Next Text: Everything Australian authors should know about digital publishing but were afraid to Google

For years authors and publishers have been told “digital is coming”. Now it’s here! But what does this mean for authors? Next Text is a one day seminar to help Western Australian writers and publishers explore how digital media is changing publishing and where the opportunities are for writers. Next Text speakers will include if:book Director Kate Eltham, alongside international guest Mark Coker, CEO of ebook publishing and distribution platform Smashwords.

Digital Publishing Primer
A conversation on e-books, digital print, distribution, new kinds of writing and business models for writers and publishers. You may not care about e-books or gadgets, but you probably do care about how even the traditional publishing model is being altered by cultural and technological change. This session will explore these ideas.

Rights, licences and earning money
New publishing business models mean new ways for you to licence, distribute and sell your content. This means changes to your traditional publishing contracts, but it also means new ways to think about how you might earn income from your writing. Explore emerging issues and opportunities authors are facing when licencing their work to publishers and other companies, or selling direct to audiences.

Presented by if:book Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts in association with writingWA and the State Library of WA.

State Library of WA - Theatre
9.30am Monday 18 October

WHILE THIS IS A FREE EVENT, YOU ARE ASKED TO SEND AN EMAIL TO WRITINGWA WITH 'NEXT TEXT' IN THE SUBJECT LINE TO CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING AND THEREBY SECURE YOUR SEAT.   (See the info@ email address at the bottom of this webpage)