Authors, are you ready to hit your next
level of success?

Learn from bestselling authors
& industry experts.

Whether you are...

Inkers Con has exactly what you need.

Regardless of which path you’re on…

If you’re not yet where you want to be in your career…

Oftentimes it’s just a small missing piece of the puzzle (or two) that needs to be revealed and fit into place…

And voila!

Your author career transforms.

We wholeheartedly believe that with the right knowledge and implementation…

You can accomplish all of your goals.

That’s where Inkers Con comes in.

We’ve seen that every successful author excels in 4 areas:

Craft

There’s no way around it: If you want to be a bestselling author, your books have to be good.

Marketing

And of course, no matter how good your books are, if people don’t know about them, people won’t read them.

Advertising

But free marketing avenues will only get you so far. When it’s time to scale and supercharge your career, it’s time to look into paid ads.

Business

To tie all this together and turn it into a career that supports you… the business side is crucial.

Making sure you have those four pillars dialed in is our core mission.

So, what is Inkers Con?

Inkers Con is your ticket to watch 27 presentations from bestselling authors and industry experts.

What is included with my Inkers Con ticket?

27 Classes

You’ll get 6 years of access to 27 recorded classes. Each class is motivating, actionable, and taught by bestselling authors and industry experts.

MARKETING CLASSES

Pulling Back the Curtain to Six-Figures by Karolynn St-Pierre

Ready to turn your writing into a six-figure annual earner? Karolynn St-Pierre shares the five essential strategies that helped her reach (and maintain) this milestone and will teach actionable marketing tactics that won’t burn you out. Learn how to build a profitable author brand, unlock hidden revenue streams, and properly launch your books!

Will Your Book Make Any Money? By Dr. Trina Boice

The missing piece to success is a question that should be answered before you begin to write – does your book have a market and will that book meet readers’ expectations? In this class, learn how to write to a specific market and what you must figure out about your story.

Marketing Your Audiobook Like a Pro (PANEL) J. Bengtsson, Karen White, Rebecca Hefner

Audiobooks can be a powerful and lucrative way to capitalize on a story. In this panel, a group of bestselling authors and industry insiders will share how they market their audio library and earn up to 50% of their annual revenue from this format.

Advanced TikTok for Authors by Kate Hall

You’ve spent thousands of hours on the platform, but your books and videos don’t gain more than a few hundred views. So, what gives? In this deep dive, a TikTok expert will teach you advanced techniques and strategies to capture BookTok’s attention and sales.

Maximizing Your Novel Income by Lucy Lennox

You’ve written the book(s), but how do you capture the sales? In this class, a bestselling author will take you through actionable steps that will leverage and amplify your novel in four areas: Planning, Packaging, Distributing, and Marketing. You’ll leave the presentation with a clear path forward toward growth.

Supercharging Your Mailing List by Holly Darling

The virtues of a newsletter are well-known, but how do you get the subscribers? Learn from an email expert who specializes in author marketing. This deep dive list-building workshop will share important resources and actionable strategies to grow your list and how to nurture those subscribers into paying customers.

Seeing (and Earning) Double by Elana Johnson

If you’ve ever been on the fence about launching a new pen name, this is the class for you! A bestselling author will teach how to launch, maintain, promote, and grow two pen names in two different genres.

Book Cover Design & Positioning for Authors

In the competitive world of publishing, the adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover” might be sound advice for readers, but for authors, the reality is starkly different. Your book cover is the first impression potential readers have of your work, and it can make or break their decision to purchase your book. Learn the art and science of book cover design and positioning, and how to apply it to your author business.

Pulling Back the Curtain to Six-Figures

by Karolynn St-Pierre
Ready to turn your writing into a six-figure annual earner? Karolynn St-Pierre shares the five essential strategies that helped her reach (and maintain) this milestone and will teach actionable marketing tactics that won’t burn you out. Learn how to build a profitable author brand, unlock hidden revenue streams, and properly launch your books!

Will Your Book Make Any Money?

By Dr. Trina Boice
The missing piece to success is a question that should be answered before you begin to write – does your book have a market and will that book meet readers’ expectations? In this class, learn how to write to a specific market and what you must figure out about your story.

