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Future

Self-Publishing

Forum

Friday 14th March 2025

Schedule

March 14, 2025

The future of Self-Publishing

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Registration and Refreshments

09:30 AM - 09:45 AM

Welcoming Address

Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of the University of Buckingham Press and New Generation Publishing

09:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Author Experience: Independent vs Traditionally Published

Simon Hudson, author of History Through Black Experience, Volumes 1 & 2

Pam Williams, author of A Trace of Sun, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Perfecting your work for publishing: editing and readers

Cari Rosen, Commissioning and Freelance Editor

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Industry Disruption: how AI can impact publishing

Meru Gokhale, Founder of Editrix.ai, and Georgia Kirke, Founder of ClioBooks.ai

12:30 PM - 13:30 PM

Lunch

13:30 PM - 14:15 PM

Open Q&A on writing, editing, how to get an agent or work with a publisher and the benefits of self-publishing

Helen Corner-Bryant, Founding Director of Cornerstones Literary Consultancy UK/US

14:15 PM - 15:00 PM

Coffee/Tea Break

15:00 PM - 15:30 PM

Marketing Your Book

Daniel Cooke, Senior Publishing Advisor, New Generation Publishing

15:30 PM - 16:15 PM

The Audio Revolution: from audio options to the publishing process

Craig Thomson and Jodie Coles from WF Howes, the UK's leading audiobook publisher

16:15 PM - 16:30 PM

Closing Address

Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of the University of Buckingham Press and New Generation Publishing

Join the Conversation on the Future of Self-Publishing
Shaping the Future for Independent Authors

University of Buckingham Press is delighted to join with leading self-publishing company, New Generation Publishing, to launch the Future Self-Publishing Forum, with the first event to take place at King's College London on 14th March 2025.

 

The Forum will include panels with high-profile authors and publishing industry leaders to look at the key opportunities and challenges for those looking to or who have self-published, including:

  • The pros and cons of traditional and independent publishing

  • What options are open to writers and what are warning signs of services to be avoided?

  • How to produce the highest quality product

  • Who is my audience and most importantly how do I reach them?;

  • What marketing should I do and should I pay for it?

  • Other forms of income for self-published authors that aren't discussed often enough

  • What does the future hold for self-published authors and what should I be doing now?

 

The cost for a Delegate Place for the Future Self-Publishing Forum is £199+VAT. 

Full details for the Forum will be released shortly including the full agenda of speakers, list of exhibitors and timings for the day.

 

Please register your interest now through the button below or by emailing conferences@unibuckinghampress.com

Meet the Speakers

General Info

Future Self-Publishing Forum

Friday 14th March 2025

Conference Venue

King's College London

Strand Campus

Strand, London WC2R 2LS

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