Indie Author Fringe October 2017: AGENDA

Join us on October 14th at 10 am (Frankfurt time) for the third in 2017's three Indie Author Fringe online conferences featuring 24-hours of non-stop expert speakers from all over the world.

Then join the speakers after their sessions at the Speaker and Sponsor Hangout where you put them in the Hot Seat to ask any questions you might have, or leave your feedback or questions in the comments section of their session.

Click on any of these links after their allotted time to view the session, or just visit our home page at any point during the Indie Author Fringe Conference to catch up on all the sessions that have already been published.

Session links below will become active at the allotted time–you will reach an error page if you click on a session link before it goes live.

THE PROFITABLE INFLUENCER: REVENUE STREAMS TO GROW YOUR PUBLISHING BUSINESS

Because only a small percentage of authors earn a living from their books, most need to develop additional revenue streams. In this content-rich presentation, Stephanie Chandler shares real-world examples and strategies for adding lucrative revenue streams to your author/publisher business.

Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been an author for many years, this presentation is jam packed with powerful methods for growing your author business in ways you haven’t yet imagined!

PAYMENTS TO AUTHORS: PAST CAMPAIGNS & FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

Novelist, poet and playwright Maureen Duffy, who has been at the forefront of international campaigns for authors’ rights for decades, in conversation with Barbara Hayes, of Public Lending Right (PLR) International and Deputy CEO of the UK Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS). Their wide-ranging discussion takes in the value of intellectual property, how campaigns of the past were won and the future for micro-payments to authors on a global scale.

IS FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR INDIE AUTHOR FRIENDLY?

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important international trade fair for content where the international publishing and media industry is at its most diverse and international. But how useful is it to self-publishers? How does an indie author sell rights to foreign buyers at a fair like Frankfurt? How useful is Frankfurt Book Fair's International Author & Self-Publishing Programme? Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives and Frankfurt Bookfair Show Daily, has the answers.

BUSINESS FOR AUTHORS: HOW TO BE AN AUTHOR-ENTREPRENEUR

Inspirational indie and renowned writing and business advisor, Joanna Penn, is interviewed by Sukhi Jutla, of The Author Entrepreneurs, about what it takes to succeed in the books business. Hint: it starts with an indie mindset and a business plan. Authorship provides “a viable business in this age of global and digital opportunity,” says Penn, explaining the step-by-step process that will move you from being an author to running a successful author business, as quickly and easily as possible.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN THE BUSINESS OF BOOKS?

Between them, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have almost a century's experience in books and a multilayered, international publishing and book-selling empire. Kris's “Business Musings” each Friday and Dean's “How To Think Like A Publisher” are legendary among self-publishers. In this wide-ranging and inspiring interview, they talk about what it takes to make a life and a living in books, including their latest venture, running three physical bookstores.

SELF-PUBLISHING 3.0: THE FUTURE FOR INDIE AUTHORS

If the opportunities of new technologies like the blockchain are realized, we could see authors at the beginning and not the end of the payment chain in publishing, for the first time in history. David Penny interviews Ted Nelson, whose Xanadu project was the forerunner of the WorldWideWeb and who has, since the 1960s, been analysing what's necessary to democratise information and empower content creators. This session also includes a copy of ALLi's campaign manual, “Blockchain For Books.”

HOW TO BE A PART-TIME AUTHOR AND GET FULL-TIME RESULTS

Are you an author stuck working a 9-5? In this session for beginning authors, Michael and Jay will show you how you can thrive as a part-time author, even if you have a full-time job. In this info-packed session, you’ll learn how to create writing systems that produce consistent words day after day, the right tools to make the most of your limited time, and how to develop a support system to keep you going during the hard times. Even if you only have just a few minutes a day to write your next novel, you’ll walk away from this session with the strategies to help you write better, write faster, and build the foundation for your self-publishing business in record time.

Session links below will become active at the allotted time–you will reach an error page if you click on a session link before it goes live.

Orna Ross

Stephanie Chandler

Tara R. Alemany

Kerry Gardiner

Barbara Hayes & Maureen Duffy

Kinga Jentetics

Mark Dawson

John Doppler

Andy Bromley

Orna Ross

Porter Anderson

Joanna Penn & Sukhi Jutla

Adam Croft

Dave Chesson

Kristin Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith

Tim Lewis

Ted Nelson & David Penny

Donna Galanti

Debbie Young

Michael Alvear

Orna Ross, Kinga Jentetics & Andy Bromley

Jay Artale

Ian Sutherland

James P. Sumner

Jay Artale & Michael La Ronn

Orna Ross