Marketing Your Audiobook Like a Pro (PANEL)

by J. Bengtsson, Karen White, Rebecca Hefner
Audiobooks can be a powerful and lucrative way to capitalize on a story. In this panel, a group of bestselling authors and industry insiders will share how they market their audio library and earn up to 50% of their annual revenue from this format.

Advanced TikTok for Authors

by Kate Hall
You’ve spent thousands of hours on the platform, but your books and videos don’t gain more than a few hundred views. So, what gives? In this deep dive, a TikTok expert will teach you advanced techniques and strategies to capture BookTok’s attention and sales.

Maximizing Your Novel Income

by Lucy Lennox
You’ve written the book(s), but how do you capture the sales? In this class, a bestselling author will take you through actionable steps that will leverage and amplify your novel in four areas: Planning, Packaging, Distributing, and Marketing. You’ll leave the presentation with a clear path forward toward growth.

Supercharging Your Mailing List

by Holly Darling
The virtues of a newsletter are well-known, but how do you get the subscribers? Learn from an email expert who specializes in author marketing. This deep dive list-building workshop will share important resources and actionable strategies to grow your list and how to nurture those subscribers into paying customers.

Seeing (and Earning) Double

by Elana Johnson
If you’ve ever been on the fence about launching a new pen name, this is the class for you! A bestselling author will teach how to launch, maintain, promote, and grow two pen names in two different genres.

Book Cover Design & Positioning for Authors

by Nick Thacker
In the competitive world of publishing, the adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover” might be sound advice for readers, but for authors, the reality is starkly different. Your book cover is the first impression potential readers have of your work, and it can make or break their decision to purchase your book. Learn the art and science of book cover design and positioning, and how to apply it to your author business.

BUSINESS CLASSES

From Manuscript to Movie by Maggie Marr

Learn how to pitch your book to film agents, what producers are looking for, the most common mistakes that authors make, and the finances behind a Hollywood deal. Taught by an entertainment attorney who specializes in book adaptations and rights.

Win This Author Game by Becca Syme

One of the most important mindset shifts present in successful authors is the ability to take risks. But how can we take risks when the stakes are so high? Learn how to succeed using gamification while avoiding the pitfalls that tank most authors’ attempts.

Increasing Your Profits Through Print Sales by Willow Winters

Ebook income often dominates an author’s royalty reports, but there’s so much untapped potential in your print formats. Learn how you can double-dip on books with special editions, direct sales, Kickstarter campaigns, and more.

An Authorpreneur Crash Course by Lisa Montanaro

It’s time to treat your business with the respect it deserves, so grab your notebook, because this class will deliver an MBA worth of information in just an hour! Learn how to protect your books from a legal standpoint, account for your income and expenses properly, and how to plan strategically for success.

Behind the Doors of a 7-Figure Author Business by Steff Green

Go behind the scenes and learn the key strategies, team structure, and mindset shifts that allow for scalable growth. This session dives deep with real-life case studies, strategic questions, and actionable tips. You’ll be able to finish this class with a personalized roadmap to boost your own income and success.

Breaking That 6-Figure Ceiling (and Staying There) by Lisa Lang Blakeney

Learn strategies to move from 5 to 6 figures (and have more $20k months) by using a low-stress, multiple-streams-of-income approach. This is a 90-minute deep dive and will highlight the concepts using real-life examples and strategies that you can put into place for yourself.

Payday with Patreon (PANEL)

With the unknowns of creative muses and release potentials, imagine the security of a solid and reliable monthly income stream, one that develops your readers into superfans. This will be an informative and honest session from a panel of authors who each earn 4 to 5 figures each month through a subscription platform.

Print Books for Indie Authors

In this informative session, Draft2Digital walks you through how indie authors can successfully create and distribute print books with ease. It covers the evolving landscape of print publishing—comparing traditional models with today’s indie opportunities—and shares surprising industry stats that reveal just how powerful the print market has become for self-published authors. From there, you’ll learn how to create a professional-quality paperback, why print can boost your discoverability and income, and how Draft2Digital’s free Print Beta program simplifies wide print distribution to major retailers and libraries.

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From Manuscript to Movie

by Maggie Marr
Learn how to pitch your book to film agents, what producers are looking for, the most common mistakes that authors make, and the finances behind a Hollywood deal. Taught by an entertainment attorney who specializes in book adaptations and rights.

