Novel Ideas: Literary Agents, Writers, and the Law

Featuring: Vincent F. Aiello, Esq., Professor William H. Byrnes, and Mary Wenzel, J.D.

Presented by the Entertainment & Sports Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections of the San Diego County Bar Association

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Are you a writer or do you represent writers? Join us and bring yourself up to date on the changes in law in the dramatically altered world of publishing and the distribution of the written word. This informative program will cover authorship, protecting books as property, obtaining and negotiating publishing deals.

The following will be addressed:

• Learn what literary agents do and how they help writers obtain and close publishing deals.

• Academic books: How you reach out to a publisher, the proposal process, and why you never really get paid.

• Alternative ways to grow your business via ghost writers for content on websites and blogs.

• How to consistently write intriguing blogicles that build a personal and professional brand that will develop client leads.

Entertainment & Sports Law Section Co- Chairs: Eric Eastham & D. Jonathan Hadaya; Vice Chair: Jeremy Evans

Intellectual Property Law Section Co-Chairs: Leah Strickland & Jing Liu