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SUMMARY:How to Market Your Book | Workshop for Writers | Online via Zoom | $44
DESCRIPTION:You’ve poured your heart into your book—now it’s time to get it out into the world. But how?  \nWhether you have a new book\, one in progress\, or a past release that didn’t go as far as you hoped\, this 2-hour workshop led by author & entrepreneur Janisse Ray will offer tools\, strategies\, and mindset to find your readers. Janisse will share lessons she’s learned from over 25 years of promoting her books\, from traditionally to indie published. \nMarketing isn’t about gimmicks or degrees—it’s about showing up for your work and your readers. If you’re ready to move beyond myth\, that books sell themselves and that selling is not your job\, this workshop is for you. Start making real connections that drive real sales. Expect a high-energy session filled with actionable guidance\, a chance to ask questions\, and the inspiration to take charge of your book’s success. \nReserve your spot now.  \nGAIN ACCESS TO \n\nJanisse’s backdoor numbers\na structured marketing plan template\nan e-booklet of author insights\nbibliography of other resources\n\n—all designed to help your book succeed. \n~*~ \nCONSIDER THIS \n\nOver 650 million books sell each year.\nThe average amount spent yearly on reading is $113.\n60% of adults read at least one book in the past year.\nThe average reading time is at least 20 minutes a day.\nAdults over 75 read twice that long.\n\nYou don’t need a degree in marketing to get your book out into the world. You just need to get activated to show up for your work. \n~*~ \nThis is Janisse. I’ve been selling books for over 25 years. I’ve written or edited over a dozen of them—some with a major publishing house\, some with small presses\, some independently. I’ve had publicists\, no publicists\, book tours\, no book tours\, big hotels\, a friend’s sofa. In every case\, the marketing that I myself did made the most difference. I’ll tell you why. Because I showed up for the book and for the people who love stories and who wanted to read it. \nWhere and how you market books has completely changed\, and I’ve made it my business to keep up. \nMarketing is fun. Marketing is chess.\nMarketing is community-building with your people.\nMarketing is finding your tribe. \nThis workshop is for \n\npublished authors\nwriters who want to publish\nwriters with a book under contract\nfolks in public relations\nfriends helping writer friends\n\nWHAT YOU GET \n\na multi-level approach to launching your book into the world\nJanisse’s father’s 7 Principles of Selling\nthe #1 secret to selling books\nways to tackle social media\nreasons to think about real-world markets\nhow to do events\nJanisse’s story\nsecrets she’s learned over the years\na chance to ask questions & get answers\na blank author interview (where everything starts)\na template for a marketing plan\nan e-book of insights\n\na receipt for the course to use in preparing your taxes\, if you claim writing income. \nMaybe you think you’re late to the game. \nMaybe you think that publicity is not the job of the writer. \nMaybe you thought that once you did the hard work of writing the book that you’d be done. \nMaybe somebody told you that selling is creepy. \nI’m telling you that you’re not too late. It is your job. You’re not done. And selling is an exchange that can be based on joy and pleasure. Lots of people helped me and I’d like to help you. I’ll tell you what I know. I’m not saying this is easy or that you won’t have to work hard. \nBut these marketing ideas work.\n~*~ \nFAQS \nHow many sessions are there? \nOne 2-hour session one evening \nIs the workshop recorded? \nYes\, the session is recorded and will be uploaded to a shared Google Drive. \nIf there are handouts\, how do I access them? \nThey will be loaded to a shared Google Drive. \nHow do I access the Drive? \nJanisse sends you a link to it. \nHow will I get the Zoom link? \nYou will receive it by email from Janisse directly after you register.  \nMay I be in contact with Janisse directly? \nYes\, please feel free to contact her either using the Contact Form on the website or at this email address\, wildfire1491@yahoo.com. \nBIO \nWriter Janisse Ray has earned a living from her work for 30 years and after many years as a starving artist now makes a 5-figure income. Her first book\, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood\, told the story of growing up on a junkyard in south Georgia amid endangered longleaf-pine flatwoods. The book sold well\, won awards\, and was named a New York Times Notable and a Book All Georgians Should Read. \nSince Ecology\, Janisse has published many books of literary nonfiction\, two collections of poetry\, and a short novel. Her collection of essays\, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonder in a World Beyond Humans\, was chosen by Pam Houston for the Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence\, which carried a $10K award. In 2024 Ray published Craft & Current: A Manual for Magical Writing. \nJanisse has won a Pushcart Prize\, an American Book Award\, and a Southern Environmental Law Center Writing Award\, among many others\, and has been inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. She has taught at the University of Mississippi\, Hollins University\, Florida Gulf Coast University\, Bread Loaf Environmental\, Orion Online\, and many more. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana\, where she returned to teach as the William Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer. Janisse lives and works on a historic farm an hour inland from Savannah\, Ga. She’s crazy about dark chocolate\, wildflowers\, blackwater rivers\, and the blues.
URL:https://janisseray.com/event/how-to-market-your-book-workshop-for-authors-online-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Mackey Keynote Reading | Beloit College | Beloit\, Wisconsin | Feb. 20 | 7:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:Janisse Ray–award-winning writer\, naturalist and environmental activist–is the 2025 Mackey Chair at Beloit College during winter semester 2025. She’ll give the Mackey Keynote Reading at 7:30 pm\, Thursday\, Feb 20 in Moore Lounge\, Pearsons Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Please come enjoy this lovely campus and inspiring reading.
URL:https://janisseray.com/event/mackey-keynote-reading-beloit-college-beloit-wisconsin-feb-20-730-pm/
LOCATION:Beloit College\, Beloit\, WI\, United States
CATEGORIES:Keynote,Speaking Engagement
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SUMMARY:Mackey Chair | Beloit College | Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:Janisse will be in residence at Beloit College in Wisconsin from January 24 to March 8\, 2025. While there she’ll give the Mackey keynote\, do a craft talk\, teach a creative writing workshop\, and visit classes on campus. The Mackey talk is free and open to the public.
URL:https://janisseray.com/event/mackey-chair-beloit-college-wisconsin/
LOCATION:Beloit College\, Beloit\, WI\, United States
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SUMMARY:Online Event | Thames Talbot Land Trust | Ontario\, CANADA
DESCRIPTION:Details forthcoming.
URL:https://janisseray.com/event/online-event-thames-talbot-land-trust-ontario-canada/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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