The NPC Authors &  Book Festival and Writers’ Conference created quite a stir in downtown Naples last month, for the 9th consecutive year.

As promised, 16 courses at the Conference gave writers, both established and fledglings, creative ideas to enhance their writing and marketing skills.

Exhibitors in the Fifth Avenue shops were also delighted with the attendance and book sales.

Kudos to Sandy Lender, for masterminding a Conference with a fresh look, adding new touches and lots of social networking presence on the web, facebook and twitter.

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As part of the 9th annual Writers' Conference, your Naples Press Club has invited multi-published, award-winning mystery and romance author Nancy J. Cohen to join us on this side of the state for a delightful, humor-filled discussion of her publishing experiences, and the eReaders sweeping the marketplace today.

NPC members get a special rate and can use our easy, secure Eventbrite sign-up: Celebrity Luncheon with Nancy J. Cohen 

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Downtown Fifth Avenue will be brimming with activity the weekend of April 9th and 10th when the Naples Press Club and Downtown Naples Association join together for a dynamic event.

NPC has gathered a team of quality authors for the Author & Book Festival portion of the annual Writers’ Conference. For the second year in a row, we will hand those authors over to the capable and savvy DNA to create a fantastic destination event for the South’s literati. Authors will be chatting with readers and signing autographs in many of the stores.

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 Thursday, Feb. 10, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Bldg, 2nd floor conference room (2390 Tamiami Trail N)

Birgit Pauli-Haack (@bph) and Sandy Lender (@Sandy_Lender) tag-team the social media experience, showing you shortcuts and tips to make your branding, portfolio-building and marketing more efficient.
Brainstorm ideas to make your tweeting and posting more effective in less time, and use those new skills to help your Naples Press Club promote the upcoming Writers' Conference.

There's no charge for this how-to, learning experience; please RSVP so we can gauge attendance.  All NPC members are welcome. Non-members may attend as space permits.  

For RSVP send e-mail to rsvp@naplespressclub.org

PS: Your homework: Get a Twitter account, and follow the Naples Scoop Twitter feed!

Update: 2/10 Resources

Sandy Lender: Twitter with a Purpose ( PDF)

Birgit Pauli-Haack: How o Use Facebook to Spread Ideas (PDF)

Naples Writers' Conference / Authors & Books Festival 2011

 The annual Naples Writers' Conference and its sister event, the  Authors & Books Festival, are scheduled for April 9th and 10th, 2011.  Online registration for this exciting and inspiring event is now open.  You may register for the full 2-day conference, or select the day/event you wish to attend.

The  Naples Press Club (NPC) will, once again, gather a team of quality authors for the Authors & Books Festival portion of the annual Writers’ Conference. For the second year in a row, NPC will partner with the Downtown Naples Association (DNA) to create a fantastic destination event for the South’s literati.  The Authors & Books Festival is specifically for authors, publishers and other industry members who wish to sell their wares on Naples' prestigious Fifth Avenue, Saturday, April 9th. This effort will bring reading, hunting for autographs, winning prizes, and meeting Southwest Florida’s premier authors to the shoppers on Fifth Avenue.

If you are interested in being an exhibitor at the Authors & Books Festival, you may view more information at Here's How to Become an Exhibitor at the Authors & Books Festival.

Visit the Naples Writers' Conference website often for the latest event updates.

Click on the link below, put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world, and the newspaper headlines pop up... 

Double click on the city and the newspaper page gets larger...you can read the entire paper for some, if you click on the right place.  You can spend forever here.

Newseum: Today's front pages from around the world

Also, if you look at the European papers, the far left side of  Germany will pop up as The Stars & Stripes (European edition, of course). AND, this site changes every day with the publication of new editions of the paper.

On April 10, 2010, Naples Fifth Avenue Merchants will host the 50+ Book Festival Exhibitors for the 8th Annual Authors & Books Festival. The schedule & locations are posted on the Authors & Books Festival Website.

You can print it also as PDF document or surf a virtual map below: On the day of the festival, the 5th Ave Visitor Center will have hard-copy maps and passports available to the visitors. 

View Authors & Books Festival 2010 in a larger map

Announcement will be made on TV & Radio. Please share with your friends.