Faber Academy has annouced a three-day course in self-publishing, The Bookseller revealed. The course, called 'Bring Your Book to Market', will run in February 2012 and will be taught by author and journalist Ben Johncock and self-published author Catherine Ryan Howard. Hannah Griffiths, Faber publishing director, will also be giving a one-hour 'Rules for Authors' session.
Faber Academy director Jason Cooper said: "One of the things with the Faber Academy is that we've always tried to maintain a slightly separate mission for it [from Faber], in that it is all about helping writers reach their full potential, we've never seen it as a vehicle for publication.
"There is a huge amount of interest in self-publishing at the moment, and we would want to make the most of that, and help them realise their ambition if that is their path . . . I think as a publisher, if we are worried about self-publishing, the solution is to publish people. I think we can see that there are people in different situations and with different ambitions who will go down different routes."
To read the full article, click here.
