Join us at the conference: May 2-4, 2025!

REGISTER HERE

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Be an attendee, get an ALL SESSIONS PASS

The BookCAMP 2025 event is a three day event (May 2nd-4th) where independent authors,

publishers, industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.

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BookCAMP 2025 will help indie authors & publishers market, publicize, meet with other publishers & authors, make literary agents available, audiobooks and its impact on print books, direct on how to get your books into Costco, Target, and other big box stores, among a myriad of topics.

 

We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs.  This year we will host attendees for our Independent Press Award / NYC Big Book Award awards ceremony & dinner at BookCAMP 2025 on May 3, 2025. The BookCAMP 2025 grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, which addresses authors and publishers' business challenges of book publishing. 

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Sign up today!

LAST YEAR's Schedule (New one posted by August 30th):

will include getting your book ready to be adapted for a movie, as well as 

artificial intelligence use in creating and marketing books.

Sunday, Focus on Sales, Marketing, Publicity 

1pm Welcome

1:15pm Get the Most Out of the Show, Sponsored by ACX

1:30pm Bestseller Book Marketing Tips & Strategies 

1:50pm Authors, Don't make These 8 Marketing Mistakes 

2:15pm Coffee Break 

2:30pm Publicity / Marketing / Book Business  

             Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing 

3:10pm How To Develop An Affordable Book Marketing Plan  

3:45pm Streaming Initiative via ROKU

3:45pm Meet the Experts

5:00pm "40 Under Forty in Publishing" ceremony

5:30pm Wine Tasting with Michael C. Higgins 

Sponsored by Folktale Group, LLC. and Albatross Ridge Wineries

6:00pm Networking event

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Monday,  

Focus on Audio, libraries, literary agents

10:45am Write Your Way…with Morgan/Pitching companion pieces 

11:15am Podcasting with Michele Cobb 

Noon: Lunch 

12:30pm Keynote Speaker / Welcome/ State of Audio 

1:00pm GAB TALKS Interviews on the Upper Terrace

1:15pm Independent Bookstores 

2:00pm Learn how public libraries discover and acquire books,

and how individual authors can engage and partner with them. 

2:45pm Writers' Circles Improve Individual Member Success 

3:10pm Coffee Break

3:00pm Meet your fellow author  

3:30pm Literary Agents / Meet with Literary Agent

3:45pm Meet the Experts 

4:45pm Second Keynote Speaker / All Day wrap-up 

6:00pm Awards Photos & GAB TALKS Interviews on the Upper Terrace 

7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the Garden State Ballroom

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Tuesday, Focus on logistics, selling to Costco, Target,

Big Box stores, etc.

9:00am BookCAMP Group Breakfast 

9:45am Keynote Speaker 

10:15am Nontraditional Bookselling / Big Box Stores 

12pm Close out / Raffle and door prizes for attendees

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Register now!

Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or (718) 938-4590.

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Book Camp 2025 is independent authors, publishers and industry providers meeting, networking,

learning and more. Strategies on marketing to Independent Bookstores, Librarians, Special Sales

Venues or get a Literary Agent for your first or next book. Learn benefits of starting a writers circle.

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Gain knowledge, find resources, discuss book strategies and solutions, and more.

The event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to

help your publishing process along! Plus, networking opportunities!!

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