"Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business"
Conference
October 17, 2024 in Columbus, OH
7th Annual Conference
*CONFERENCE THEME: MAKE A LIVING AS A WRITER*
October 17, 2024 in Columbus, OH
1-Day Conference
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Not required, but a great idea to purchase the hardcopy format of the "Make a Living as a Writer" conference curriculum by clicking HERE. Guarantees the less notes you'll have to take during the conference session. And once the conference is over, you'll have lifetime access to the teachings in the form of this curriculum.
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Path To Publishing
7th Annual “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business” Conference
Providing you with the blueprint to both literary and
financial literary success!
Martin Luther King Library
1467 E. Long Street
Columbus, Ohio 43203
ARE YOU READY TO EXPERIENCE HOW GREAT IT FEELS TO REACH YOUR LITERARY DREAMS, VISIONS, AND GOALS?
TO PUBLISH LIKE A PRO?
TO INCREASE BOOK SALES?
TO ACCELERATE YOUR LITERARY CAREER?
TO BUILD A PROFITABLE BOOK BUSINESS OR PUBLISHING COMPANY?
IF SO, THEN REGISTER FOR THE
"ACT LIKE AN AUTHOR, THINK LIKE A BUSINESS" CONFERENCE
(ONE-DAY CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO)
BECAUSE THAT IS DEFINITELY THE RESULTS YOU ARE GOING TO GET!!!
What makes the ALAATLAB annual conference different from any other conferences for authors/publishers?
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It's not a writing conference but, instead, a conference to teach you what to do with your writings, such as successfully publishing them, turning them into a business and making money with them.
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We’re not geared toward just self-published/indie authors/publishers or any single genre of authors/publishers. Our curriculum applies to any author/publisher regardless of which path to publishing or genre. Our strategies, tips, techniques, curriculum and resources work for both fiction and non-fiction authors. It's even designed for the self-proclaimed non-writer, because we know you don't have to be a writer to be the author/publisher of your own story (or the stories of others). There are resources available to help you write and publish your book, and you get those resources in our conference curriculum.
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We don’t fill the conference space with vendors, presenters, sessions, and workshops with service providers whose ultimate goals is to get attendees to purchase their services and products. We’re all about attendees investing in themselves, in their books, and their book and publishing business.
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We include the opportunity for all attendees to have lifetime access to all the curriculum taught in the conference main sessions. So, you walk away with more than a few sales brochures disguised as workshop handouts. You walk away with the literary blueprint! The blueprint to publishing books, building a book business/publishing company, and making money to sustain and grow.
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Although on occasion some of our sanctioned events include workshops on the craft of writing, this conference is focused on the writing process (tools and resources to get your book written), the publishing process, turning your book into a business such as a publishing imprint/company, and making money with your book and book business. We know that the publishing process is just as important as the writing of the book. As a matter of fact, publishing success is the ROI on the writing of the book. Whether you’ve written your book and are asking, “Now what?” or whether you’ve already published your book and are asking “Now what?”, ALAATLAB is your answer! Desire to start a publishing company or looking to grow and scale your existing one? ALAATLAB is for you!
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This is NOT a networking event. At the Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference, we do more than network. We create and build genuine relationships, partnerships, connections, collaborations, and even friendships. When Pathfinders show up, we know we are not just another attendee at a function; we are family. We find ways to NOT compete with one another, but to complement one another in our various endeavors based upon our individual lane of genius and skills. You befriend a #Pathfinder, and you have someone who is going to support you for life!
WHEN AND WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
This year the conference will be held in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 at the Martin Luther King Columbus Metropolitan Library Branch located at 1467 E. Long Street Columbus, Ohio 43203.
The 2024 conference will be focused on first-time attendees or past attendees needing a refresher of the core content. Because we update the conference curriculum each year, even if you've attended the conference before or would like access to additional opportunities than the ones in your existing conference curriculum, it's worth the small investment. There will be no breakout sessions, so for those who look forward to the breakout sessions each year, we encourage you to join the MBA in Publishing program, where you will be given access to over 60 breakout sessions from past conferences.
Please note the Columbus, Ohio one-day conference will not be covering "Beyond the Basics of Publishing" or "Build Your Book Business." You can purchase the audiovisual recordings of those two conference sessions in our online conference store . They are available in three different formats, depending on how you best like to learn and receive information. Note that each of the three sessions that make up the full "Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business conference" are each standalone sessions that do not require you to take the others as a pre-requisite.
