​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. 

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Sign up today!

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

1pm Welcome

1:15pm Get the Most Out of the Show

1:30pm Bestseller Marketing Tips & Strategies 

1:50pm Is Your Book Ready for the Movie Screen?

2:15pm Coffee Break 

2:30pm Publicity / Marketing / Book Business  

             Challenges of Small Press / Hybrid Publishing 

3:10pm How To Develop An Affordable Book Marketing Plan  

3:45pm Streaming Channels Opportunities & National Media

3:45pm Meet the Experts

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

5:30pm Tequila / Wine Tasting with 

Sponsored by Tequila Jose and Ridge Wineries

6:00pm Networking event

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Saturday,  May 3rd

Focus on Audio, libraries, literary agents

10:45am Press Releases, local and national tactics

11:15am When to (not) Use Artificial Intelligence in Writing

Noon: Lunch 

12:30pm Keynote Speaker / Welcome/ Planned topic 

1:00pm GAB TALKS Interviews on the Upper Terrace

1:15pm Independent Bookstores 

2:00pm Learn how public libraries discover and acquire books,

and how individual authors can engage and partner with them. 

2:45pm Amazon Secrets to Success 

3:10pm Coffee Break

3:00pm Meet your fellow author  

3:30pm Literary Agents / Meet with Literary Agent

3:45pm Meet the Experts 

4:30pm Keynote Speaker: Past presidential candidate on Artificial Intelligence 

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

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

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Sunday, May 4th, Focus on logistics, selling to Costco, Target,

Big Box stores, etc.

9:30am BookCAMP Group Breakfast 

9:45am Keynote Speaker 

10:15am Nontraditional Bookselling / Big Box Stores 

12pm Close out / 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. Learn benefits of starting a writers circle.

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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!!​​​