SLA Europe Event - Publishing as a Practitioner
SLA Europe was delighted to hold this hybrid event at the CILIP headquarters in Ridgmount Street which featured three published authors from within our association. This event was a panel-style discussion, chaired by our 2022 President, Claire Sewell, with Helen Lippell and Amy Stubbing, whose respective books were published earlier in the year.
Our speakers shared their experiences and challenges from their publishing journeys, how they tackled the writing process, and advice for other practitioners interested in starting their publishing journey. We took questions from attendees in the room and online.
View their books from Facet Publishing: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/
Chapters:
00:08 How did the publishing journey start for you?
06:06 How did you identify the subject area you wanted to write about?
09:25 How did you decide on what to exclude from your book?
13:05 What were the challenges as a solo practitioner versus one with contributors?
19:11 What happened after you had finished writing, but prior to publication?
23:26 Is there anything you would have done differently with the benefit of hindsight?
26:05 How did you tell your editor that you needed more time?
29:10 What advice would you give to others thinking about publishing their own book?
32:10 How do you respond to criticism?
36:05 How early did your editor get involved with your books? What was the relationship like?
39:45 What tools did you use to structure your content and plan your books?
44:26 How did you manage your time to write your book and how did you balance this with other commitments?
48:15 How important is finding the right publisher and where do you start?
58:40 Did you pay your contributors? How was that managed/arranged?
54:35 Did you make any profit from your book?
55:12 How much did you keep your reader in mind as you were writing?
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