YOUR BOOK IS YOUR BUSINESS!
Regardless of which path to publication you have chosen or if you have literary representation, your book is YOUR business. So, this conference is for you no matter which path to publishing you decide to take.
If your publishing success is just as important to you as your writing success, then instead of going to yet another writing conference, don’t you think it’s time you attend a publishing conference?
If the business/publishing company you build with your book to create multiple streams of income is just as important to you as book sales and royalties, then instead of going to another one of those “fun” conferences designed to give readers an experience with authors, don’t you think it’s time you attend a conference that is fun and serious, and can also teach you how to make money as a an author/publisher or writer outside of book sales and royalties. A conference where you'll learn how to publish a book that will give readers an experience within itself?
Are you ready to learn how to operate your literary business in thriving excellence and not mediocre struggle and lack? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then we’ll see you at the “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business" Conference!
What Information is Being Provided?
COLUMBUS One-Day Conference
For any serious author/publisher or writer who is ready to take their literary business/career to the next level . . .
If you're ready to generate multiple stream of cohesive literary income as an author/publisher or writer to keep your business thriving, then you definitely don’t want to miss this conference.
At this one-day conference you will learn:
-How to turn your book/writing into a business (earning money) and not a hobby (only spending money)
-How to make money beyond book sales and royalties
-How to get other people to pay for your business endeavors
-How to secure paid writing gigs
-How to get grants and sponsors
-Professional titles you wear besides “author/publisher/writer”
-How to increase book sales without directly selling books
-How to make money from content you write outside of books
Please Note: The information, tools, resources, teachings and instructions will be based on a presentation slide deck, aka the conference curriculum. To avoid having to take a notebook full of notes, it is recommended that you purchase the hardcopy version of the curriculum and follow along during the instruction. Not all past conference attendees purchased the hardcopy curriculum in advance, so it's not required in order for you to receive the benefits, values, and transformation this conference offers. 100% of past conference attendees who did, though, agreed that having the hardcopy curriculum made a world of difference.
Why?
Because even if they tried , they couldn't capture every single thing that was shared by the instructor . . . and they wanted every single thing that was shared by the instructor. It was that valuable. Knowing that the meat of every resource the instructor shared was in their curriculum, they could focus on taking notes on only the additional gems and jewels the instructor shared in her adlib and storytelling.
There is no guarantee the curriculum will be available onsite, so it's recommended that you purchase the curriculum in advance in our online conference store.
What is the conference day agenda?
9:00 a.m. Venue Doors Open/Registration Begins
9:30 a.m. Program Begins
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own or bring a brown bag lunch & stay for some bonus lunch and learn)
1:30 p.m. Program Resumes
3:00 p.m. Program Ends
FREE PARKING
FOOD OPTIONS WITHIN A MILE
The East Market (They have a variety of food places inside)
212 Kelton Avenue
Columbus, OH
The OSU Wexner Medical Healthy Community Center
1600 E. Long St.
Columbus, OH
(614) 292-9671
Madison Soul Food Kitchen (Church)
1731 Greenway Avenue
Columbus, OH
(614) 252-1657
***Please call all locations for hours, menu, payment acceptance, etc.***
About Your Instructor
Joylynn M. Ross is a 25+ year literary industry professional and the CEO of Path To Publishing, Co-founder of Path To Connections, and President of PTP Press. Joylynn has served on every corner of the publishing world and literary industry map; from self-published and traditionally published author, a literary agent securing book deals with major and indie publishers, working with and for major and indie publishers as an acquisitions editor, a ghostwriter and freelance editor, to starting her own literary service provider firm and traditional publishing imprint.
As a national best-selling author, Joylynn has over 40 publications in circulation, written under various names and in multiple genres. She's been coined "The Literary Know-It All" because she wants writers and authors to know it all when it comes to their literary careers and book businesses.
Through Path To Connections, Joylynn provides entrepreneur support and services to business owners, corporations, government agencies and non-profits. She is a subject matter expert to entrepreneurs and CEOs across the map.
