IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL VISITORS & MEMBERS

As of 30th April 2010 all the content at PublishingAcademy will be made freely available to all authors and publishers looking for tips, advice and strategies for writing, getting published, selling books and making a full time living from writing books.

• If you’re currently paying a monthly membership fee, no further money will be taken after April.
• If you’re currently in your 30-day trial period, your access to all the content on the site will continue automatically.
• No new membership subscriptions will be taken from this point onwards.

We look forward to sharing more great content from our faculty of experts over the coming weeks and months but in the meantime, if you have a non-fiction book synopsis and are looking for a publisher, then read the guidelines here and if your book meets our requirements complete the form to get in touch. For 2010 we’re particularly interested in new books on NLP, Psychology, Sales and Persuasion.

Here’s To Your Success!

Debbie Jenkins and Joe Gregory
Publishing Academy

7 Secrets to Hooking a Literary Agent or Publisher… (Members Only)

Thursday 11th March from 13.00 GMT until 14.00 GMT

Founder of Oxford Literary Consultancy and Rich Writer Poor Writer, Former Assistant Director of Creative Writing at Oxford University and Literature Adviser for The Arts Council of England your host for this call is Stephanie Hale.

On this call you will:

• Learn how to create a sensational book pitch that stands out from the 500,000 others.
• Find out why most writers shoot themselves in both feet and don’t even know it.
• Learn what a literary agent does and why authors need one.
• Learn how to get literary agents clamoring for YOUR book… instead of sending you a round robin rejection..
• Understand why a bestselling title can make all the difference… and how to choose the right one.
• Discover why you need celebrity endorsements for your book… and how to quickly & easily get them.

This call will be highly interactive allowing you to get answers to your questions.

Book Now for Reminders and Call Info

Jo Parfitt interviews author and successful life coach, Arvind Devalia, about what was involved in writing his acclaimed book, Get The Life You Love and Live It. Learn more at www.arvinddevalia.com

Event: The Bestseller Secrets Seminar With publishing expert, Stephanie Hale, co-founder of The Millionaire Bootcamp for Women &  author of ‘Millionaire Women, Millionaire You’.
Where: Linton Lodge Hotel, Oxford, UK.
Time: 9am-7pm, Saturday 27th February, 2010
Tickets/info: http://www.richwriterpoorwriter.com/bestsellerseminar

The ticket price is £147, but Stephanie is offering all PA members an additional bonus of a 1-to-1 phone consultation worth £147.  That’s nearly £300 value for the ticket price of £147. Just email Stephanie when you make your booking to get your 1-to-1 phone consultation.

This year, Joe and I will be at the London Book Fair. So if you want to meet up, grab a coffee, or just say “Hi” let us know in the comments below.

Debs

DATES: 19th – 21st April 2010

Carolyn Vines is an award winning blogger and the author of Black and Abroad. In this second interview Jo Parfitt talks to Carolyn about the decision making processs she went through when choosing the right route to getting her book published. You can find out more about the book at www.blackandabroad.com