{"id":29445,"date":"2015-06-16T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/?p=29445"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:21:18","slug":"publishing-at-sea-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/content-creation\/publishing-at-sea-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Reasons to Join Me on the &#8216;Publishing at Sea&#8217; Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking of publishing a book, preparing to launch a book, or you need to revive sales for a book that&#8217;s fallen flat, the third annual Publishing at Sea cruise <strong>Jan. 24-31, 2016<\/strong> is exactly what you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll depart from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for <strong>Jamaica, Haiti<\/strong> and <strong>Cozumel<\/strong> aboard Royal Caribbean&#8217;s luxurious Allure of the Seas, one of the two largest ships in the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be teaching you, with plenty of help from four other book publishing experts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book shepherd <strong>Judith Briles <\/strong>who has written 33 books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book distributor <strong>Amy Collins <\/strong>who places her clients&#8217; books in big stores like Walmart and Costco as well as and small indie stores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book designer and publishing expert <strong>Joel Friedlander&#8217;s <\/strong>blog,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.TheBookDesigner.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book Designer,<\/a> is a popular destination for authors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest instructor <strong>Kelly Johnson,<\/strong> an online resources expert, specializes in working with authors and handling their technical projects.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of savvy authors who want to jump-start their publishing careers will join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 11 reasons why you need to be <strong>on that shi<\/strong>p with us and <strong>commit now:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. We&#8217;ve extended the early-bird pricing.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Save $300 if you book before July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. It&#8217;s the perfect working vacation for an author.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In one week, you&#8217;ll learn more about creating a best-seller than you could learn on your own <strong>in a lifetime.<\/strong> You&#8217;ll return refreshed, relaxed and ready to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. You can bring the family.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The kids will love riding the life-size, <strong>hand-carved carousel,<\/strong> climbing the <strong>rock wall<\/strong> or keeping their balance on the <strong>surf simulators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. In-depth group sessions.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <strong>12 classes<\/strong> will concentrate on everything you need to know about publishing your book. That includes marketing and publicity and social media&#8212;and how to <strong>save time and money<\/strong> doing it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Rent my brain at poolside or at dinner&#8212;no additional charge.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be &#8220;on&#8221; the entire week. If you need me, use me. Off the ship, my brain costs <strong>$300 an hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Five-star meals, and snacks into the night.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose from 20 dining options that include <strong>five-star specialty restaurants<\/strong> to an old-fashioned <strong>hot dog stand.<\/strong> We eat dinner every night as a group. (Late at night, I sneak to the snack bar for a panini <strong>when no one&#8217;s looking<\/strong>. One afternoon, I ate <strong>three ice cream cones<\/strong> at the pool. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Fun shore excursions.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunbath. Snorkel. Ride a coaster. Or take an historic walking tour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s author <strong>Cheryl Obermiller<\/strong>, aka The Pothole Queen, on the<strong> zip line,<\/strong> coming in for a landing. This was one of the shore excursions on last year&#8217;s cruise to St. Martin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. You&#8217;ll be pampered.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ship has a staff of <strong>2,384<\/strong> to serve you. All gratuities are included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Shop till you drop.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the ship and in the ports of call, it&#8217;s <strong>a shopper&#8217;s paradise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Honest answers about book publishing.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We promise we won&#8217;t be like so many other companies that cater to authors. We won&#8217;t <strong>&#8220;sell the dream&#8221;<\/strong> and shield you from the harsh realities of book publishing. <strong>We tell it like it is.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>11. It&#8217;s the best investment you&#8217;ll ever make as an author.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because we&#8217;ll shorten your learning curve and give you a plan you can implement as soon as you return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PublishingatSea.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Publishing at Sea website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions? Let&#8217;s talk.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions, let&#8217;s schedule a phone chat to see if this is right for you. Email <a href=\"mailto:JStewart@PublicityHound.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JStewart@PublicityHound.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to my email tips<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay up to date on all the cool free tools, apps, templates and checklists I&#8217;ve found for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/tips\/sample\">Get my free email tips, <\/a>delivered twice a week to your inbox. To thank you, I&#8217;ll send you two killer cheat sheets: <strong>Top 10 Tools for Free Publicity<\/strong> and <strong>89 Reasons to Send a Press Release. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you&#8217;re thinking of publishing a book, preparing to launch a book, or you need to revive sales for a book that&#8217;s fallen flat, the third annual Publishing at Sea cruise Jan. 24-31, 2016 is exactly what you need. We&#8217;ll depart from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Jamaica, Haiti and Cozumel aboard Royal Caribbean&#8217;s luxurious\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/content-creation\/publishing-at-sea-2016\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":10,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[206,608,434,176,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-29445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-content-creation","7":"tag-author-marketing","8":"tag-authors-publishers","9":"tag-book-launch","10":"tag-book-publicity","11":"tag-publishing-at-sea","12":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42876,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions\/42876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}