PTP Press, where Joylynn also serves as an acquisitions editor, is an award-winning publisher of the award-winning book, The Price We Pay by Nikki T. Anthony. With Joylynn's experience as a literary industry professional and publishing expert, she's worked with her amazing team to turn The Price We Pay into a national social movement, and the basis of a course and training program sought out by individuals, and both private and public sector leaders alike.
Joylynn has partnered with, connected to, and formed an amazing team of publishing, writing, and storytelling experts, and industry professionals who work with her to serve literary and business clients, and to share their expertise at the highest level possible.
If you have questions, please email info@pathtopublishing.com or call 702-827-6865.
Who is the full "Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business" conference and/or the conference curriculum for besides authors/publishers and writers?
If you are any type of entrepreneur/business owner you should have a book, workbook, journal, planner, manual, how-to guide—some type of publication to extend your reach and help you claim your expert status—this conference is for you! A book should be part of every business.
Every professional speaker needs an extension of their message. How many times did you finish speaking and the audience asked you where they can purchase your book . . . and you didn't have one? Why are you not only leaving money on the table, but leaving an audience that you can continue to help with nothing?
YouTubers and bloggers, isn’t’ it time you share your skills and know-how in print beyond the internet? Ready to extend your reach from the cyber world to the real world? Then this conference is definitely for you as well.
Don’t want to publish your own story but want to help publish others’? We can provide you the information, resources, and services needed to become a publisher/publishing imprint/small press.
Pastors, preachers, ministers, and apostles: Your morning message should still have life come the next day . . . and the day after that. It should be able to reach those outside the church walls. Where is your publication? If you don't have one, at the conference you'll learn how to turn your messages into a publication that can reach the masses. Do you already have a publication and it's not reaching the masses, we can help you fix that too.
Along your life's journey, whether you did everything wrong or everything right, there is something you can teach/share with others. There is something inside of you that can change, alter, and save someone else's life. You have someone else's portion inside of you. And as long as you keep it to yourself--as long as you keep it inside of you--you are starving them. It's time you feed the people.
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TESTIMONIALS
“Before I returned home from the 'Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business' 2019 Conference, I was asked to present a film workshop in Atlanta. I agreed, and was then given the dates with the promise of an email to follow that would provide further details. I received and opened the email, read it, and then closed it. I did this three times, checking the name to make sure it was not spam. I'd just received my first full paid gig; flight, hotel, ground transportation, table to sale merch, and an honorarium!!!! We are more than authors! We are a Big Deal! Thank you Joylynn Ross for teaching us how to get those coins with (and how to protect) our intellectual property!”
—Danielle D. Smith, Award-Winning Author and Filmmaker, Columbus, Ohio
"I am getting so excited about the “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business” Conference. I will be there Wednesday night ready to start on Thursday! I can't wait to learn so many new things and put them to practice. Even though I have two published books, I have been taken advantage of and I'm ready to learn how to build up my defenses and become an author with the business side in me.”
—Author Rhonda Gatlin, Boulder City, Nevada
"Path To Publishing doesn’t offer discounts for the conference because they don’t offer a discount experience!"
—Gerald W Jones II, Certified Professional in Learning & Performance, Omaha, Nebraska
“I met Amanda Stevens, a presenter at the 2019 ‘Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference’. I reached out to her after the conference, and she has been so responsive and helpful. With her help, I am forming my LLC and applying for my business license. Joylynn Ross, your words resonated with me: ‘This is a real business. Don’t start small.’ I am doing what you told me to do.”
—Yvette Duran, Personal Narrative Expert, Irvin, California
"For seven years I used my own money to build my publishing business. SEVEN!! I attended the 'Act Like an Author, Think like a Business' Conference in Vegas two years in a row and learned how to make money from my books before they're even printed. All you have to do is do the work! With that being said, I received notification today that I'm a recipient for a $4K grant to pay for editing and other publishing services!!!"
—Nikki Anthony, published author, Chicago, Illinois (who landed her book deal by attending the conference!)
“I just got back from a wild ride at the 2019 ‘Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business’ Conference and it was fantastic! I not only had a great time, but I made some great new contacts and reinforced ones I'd made last year. Main instructor, Joylynn M. Ross, was magnificent in presenting—in just three days—everything you need to know about publishing and making money from your writing. Got me inspired!”
—Ned Barnett, CEO of Barnett Marketing Communications, Las Vegas, Nevada
