Auckland
Chapter Meeting
Social Networking for Books - Reaching
the US Market
Dan Poynter ell
into publishing. He spent eight years researching a labor of love.
Realizing no publisher would be interested in a technical treatise
on the parachute, he went directly to a printer and "self- published." The
orders poured in and he suddenly found he was a publisher himself.
In 1973, he became interested in a new aviation sport, couldn't
find a book on the subject so he sat down and wrote one. After
four months of writing and intense research that took him from
coast to coast, he delivered the manuscript to the printer. So
far, Hang Gliding has sold over 130,000 copies-a "best
seller"!
Continuing to write, Dan has produced more than 76 books and revisions
so far, of which some have been translated into Spanish, Japanese,
Russian, British-English and German. Over the years, Dan has developed
a system of writing that makes it all so easy and fun. His books
are loaded with facts and figures and contain detailed inside information.
They are always up-to-date because he revises them before going
back to press. Dan has sold millions of his books, including several
best sellers, for ten of millions of dollars in sales. Many of
his books sell at the rate of 10-20,000 copies per year, every
year.
For many years, Dan ran Para Publishing all by himself. In fact,
he was often billed as the world's largest one-person publishing
company. As a one-man show, an author/publisher who handled
all the writing, publishing and promotion, office management and
shipping himself, Dan is in the best position to advise a first
time self-publishing author who is on a limited budget. Today,
Dan has staff, a number of products and services (books, reports,
tapes, disks, seminars, etc.) and a large suite of offices with
a 360 view of the mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Dan has traveled to more than 40 countries and he has even skydived
into the north pole. He has written several technical books on
parachutes and popular books on skydiving. When you have your own
business and control your own product, you can pursue your dreams.
Dan's work for publishing was recognized by the Publishers Marketing
Association when they gave him the Benjamin Franklin Award. He
was given the Irwin Award for the best electronic promotion campaign
by the Book Publicists of Southern California. He is a past vice-president
of PMA.
Dan Poynter's seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have
been pictured in The Wall Street Journal, and his story
has been told in U.S. News & World Report. The media
comes to him because he is the leading authority on book marketing,
promoting and distributing.
Wednesday 24th June (please
note the change of date to accomodate our overseas speaker)
Your MC will be Bruce
Hopkins
7pm for a 7.30pm start - to 9.30pm Members
$30 - Guests $45 **
Venue: Waipuna Conference Centre, Waipuna Road, Mt
Wellington
Prior registration for this event
is essential as seating will be limited.
Please click here to book
your seat and to confirm your payment method.
(We appreciate your prompt direct credit which will be receipted
by return email)
Bookings will close at 5pm Monday 22nd
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