Speakers

Speaker Profile

Mary Kathleen Dougherty is a Self-Publishing Specialist and Trainer. She has been teaching new authors and showing them the ropes through her Boot Strap Publishing Classes since 1996, Mary is the author and developer of “Print To Promote, Promote To Print” an interactive step-by-step program on how to juggle printing and promoting 100 books at a time.

Mary has worked with hundreds of successful writers whose foundation is based on honesty, integrity and professionalism from coast to coast. Her vision and goal is that "All business is a win/win or not a business at all."

She will be teaching a workshop on test-marketing before you approach agents, publishers OR decide to self-publish. She will also cover basics such as ISBN's, LOC numbers, publishing basics, galleys and advance review copies, and advanced review scheduling among other things. A Question & Answer session will be held at the end of the workshop