ibpa + booklife BOOT CAMPS For Author Publishers

This virtual conference about the business of publishing is built for authors who are planning to publish their own work, who have published their own work, or who are working with a hybrid publisher.

Presented Live online on Jan 30, 2026 from 8:00am -3:30pm Pacific/11:00am-6:30pm Eastern. Presentation recordings, transcripts, and slides will be available for a year after the live event, and registration includes an invitation to join a private channel on IBPA’s Slack workspace.

Vision

We’ll start the day with a keynote on The New Author Opportunity, how authors can function like business owners: control their own destiny, leverage their Intellectual Property, and build their audiences.

Learn

Six 40-min presentations (with time for Q&A) will cover different areas in publishing, including Business Model Basics, Technology, Editing and Design Essentials, Vetting Your Book, Market Strategies by Channel, and Driving Demand through Branding and Community Building.