Schedule Highlights:
20books Vegas is being held at Bally’s, right on the famous Las Vegas Strip from November 8th through the 12th.
We’ll start with Industry Day on Monday, November 8th.
Look for all the major industry providers. We’ll list them as we get closer to the show, but if you self-published, you will have worked with them before. And you may aspire to work with some of them . Last conference, we have most major audiobook producers in attendance.
Tuesday through Thursday will be sessions – lots and lots of sessions. Mostly presentations, some panels, and even a couple workshops. We have 100,000 square feet of conference space for our exclusive use.
We’ll record all the sessions, too.
There will be General Tracks and Advanced Tracks. I may even have a Romance track as I’ve heard there might be a void in that area this year.
Can 20Books Vegas be all things to all people? No, but it can be the single best and biggest gathering of professional authors in the world to share, learn, and most importantly, network. It can be what you need it to be.
On Friday November 12, we’ll have an author sales & signing day. From 10 to 4pm (these hours may change, but it’ll be somewhere around there). We’ll set up, do some advertising (while also counting on the participating authors to solicit their fans), and then conduct book sales & signings thanks to Wolfpack for their Business and Tax licensing support. Amazon provided two months of Kindle Unlimited for free to every attendee last year. We will see if we can get that same deal this year, too.
All sales will go through a central register to ensure we collect sales tax – more to follow on that so you are crystal clear on how this will work. No direct sales otherwise you can get me and the show in big trouble with the state of Nevada.
Also for this year:
- Head shots/pro author photos (on Monday Nov 9) at no cost to attendees
- Early morning sessions
- Constant rolling sessions (no set lunch break)
- A late session or three
- Karaoke
And then my special treat, on November 10th, I’ll personally host a USMC birthday celebration in the Grand Salon.
I’m inviting all our veterans to join us as we cut a cake, drink some drinks, tell some sea stories, and enjoy the camaraderie of those who wore the uniform (any service, any country – we’re all brothers & sisters).
Parking
It’s Free in the lot between Paris & Bally’s (both owned by Caesar’s).
Your hosts for the show
Craig Martelle
Craig runs the 20Booksto50k(R) group. Retired Marine, lawyer, and recluse Alaskan who breaks free from his sub-Arctic shell to come to Vegas! Craig writes science fiction, mostly with a post-apocalyptic slant. Craig hit the $50k mark with his 19th book, without a single breakout title, although he’s had a number of books wear Amazon’s bestseller tag. He calls himself the blue collar author and claims that quantity has a quality all its own. Craig has an extensive back list and a growing group of fans. The most important thing we can do as authors is give back in some way, whether through social lessons in our prose or helping others reach the next level in their journey as professional authors.
Michael Anderle
With zero experience in indie publishing (and practically zero experience writing a novel) Michael has surprised himself, his readers and the pundits that wish he would shut the hell up about his opinions. Basically, because he chose to do things differently and those audacious ideas worked.
Michael owns LMBPN Publishing with over 800 titles available.