​Be an attendee, get an ALL SESSIONS PASS

The BookCAMP 2025 event is a three day event (May 2nd-4th) where independent authors,

publishers, industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.

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BookCAMP 2025 will help indie authors & publishers market, publicize, meet with other publishers & authors, make literary agents available, audiobooks and its impact on print books, direct on how to get your books into Costco, Target, and other big box stores, among a myriad of topics.

 

We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs.  This year we will host attendees for our Independent Press Award / NYC Big Book Award awards ceremony & dinner at BookCAMP 2025 on May 3, 2025. The BookCAMP 2025 grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, which addresses authors and publishers' business challenges of book publishing.  Schedule subject to change.

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Sign up today!

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BookCAMP DAY ONE is SMALL PRESS, Poets & Writers DAY:​ ​

Friday, May 2nd, Focus on Sales, Marketing, Publicity 

1pm Welcome

1pm Get the Most Out of the Show

1:10pm Bestseller Marketing Tips & Strategies 

1:45pm Book Series Building for any Genre 

2:15pm Coffee Break / Snacks included

2:30pm Publicity / Marketing / Book Business  

             Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing 

             Author becomes Publisher; Publisher becomes Author,

the "must-haves" and "must-dos"

3:10pm Branding and Outreach: The Secret Life of A Writer /

Radio, Podcast, Video, email

3:40pm How To Develop An Affordable Book Marketing Plan  

4:00pm Meet the Experts

4:30 pm Streaming Channels Opportunities & National Media

5:00pm "40 Under Forty in Publishing" ceremony

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BookCAMP DAY ONE Continued:​ ​Friday, May 2nd, Fun and Networking

5:30pm Wine Tasting (Sponsored by Wineries) Hors d'oeuvres served

6:00pm Networking event

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BookCAMP DAY TWO: Saturday,  May 3rd,

Focus on Audio, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence,

Literary Agents, Libraries

10:30am Meet one-on-one with a personalized publishing expert

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11:30am Audiobooks / Podcasting with Becky Parker Geist

 

Noon: Lunch 

 

12:30pm Keynote Speaker Mara Anastas, MUSE (former publisher at

Simon & Schuster) / Welcome/ State of the Industry 

 

1:00 "Book to Screen" (steps one can take to get their book to the movie studio)

with Eddie Garmarra and Actress Kate Orsini

 

1:00pm GAB TALKS Interviews for BookCAMP attendees included,

sign-up required

 

1:30: Reaching a Global Audience: What You Need to Know about Rights Licensing

 

2:00pm Social Media, how an indie author went from one follower to 90,000

Instagram followers

 

2:40pm Book Discoverability: Consultants, Agents & Publishers

 

3:10pm Coffee Break

 

3:30pm Press Releases, local and national tactics. Learn how public libraries

and Independent Bookstores discover and acquire books,and how individual

authors can engage and partner with them. 

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3:30pm Meet your fellow author

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3:30pm Meet the Experts 

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4:00pm 90-Day Book Marketing Plan and using an Artificial Intelligence Assistant

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4:30pm Keynote Speaker: Past presidential candidate

on Artificial Intelligence 

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Separate ticket required for awards ceremony, available here.

6:00pm Awards Reception and Awards Photos 

7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the

Garden State Ballroom​​

More award photos on the red carpet

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We also recognize our worldwide authors of our award programs. 

This year we will host attendees for our

Independent Press Award / NYC Big Book Award

awards ceremony & dinner on May 3, 2025.

A separate ticket is required:

 https://www.independentpressaward.com/awardsdinner  

6:00pm Awards Photos & GAB TALKS on the Upper Terrace 

7:00pm Awards Dinner & Ceremony in the Garden State Ballroom

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BookCAMP DAY THREE: Sunday, May 4th, Focus on logistics, selling to Costco,

Target, Big Box stores, etc.

 

9:30am BookCAMP Group Breakfast 

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10:00am The #1 Thing You Need to Feel Like a Book Rockstar /

The Unconventional Marketing Mindset Shift

 

10:45am Nontraditional Bookselling / Big Box Stores 

 

11:30am Contract Law: Copyright Overview & Trademarks

 

11:55am Closing remarks

 

12pm Raffle and door prizes for attendees

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Register now!

Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or (718) 938-4590.

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Book Camp 2025 is independent authors, publishers and industry providers meeting, networking, learning and more. Strategies on marketing to Independent Bookstores, Librarians, Special Sales Venues or get a Literary Agent for your first or next book.

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Gain knowledge, find resources, discuss book strategies and solutions, and more.

The event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to

help your publishing process along! Plus, networking opportunities!!​​​