1. SIE: Summer Presentation
Tarah Valin

2. Demographic, pictures or no pictures, price and title
Survey 1
Demographic, pictures or no pictures, price and title

3. Demographic 66% of my target age bracket falls between 16-18 years old

4. 59% of respondents said they'd buy a book from an unknown author
79% of respondents said they'd prefer a book with pictures
What They'll Buy

5. Majority of respondents wouldn't pay more than $15 for a poetry book
How Much They'll Pay

6. What Should I Call It? 42% voted for You, Me and the Other Guy
24% voted for Numb
22% voted for Wilting Daisies 
What Should I Call It?

7. Target is what I expected (older teens)
Target is what I expected (older teens). Knowing my demographic wasn't for altering the content of my book it was just to know where to focus my marketing.
I will incorporate pictures. I am considering putting the pictures in black and white. Photographer? (Nicole, Kiara or Kailee)
Target price < $10
Title: You, Me and the Other Guy
My Takeaways

8. 100 Common Publishing Questions Answered
Notes

9. Do's and Don'ts of Self-Publishing
Use Createspace, Lulu or Self-Publishing.com
Presale on ibooks and Smashwords
Talk about yourself and your life when marketing (blog)
Publish in a small category 
Use Kindle first, then smashwords
Do's and Don'ts of Self-Publishing 
Don't
Use Author House
Have an ugly book cover
Use Twitter to spam about book
Pay a bunch of money for other people to market for me
Pay for an ISBN number

10. Money is needed for both production and marketing 
A free KDP launch can be used instead of marketing
It is unlikely that I will make back the money being spent on the book
ISBN number needs to be different for print and ebook
Publishing in General

11. How Self-Publishing Holds up to Traditional Publishing
Have a professional design, format and website
Self-Publishers cannot really compete in the same field as traditional 
Donate my book to libraries and high schools + talk/meet and greet
Get people to share my book on Twitter
Book tagline/subtitle helps reader know what to expect
Text of cover doesn't have to be legible as a thumbnail
Can put cover info on copyright page
Selling book through Amazon is smart
Don't take reviews too seriously 
Paying for edits are expensive 
How Self-Publishing Holds up to Traditional Publishing

12. Back of Book Jacket Blurb ISBN # "Photos by..."
Createspace, Ingramspark, Lightning Space give free ISBN #
Back of Book Jacket

13. Marketing Partner with other poets
Guest post on other blogs with lots of traffic
Be a real person on my blog
Make Youtube videos talking about book
Haro.com (help a reporter out) in order to get on TV
Try to get airtime on local/small TV or radio programs
Podcasts!!! Try to get on one
Book trailer 
Do giveaways, don't try to sell... offer people something 
Run advertisement on Facebook ~$5 (IG advertisements not too effective)
Give book bloggers the book for free, they may blog about it
Make cards advertising my book and leave stack in coffee shops and local businesses, hand the cards to people (250 for $18)
Marketing

14. Getting into Bookstores
Some small/ independent bookstores will put a few copies on their shelf on consignment 
You have to try really hard (almost beg) to let independent bookstores let you do book signings- if a bookstore won't let me, try a coffee shop or some small business
Getting into Bookstores