Win This Author Game

by Becca Syme
One of the most important mindset shifts present in successful authors is the ability to take risks. But how can we take risks when the stakes are so high? Learn how to succeed using gamification while avoiding the pitfalls that tank most authors’ attempts.

Increasing Your Profits Through Print Sales

by Willow Winters
Ebook income often dominates an author’s royalty reports, but there’s so much untapped potential in your print formats. Learn how you can double-dip on books with special editions, direct sales, Kickstarter campaigns, and more.

An Authorpreneur Crash Course

by Lisa Montanaro
It’s time to treat your business with the respect it deserves, so grab your notebook, because this class will deliver an MBA worth of information in just an hour! Learn how to protect your books from a legal standpoint, account for your income and expenses properly, and how to plan strategically for success.

Behind the Doors of a 7-Figure Author Business

by Steff Green
Go behind the scenes and learn the key strategies, team structure, and mindset shifts that allow for scalable growth. This session dives deep with real-life case studies, strategic questions, and actionable tips. You’ll be able to finish this class with a personalized roadmap to boost your own income and success.

Breaking That 6-Figure Ceiling (and Staying There)

by Lisa Lang Blakeney
Learn strategies to move from 5 to 6 figures (and have more $20k months) by using a low-stress, multiple-streams-of-income approach. This is a 90-minute deep dive and will highlight the concepts using real-life examples and strategies that you can put into place for yourself.

Payday with Patreon (PANEL)

by Kenya Wright, Krista Richie, Aven Ellis, Casualfarmer
With the unknowns of creative muses and release potentials, imagine the security of a solid and reliable monthly income stream, one that develops your readers into superfans. This will be an informative and honest session from a panel of authors who each earn 4 to 5 figures each month through a subscription platform.

Print Books for Indie Authors

by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
In this informative session, Draft2Digital walks you through how indie authors can successfully create and distribute print books with ease. It covers the evolving landscape of print publishing—comparing traditional models with today’s indie opportunities—and shares surprising industry stats that reveal just how powerful the print market has become for self-published authors. From there, you’ll learn how to create a professional-quality paperback, why print can boost your discoverability and income, and how Draft2Digital’s free Print Beta program simplifies wide print distribution to major retailers and libraries.

ADVERTISING CLASSES

Intro to Amazon Ads by Bonnie Paulson

Amazon AMS Ads can be confusing if you don’t know what you’re doing. This class will provide everything you need to know to set up your first group of ad campaigns (the right way) and evaluate and gauge their success.

Maximize Conversions with Ad Creative by Malorie Cooper

Learn how to maximize your ad reach and conversion through different aspects of your ad. Understand how to appeal to readers through a variety of ad images, headlines, audio, copy, buttons, and more.

The Technical Creation of a Facebook Ad (Introductory Presentation)

Learn how to set up your campaigns, ad sets, ads, audiences, and budget. This step-by-step walkthrough will take you through the process, clear up confusion, and set you up for ads success.

BookBub Q&A session

Bring your questions to this live event, where you can ask questions directly to members of the BookBub team. Whether you’re curious about their new website builder, featured deal submissions, new release notifications, or CPC ads – this is your chance to get answers to your most burning questions.

Intro to Amazon Ads

by Bonnie Paulson
Amazon AMS Ads can be confusing if you don’t know what you’re doing. This class will provide everything you need to know to set up your first group of ad campaigns (the right way) and evaluate and gauge their success.

Maximize Conversions with Ad Creative

by Malorie Cooper
Learn how to maximize your ad reach and conversion through different aspects of your ad. Understand how to appeal to readers through a variety of ad images, headlines, audio, copy, buttons, and more.

The Technical Creation of a Facebook Ad (Introductory Presentation)

by Alana Terry
Learn how to set up your campaigns, ad sets, ads, audiences, and budget. This step-by-step walkthrough will take you through the process, clear up confusion, and set you up for ads success.

BookBub Q&A session

The BookBub team dives into their newest tools and features—including the website builder, Featured Deal submissions, new release notifications, and CPC ads. Whether you're exploring BookBub for the first time or want to level up your promotions, this session is packed with valuable insights.

CRAFT CLASSES

Revise Your Novel in Six Easy Steps

A top-down approach to revising your novel in a logical and efficient method that avoids unnecessary work. This is a great overview of the editorial process from start to finish.

