GET READY FOR SUMMIT 6: NASHVILLE, JULY 24-26

SCHEDULE

SPEAKERS

VENDORS

ILLUSTRATORS

PITCHES

PITCHES & 
CONSULTS

This year, the pitch meetings will be happening during the Brunch Event, Sunday, 10AM - 3PM in a "bullpen" format. Each person or company that you want to pitch or consult with will have their own station - once you enter the bullpen, you'll be able to sit with anyone you'd like to for the specified amount of time, on a first-come-first-served basis. 
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DISTRIBUTION PITCH

APG Sales & Distribution

APG is a Nashville-based book distributor with ties to Ingram, Amazon Vendor Central, Barnes & Noble, Target and other retailers and catalogs. Pitch them your book for a chance to have them represent you and increase your sales. 

Time Limit: 5 minutes

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SCHOOL CATALOG PITCH

Kids Read Now

Kids Read Now is a popular catalog that gets sent to hundreds of thousands of students, selling millions of units of book, primarily to kids from economically disadvantaged families. If they accept your book into their catalog, you'll receive royalties on each sale without paying anything or giving up any creative rights.

NOTE: Due to travel difficulties, KRN representatives will be present via Zoom

Time Limit: 5 minutes

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LITERARY PITCH

Karen Kilpatrick

Interested in exploring opportunities for traditionally publishing your next manuscript, or maybe selling your existing book to a larger publisher? Pitch to Karen Kilpatrick - professional literary agent with direct contacts to major publishing companies. 

NOTE: Due to travel difficulties, Karen will be present via Zoom

Time Limit: 5 minutes

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AMAZON AD CONSULT

Jay Miletsky

Are your Amazon ads not effective? There could be any number of reasons why - we'll try to come up with some solutions and help improve your add results during this one-one one, personal consultation. 

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONSULT

Rob Bertman

Budgeting expert Rob Bertman will review your finances with you and give you personalized tips for budgeting your money more effectively so you can affors to publish your books with less strain and stress. 

NOTE: Rob will be leaving the event at noon, so please plan to meet with him prior to this

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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LESSON PLANS CONSULT

Sarah Mumm

How can you best create lesson plans for your book, that teachers will want to adopt and use in thier classrooms? Lesson plan expert Sarah Mumm will give you personalized suggestions for creating the tools that teachers and school districts are anxious to adopt. 

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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PROTECTING YOUR IP CONSULT

Vincent Peppe

Intellectual property attorney, Vincent Peppe, will be on-hand to review your needs and provide a road map for legally protecting your books and brand through copyrights, trademarks and other legal tools you need to have in place prior to publishing. 

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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MANUSCRIPT REVIEW 

Timothy Young

Bring your manuscript. A quick read is usually all it takes to get honest feedback on your book's sales potential, along with suggestions for improving your story before you make a large investment in printing and marketing.

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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BRAND AND WEB REVIEW

Yobe Qiu

Is your website and brand all that it can be? Are they doing their best to generate interest in your books and increase audience recall, retention and sales? Brand expert Yobe Qiu will review your brand and website with you, and give you suggestions for improving both. 

Time Limit: 10 minutes

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PRINTING CONSULT

Miriam Pinedo (IAPC)

Miriam Pinedo from IAPC will be present to look over your book with you, and give you guidance for how to best get your books printed, how much printing may cost you, and how printing your book in bulk may be able to help you reach profitability.,

Time Limit: 10 minutes