Event Details:

Join industry expert Mark Leslie Lefebvre for a virtual two-part interactive workshop exploring the best practices (and practicalities) involved in writing and publishing eBooks. In Part One, Mark will share guidance based on his real-life experience as a digital publisher, demonstrate setting up a book file for epublishing, and suggest a practice exercise for participants. In Part Two, a guided walk-through of the steps involved in self-publishing will explore a real life eBook example. Participants are invited to discuss and share their experience and thoughts about the exercise.  Click “Register Online” to register for the full two-part workshop. (You only need to register once.)  After registering, you will receive updates and information on how to attend closer to the date of the event. Registration begins Friday, August 20. About Mark: Mark is a writer, an editor, a professional speaker, and a book nerd with a passion for craft beer. He has published over 25 books under the name Mark Leslie including thrillers and fiction (Evasion, A Canadian Werewolf in New York, One Hand Screaming), paranormal non-fiction (Haunted Hospitals, Spooky Sudbury, Tomes of Terror) and anthologies (Campus Chills, Tesseracts Sixteen, Obsessions). Under his full name he writes books to help authors navigate publishing. And they include The 7 P’s of Publishing Success and An Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores. His industry experience includes President of the Canadian Booksellers Association, Board Member of BookNet Canada, Director of Author Relations and Self-Publishing for Rakuten Kobo, Director of Business Development for Draft2Digital and Professional Advisor for Sheridan College’s Creative Writing and Publishing Honours Program. Mark lives in Waterloo, Ontario and can be found online at www.markleslie.ca.