:00 am Websites and Blogs Every Writer Should Be Reading Jane Friedman tells you which websites and blogs every writer should be reading on a regular basis. See if your favorites make the list.
Author Al Katkowsky, reveals how he took his idea, Question Of The Day, from a simple group activity to a published book, and then turned it into an App for the iPhone, where it is still in the Top 50 in the Book category of over 8,000 Apps.
File Under Relevance: A New Tool for Authors Peter Clifton, president and CEO of FiledBy.com, explains how you can take advantage of his new website which offers custom web pages for 1.8 million published authors with an active ISBN in the US or Canada.
Get "Schooled": How To Get on the College Lecture Circuit Author William Cane shows you how you can get on the college lecture circuit. When his book The Art of Kissing was published, he became a highly sought-after speaker on the college lecture circuit and, to date, he has spoken at more than 400 colleges and universities.
DRM Roll, Please: What is Digital Rights Management? Digital media consultant and publisher Kirk Biglione takes a look at Digital Rights Management (DRM) and explains what it is in non-technical terms. He'll also discuss the realities of digital media piracy and the impact that competing DRM systems are having on the development of the marketplace for ebooks.
Jane Friedman talks about how the online writing and publishing world has exploded with new opportunities to help you get published and get noticed by agents and editors. New community sites like WeBook and Authonomy put you in collaboration with other authors/writers to qualify the best stuff, and get noticed by talent seekers. Jane will share information about new and free digital publishing services that also give you exciting ways to create and share content across multiple devices (e.g., iPhone or Kindle), that can test your ideas or help promote you and your work. And best of all, no tech experience is required.
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was a member of the 1998 National Poetry Slam Champions, representing the Nuyorican Poets Café; founded and hosted the acclaimed a little bit louder reading series (now known as louderARTS); co-authored Burning Down the House (Soft Skull Press, 2000); and launched Spindle Magazine (spindlezine.com), an NYC-centric online literary journal. Guy writes about old and new media with a marketing slant at 
Jane Friedman is publisher and editorial director of the Writer’s Digest brand community at F+W Media in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she oversees Writer's Digest magazine, Writer’s Digest Books, and the Writer's Market series. Writer’s Digest is the world’s #1 resource and community for writers, and for more than 85 years has published the best selling annual reference guide, Writer’s Market. She is the author of The Beginning Writer’s Answer Book and maintains a blog on the industry, 
Al Katlowsky is a singer, songwriter, musician and voiceover artist. His experiences in promoting his book, Question Of The Day, have ranged from speed dating in Santa Monica, to an 8th Grade classroom in Brooklyn, to Apple Store events in New York and Los Angeles. His website is 
Peter Clifton has more than 25 years experience in the publishing, media and technology industries. Most recently, Peter was President and CEO of several Ingram Book Group companies including Ingram International, Ingram Library Services, Ingram Periodicals, and Tennessee Book Company. Prior to Ingram, he was the founding CEO of PubEasy.com, the book industry customer service and transaction portal. 
William Cane (whose pen name is Michael Christian) began his career innocently enough as a professor of English at Boston College, but that all changed when his book, The Art of Kissing, was published in 1991. In addition to his speaking engagements, he has appeared on almost every major television talk show, including Today, The View, and CBS' Early Morning program. Nominated "2001 Speaker of the Year" by the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA), his book, Write Like the Masters, will be published in October by Writer’s Digest.
Kirk Biglione is a digital media consultant and founding partner for Quartet Press, a digital publisher. You can find him posting and reporting regularly on Medialoper.com.
