One registration gets you access to all three sessions as well as the social hour for PRH authors!
Penguin Random House is thrilled to invite you to Author University Bonus 2024, a half-day virtual learning event featuring a selection of breakout authors and in-house experts giving advice on the topics that impact authors the most.
Join us for Author University on Wednesday, October 30, from 1 to 5 p.m. ET on Zoom. This round will feature panels with the following topics: school and library marketing, how authors can leverage LinkedIn, ways to keep up momentum after your book’s initial release, and some updates on our intellectual freedom efforts. The sessions will be followed by a social hour for you to connect with other PRH authors.
Full schedule information is below. Prior to the event, you will receive Zoom links for the sessions and the social hour. As always, Author University is completely free and open to every Penguin Random House author. You can view previous sessions here.
Order of events (all times ET):
October 30
1–2 p.m. | “Everything You Need to Know about School and Library Marketing” with Jennifer Childs, VP of Library Marketing & Digital Library Sales, Carmela Iaria, VP & Exec. Director of School & Library Marketing, Adrienne Waintraub, Exec. Director of School & Library Marketing, and Alan Walker, VP of Higher Education Marketing
2–3 p.m. | “Level Up Your LinkedIn Presence” with Elaine Lin Hering and Erin Madison, Senior Manager of Backlist Marketing at Penguin Publishing Group
3–4 p.m. | “How to Keep Momentum Up in the Months (and Years!) After Your Launch” with Brad Meltzer, Angela Montoya, and Hampton Sides
4–5 p.m. | Zoom Social Hour for PRH Authors!
Do you have questions for our panelists? We encourage you to submit questions in advance to portaladmin@penguinrandomhouse.com. Please designate which panel the question is intended for.
Registration is non-transferable and cannot be shared with anyone outside Penguin Random House. Each registrant will be confirmed individually as an author. For those who can’t attend the event live, recordings of the panels will be posted to the Author Portal.
Penguin Random House has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any kind and expects all participants (including attendees, speakers, and staff) to conduct themselves respectfully. By participating in this event, you agree to abide by these policies. Read the full Virtual Events Code of Conduct at this link.