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In a full-day seminar, experts from Publishers Weekly magazine, the most authoritative voice of the book industry, will guide you through everything you need to know about the business of publishing. With the help of top agents, authors, editors and marketing professionals, PW will show aspiring writers the way to get published.

DATE: Monday, September 22, 2008

TIME: 9 AM–6 PM

LOCATION: NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10012

Keynote speaker: Wally Lamb, author, She's Come Undone and The Hour I First Believed (Harper, November 2008)

Panel I: PUB 101: NUTS AND BOLTS OF PUBLISHING

Moderated by Sara Nelson, editor-in-chief, PW

Panelists: Eric Brandt, senior editor, HarperOne, Jim Milliot, business & news editor, PW

Panel II: AGENT/AUTHOR/EDITOR RELATIONSHIP

Moderated by Louisa Ermelino, reviews director, PW

Panelists: Matthew Sharpe, author, Jamestown; The Sleeping Father; and Nothing Is Terrible, David McCormick, literary agent, McCormick & Williams, Richard Nash, editor, Counterpoint Press

Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

- ALTERNATIVE PUBLISHING

Led by:

Robert S. Miller, president, HarperStudio, HarperCollins Publishers

Keith Ogorek, director of marketing for Author Solutions, parent company of iUniverse

- THE BUSINESS OF BOOKSTORES AND SALES

- MARKETING & PUBLICITY

- WRITING FOR THE CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT MARKET

Led by:

Elizabeth Devereaux, children's reviews editor, PW

Diane Roback, children's book editor, PW

Rosemary Stimola, founding agent, Stimola Literary Studio, representing children's and YA authors and illustrators, Liz Szabla, editor-in-chief, Feiwel and Friends, a children’s imprint of Macmillan

For complete registration and payment information, go to www.PublishersWeekly.com/pub101

One lucky writer will be profiled in an upcoming issue of PW.

PW will collect and read proposals, or a piece of a manuscript in advance of the seminar.

Proposals or manuscripts (10-page maximum) should be sent electronically to PW101@reedbusiness.com by August 22, 2008.

Submission guidelines and deadline information available online.

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A printable copy of their information sheet/flyer is here.