Saturday, May 16, 2020

What Not To Do: Book Marketing Experiments

Join author Warren Martin at a free, interactive online workshop from 10 a.m. to noon, June 6, and learn about his personal book marketing experiences, as well as those of other participants.

The St. Louis Writers Guild, in cooperation with the St. Louis Publishers Association (SLPA), hosts the event.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81366509311
Meeting ID: 813 6650 9311
Or call in: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

The intent of the workshop is to share methods that work, don’t work, and what it entails to pursue different levels of book marketing. Participants will meet in breakout groups to discuss success and failures related their individual book marketing experiences. The groups will then share their discoveries with the entire workshop. The era of COVID-19 has also provided some unique challenges to book marketing and sales, and will also be a topic of discussion.

Warren Martin is the current SLPA president. He often jokes and tells people that he doesn’t know what he wants to do when he grows up, and hence dived into writing late in life. After a 21-year career in the Army, Warren transitioned into business operations and later business ownership. During recent years he focused on academic pursuits, writing, and supporting various organizations. Warren has earned an MBA, and a PhD. in business and organizational leadership. He currently teaches business and leadership-related courses for Norwich University and Bryan University.

As a grandparent of two boys, ages seven and three, Warren makes grandparenting his primary focus. It has also developed into his latest project, a children’s book series called “Adventures with Pop Pop” based on actual adventures. Warren’s debut novel was a Cold War prisoner-of-war historical fiction, Forgotten Soldiers: What Happened to Jacob Walden. The first installment of his mystery/thriller short story series is “Till the Cows Come Home.” http://www.warrenmartinbooks.com/

Learn more about the St. Louis Writers Guild at www.stlwritersguild.org and about the St. Louis Publishers Association at www.stlouispublishers.org.