WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Publishers, editors, acquisition editors, copy editors, publication officers, assistance publishing officers, authors, librarians, printers, booksellers, and researchers who are interested to improve their knowledge on book publishing

COURSE OVERVIEW

Manuscript acquisition or list building is a life wire of any publishing entity. A successful publishing company is depends to their ability to initiate a good book idea which later translated into a good book project. The momentum of publishing today is set from the publishing company, which has to plan on what to be published. Gone are the days when authors prepare the manuscript prior the knowledge of the publishers. Now, acquisition editor or publishers, has to look for authors, to translate the book project they initiates.

What title of books to be published? What sources should be used to know the future opportunities? How could your author contribute for list building? And what editors should do to the right list building? Finally, what is the secret of manuscript acquisitions for country like Indonesia?

OBJECTIVES

• To help participant with the familiarity of manuscript acquisition process and procedures.
• To provide guidance and integrate ideas towards excellence list building.
• To encourage and support participant towards their respective manuscript acquisitions.

PROGRAMME

DAY 1

• Overview of list building
• List building process and procedures
• Case study 1: List building in PTS Group
• Case study: List building for scholarly books
• Problems and prospects in list building

DAY 2

• Sources for manuscripts
• Authors as a main source for manuscript
• Case study: List building in Indonesia
• To be a good acquisition editor
• Do’s and don’ts in manuscript acquisition

DAY 3

• From Bologna to Frankfurt: Ideas for manuscript acquisition
• Learning from selected bestsellers
• Problems and prospects for manuscript acquisition in Malaysia
• Making a bestseller title: experiences from a book distributor

METHODOLOGY

This course is based on a combination of:

• Hands-on & personal coaching for participants
• Lecturers—information & examples
• Case study—experiences on list building
• Participants presentation
• Group discussion
• Individual interaction

SPEAKER’S PROFILE

BAMBANG TRIMANSHAH—CEO of Salamadani Group, Bandung, Indonesia. Established in 2006, Salamadani now has published more than 200 titles of general books. Its successful largely depends to its acquisition. Pak Bambang was formerly with MQS Publishing and also the President of Forum Editor Indonesia. An author himself with several best-seller books, he is also the critique of Indonesian publishing.

HASRI HASSAN—has more than 10 years experiences as an acquisition editor of several publishers such Federal, Pearson, and Arah Pendidikan.

ASSOC. PROF. DR HAMEDI M ADNAN—a lecturer of publishing with more than five years experiences as a director of University Malaya Press, where he managed to published more than 200 titles of scholarly books.

Any inquiry, please contact Tel: 013-3622010.

MEDIUM BOOKS & CONSULTANCY

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