Book, Music and Arts Fair in Indiana

Authors, especially the growing number of self-published authors, face an uphill battle in marketing, promoting and selling their works. Because the self-published author generally operates on a shoe-string budget, he or she is caught in a Catch-22, where the author wants to be published, wants to sell his or her work, but has few resources to accomplish his goals.

Imani Advocates, a not for profit ministry of Daystar Evangelical Church, is upping the ante in publicity for authors and artists, with an author and artist event to be held in Evansville, Indiana.

Monica Davis, author and chief investigator for Imani Advocates has spoken with authors around the country and the common theme gleaned from these conversations is that authors are having difficulty marketing their works. Unlike authors from large, mainstream publishing houses, self-published authors do not have publishers with million dollar marketing budgets. Hence, the challenge for an author is to find a venue to sell multiple copies to the public, while, at the same time, piggybacking off of the event's publicity and promote their own work.

In the field of ethnic history, spoken word works, biography, and novels, hundreds of African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American authors have written dynamic books, many of which are such a joy to read that the readers are disappointed to reach the last page. But, getting access to these quality works has been a major problem because they are generally not available in bookstores without special order, and, because of small or non-existent advertising budgets, many of these authors rarely sell over a thousand books.

To answer this gap in the publishing industry, Imani Advocates is sponsoring a book, art and music fair in Evansville Indiana on Saturday, November 10, 2007. This event is being advertised nationally and we expect artists, authors and craftspeople from around the country to participate.


Location:
CREC Building
484 S. Governor St.
Evansville, IN 47713

Date and Time: Saturday, November 10, 10AM-4PM (set up begins at 8:30 AM)

One table space $35.00 Two spaces $70.00
DEADLINE FOR RESERVING YOUR SPACE IS OCTOBER 27, 2007
Sponsored by: Imani Advocates, a 501 c 3 not for profit ministry of Daystar Evangelical Church
PO Box 15344 Evansville, IN 47716
Phone: 812-618-1229
NOTE: THIS IS A FAMILY EVENT, THEREFORE, THE MUSIC AND ART MUST BE APPROPRIATE TO THE VENUE.