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SELF-PUBLISHING Workshop Seminar

offered by The Invisible Cities Network

WHO IS IT FOR?

This 7-hour workshop is designed for all those wishing to gain skills and knowledge of the publishing process.


OBJECTIVES
  • Network with colleagues
  • Formulate a clear idea of one's personal book format
  • Gain a basic understanding of the technical requirements and bureaucratic procedures involved in book production
VENUE

1192 Egan Street, Verdun, H4H 1W7. Green line, Metro Jolicoeur, Bus 37, Direction Vendome (two stops) Bus 112, Direction Airlie (three stops).

FEE: $75.00 (lunch and 82-page workbook included) Maximum: 5 participants each session

  • Book Genre: initial concept and preparation
  • Identity, trade logos
  • Industry standard (DTP) Desk Top Publishing software
  • Principles of cover, page and book design, thumbnail sketches
  • Size, type, quality of paper
  • How to handle illustrations, photographs, etc.
  • Methods of book binding,
  • Finding a suitable printer
  • Typical print runs, composing printer specifications, dealing with printers
  • Typical price schedules for standard book formats
  • Pitfalls of the printing process
  • Audiotape and CD production, audiobooks
  • Acquisition of ISBNs and Barcodes
  • Copyright issues
  • Official book title registration,
  • Cataloguing in Publication Data,
  • Legal Deposit requirements
  • Advance information sheets and press releases
  • Personal or commercial distribution
  • Getting your book into the bookshops
  • Book launches

NEXT SELF-PUBLISHING WORKSHOPS

Saturday, 24 June, 2006
9.15 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, 22 July, 2006
9.15 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, 19 August, 2006
9.15 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, 23 September, 2006
9.15 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, 21 October, 2006
9.15 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, 18 November, 2006

What people say about this course

FOR MORE INFO: Call 514-807-4171

T0 REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP
Please send a cheque for $75.00 made out to CHRISTINA MANOLESCU to be mailed to 1192 Egan Street, Verdun, H4H 1W7. When? 10 days before the next scheduled session

For more info and to view a map of the location of the venue, please go to:

arrow http://www.princechameleon.com/tiki-index.php?page=Self-publishing_Workshops

Download the course flyer: http://www.invisiblecitiesnetwork.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=11


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