2010 AAMBC National Conference
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM (CT)
Chicago Heights, United States
Event Details
The 2010 AAMBC National Event is gearing up for another awesome time. This year we headed off the national event in San Antonio and on June 12, 2010 we take it to the mid-west in Chicago, Illinois. This year we are sure to please with all new themes and featured authors and book signings. Authors such as Tina Brooks McKinney, Pamela Samuel Young, Earl Sewell, Gwynneth Foster, Terra Little , and Shawna Hill have been announced the featured authors for the 2010 conference. National Best Seller Naleighna Kai will be the Key Note Speaker and also signing her books. Also you will have the opportunity to meet twelve attending authors ranging from Christian, romance, street, and poetry.
The day will kick off with a welcoming break fast, and then the doors open for the largest book signing of the day. Following the attending authors signings the featured authors will be meeting in the reserved rooms for Chocolate Chats and Book Discussions. Also there will be awesome vendors and make over’s provided by Kreatvie Looks. Just added to the list of event is the book club meeting with the founder Tamika Newhouse.
Next year there will be all sorts of goodies and giveaways and the launching of the AAMBC T Shirts and Bags. The best part is AAMBC still plans to bring you a twist with showcasing more independent authors then most of the book festival today.
The day will continue on with the Book Lover’s Dinner and the Keynote Speaker will announce the winners of the 2010 AAMBC Literary Awards. Wait... the fun will finally end with two full hours of poetry for the soul hosted by one of Chicago Lands own Poetry Vote.
To guarantee your spot for the national event you must send your deposit in by December 15th and final registration ends March 15, 2010. Authors there is a limited number of authors attending and we strongly encourage you to reserve your table to this anticipated celebration of black literature early on.
To receive more details please go to www.aambcnationalmeeting.com
The day will kick off with a welcoming break fast, and then the doors open for the largest book signing of the day. Following the attending authors signings the featured authors will be meeting in the reserved rooms for Chocolate Chats and Book Discussions. Also there will be awesome vendors and make over’s provided by Kreatvie Looks. Just added to the list of event is the book club meeting with the founder Tamika Newhouse.
Next year there will be all sorts of goodies and giveaways and the launching of the AAMBC T Shirts and Bags. The best part is AAMBC still plans to bring you a twist with showcasing more independent authors then most of the book festival today.
The day will continue on with the Book Lover’s Dinner and the Keynote Speaker will announce the winners of the 2010 AAMBC Literary Awards. Wait... the fun will finally end with two full hours of poetry for the soul hosted by one of Chicago Lands own Poetry Vote.
To guarantee your spot for the national event you must send your deposit in by December 15th and final registration ends March 15, 2010. Authors there is a limited number of authors attending and we strongly encourage you to reserve your table to this anticipated celebration of black literature early on.
To receive more details please go to www.aambcnationalmeeting.com
Key Note Speaker
Naleighna Kai is the author of Every Woman Needs a Wife, coauthor of Speak it into Existence and contributing author to a New York Times Best seller. Naleighna is the founder of Macro Marketing & Promotions Group, marketing director for the Jones Dishman Foundation, and works for a major law firm in Chicago. Her first company, Macro Publishing Group, a literary services company, helped hundreds of aspiring writers to navigate their way through the publishing industry. Naleighna is the mother of NAACP Image Award Nominee, J. L. Woodson. She and is currently working on her next project: Slaves of Heaven.
Featured Authors
Shawna Hill
Shawna Hill was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She holds a BS in Business Administration from Ohio Dominican University. For several years, she’s been an avid reader and, at the urging of friends and family, decided to pen her own stories. She is currently at work on her next novel, which will yet again question situations and ideas.
For speaking engagements, book signings, radio, print, or television interviews with Shawna, please contact her publicist, Barry Cook, at barrycook1@gmail.com If you’d like to receive a review copy of In Between Lies, or contact Shawna, please contact her at shawnarhill@gmail.com. She’d love to hear from you
Anna Black
Talented and inspiring is the best way to describe this Chicago Native. Now You Wanna Come Back is her debut novel and it has done its duty to deliver a page turning introduction for Anna. She has showed herself to be ready for the literary world with her first release and is anxious to release her second novel Luck of the Draw in April 2010. Visit her at www.annablack.net
Tina Brooks McKinney
A native of Baltimore, Maryland currently residing in Covington Georgia, Tina wears many hats, as she balances her time between that of wife, mother, talk show hostess/interviewer and creative force behind the drama trilogy -- All That Drama, in 2004, Lawd, Mo’ Drama, 2007 and finally Fool, Stop Trippin’ – 2008. All published under the imprint of Strebor Books, a division of Simon & Shuster Atria Books.
In late 2008, Tina started her own publishing company called Taboo Publishing and produced her first novel, Dubious. To learn more about her publishing company and her latest book visit www.taboopublishing.com.
Tina’s next novel—Deep Deceptions will be available May, 2009.
Attending Authors
Erica Jones
Terry Deron
Julia Press Simmons
Leila Jefferson
Karen C Brown
Regina Littles
Sylvia Hubbard
Corey Barnes
Marian L Thomas
Anna Black
Adrienna Turner
Skip Shockley
How to Win the Publishing Game Seminar is now a part of the AAMBC Chicago Conference. Gain the tools you need to become a well established self published author. The fee to attend the seminar is now a part of the registration and for those who have registered now having the option to attend. Purchase your tickets now at www.aambcevent.eventbrite.com
And see what How to Win the Publishing Game Seminar is about: In Part I of this workshop, we will discuss the beginning process of writing, finding time to write and what has worked for other authors. We will touch on other ways to get a book written, via tape transcription, ghostwriting, as well as expensive ways to get things started. We will cover the editing process, the different types of editing and its importance. The authors will share their publishing experience as both a self-published and with mainstream house and information gleaned from both experiences. By the end of the workshop participants should be able to identify which route is best and what steps to take to get the manuscript done.
In Part II of this workshop, we will focus mainly on self-publishing and marketing and promotions. Authors will share advice on the steps to start a publishing house, about the publishing industry and the difference between POD, Mainstream and independent, choosing the right printer, distributor and what pitfalls to avoid, preparing the book to go to press and marketing and promoting the book. A question and answer session will follow. A specialty gift bag with handout will be provided for all participants which will give a step-by-step instruction and the contacts needed to start and finish the process.
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