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SUMMARY:South Lancashire Group: Workshop with Ian Skillicorn
DESCRIPTION:Join the South Lancashire Group on Thursday 25 June at 1.30pm for a workshop with Ian Skillicorn on selling your books! \nWe will meet at the Community Room at Wigan Library\, Life Centre\, The Wiend\, Wigan WN1 1NH. \nThis in-person workshop is aimed at authors who are considering or already independently publishing their work (either new titles or reissuing backlists) as ebooks and print-on-demand\, with a focus on selling via Amazon. \nThe session will cover crucial points including: \n\nMaximising your Amazon product page (keywords\, blurb and cover)\nResearching your competition\nOnline advertising (Amazon ads\, Facebook and X)\nOff-line advertising\nEmail marketing\nGetting reviews\nWhen using AI can help\n\nThere will be a chance to ask questions after the presentation. \nIan’s publishing imprint\, Wyndham Books\, has published many bestsellers in the US\, UK and Australia\, with total sales approaching one million copies. He rediscovered and republished the family saga Hardacre by C L Skelton\, now broadcast on television as The Hardacres around the world\, and on Channel 5 in the UK. Ian’s work has been featured in the press\, most recently in the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Express. He is a frequent speaker at writing groups and conferences\, including for the Society of Authors\, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists\, and the Romantic Novelists’ Association. He is a member of the Society of Authors\, the Translators’ Association and the Chartered Institute of Linguists. \nAll members welcome from the surrounding area! \nTo attend the meeting\, click the Going button below and fill out the RSVP form. If you do not receive a confirmation email\, or have trouble signing up\, please contact localgroups@societyofauthors.org.
URL:https://societyofauthors.org/event/south-lancashire-group-workshop-with-ian-skillicorn-250626/
LOCATION:Wigan Library\, Wigan Library\, Life Centre\, The Wiend\, Wigan\, WN1 1NH\, United Kingdom
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