Gain an insider’s view of book publishing with Jan L. Kardys, Literary Agent and Chairman of Unicorn Writers’ Conference and Unicorn for Writers.
From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 20, Jan will share her 35 years of experience inside major NYC book publishers on such topics as developing a concept, writing and formatting a manuscript, finding a good agent, submission guidelines, special sales, marketing, self-publishing vs traditional and more.
Jan L. Kardys’ diverse book publishing career includes executive positions at ten of the major book publishers—Doubleday, St. Martin’s Press, Scholastic, Macmillan, Charles Scribner’s, Little, Brown & Company, Warner Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers, Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall and Condé Nast Publications.
Jan worked for Google for three years where she added Internet sales and marketing to her already extensive expertise.
The event takes place in the McManus Room.
— an announcement from Westport Library