How to Add the Steam and Sizzle by Kate Hawthorne

When it comes to love scenes, does your writing sometimes… fall flat? In this fun class, you’ll learn easy methods and actionable tips on how to create sexy and spicy love scenes.

Showing Emotion Effectively in Characters by C.S. Lakin

If you can make your readers care about your characters and plot, you’ve won them as a customer. Learn how to effectively show emotion in your characters, write believably from their POV, and methods to build empathy in the readers.

Pacing Your Dialogue to Perfection by Jeff Elkins

Learn how to strategically manipulate the emotional weight of a scene by using dialogue and exposition. This class will share easy ways to change the energy, intensity, engagement, and intimacy of a scene. You’ll leave with a new set of dialogue tools you can use to strategically craft the emotional journey of your readers.

How to Dictate Your Novel by Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer

Dictation might be the key to your next 100,000 words. In this class, learn the advantages of dictation, tools, and methods you can use, how to move past common dictation blocks, and a live dictation demonstration.

The Pocket Guide to Pantsing: How to Write a Novel without an Outline (with Confidence!) by Michael La Ronn

Jump into the freedom of writing without a roadmap! This class will teach you how to confidently dive into your novel without an outline, trust your instincts, and keep the creative momentum flowing. This is perfect for discovery writers who want structure-free strategies that actually work.

A Craft Deep Dive: Your Novel’s Premise by C. S. Lakin

A weak premise can sink your story. In this interactive event, learn how to turn a basic idea into a high-concept premise that hooks readers and fuels your entire story. Bring your book idea and leave with a powerful hook and a clear direction.

Revise Your Novel in Six Easy Steps

by Miranda Darrow
A top-down approach to revising your novel in a logical and efficient method that avoids unnecessary work. This is a great overview of the editorial process from start to finish.

How to Add the Steam and Sizzle

by Kate Hawthorne
When it comes to love scenes, does your writing sometimes… fall flat? In this fun class, you’ll learn easy methods and actionable tips on how to create sexy and spicy love scenes.

Showing Emotion Effectively in Characters

by C.S. Lakin
If you can make your readers care about your characters and plot, you’ve won them as a customer. Learn how to effectively show emotion in your characters, write believably from their POV, and methods to build empathy in the readers.

Pacing Your Dialogue to Perfection

by Jeff Elkins
Learn how to strategically manipulate the emotional weight of a scene by using dialogue and exposition. This class will share easy ways to change the energy, intensity, engagement, and intimacy of a scene. You’ll leave with a new set of dialogue tools you can use to strategically craft the emotional journey of your readers.

How to Dictate Your Novel

by Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer
Dictation might be the key to your next 100,000 words. In this class, learn the advantages of dictation, tools, and methods you can use, how to move past common dictation blocks, and a live dictation demonstration.

The Pocket Guide to Pantsing: How to Write a Novel without an Outline (with Confidence!)

by Michael La Ronn
Jump into the freedom of writing without a roadmap! This class will teach you how to confidently dive into your novel without an outline, trust your instincts, and keep the creative momentum flowing. This is perfect for discovery writers who want structure-free strategies that actually work.

A Craft Deep Dive: Your Novel’s Premise

by C. S. Lakin
A weak premise can sink your story. In this interactive event, learn how to turn a basic idea into a high-concept premise that hooks readers and fuels your entire story. Bring your book idea and leave with a powerful hook and a clear direction.

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“Inkers Con is an automatic registration for me every year. They have timely topics and speakers best suited to address important aspects of the publishing business. I especially love that they offer craft classes, which are a lost part of many conferences today. I highly recommend this conference for all writers at any stage of their publishing journey.”

Jana DeLeon

New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author

“Inker’s Con was the best money I have spent for my career this year, possibly ever.”

Alyssa Bailey

USA Today and International Best Selling Author

“All authors, whether aspiring, new or established must attend Inkers Con… It’s the best investment.”

L.L. Hunter

Bestselling Author with 50+ published books

But there’s even more...

BONUS CLASS

Influencer Reach Out Kit

Influencers can be a game-changer for your visibility and book sales, but so many authors miss out on this opportunity. We’ve simplified the process into 4 easy steps—each with templates, scripts, tracking sheets, checklists, and everything you need to get started right away. With this kit, you’ll know exactly what to say, how to track your outreach, and how to effectively connect with influencers to boost your career.

SPECIAL BONUS

TikTok Made Simple for Authors

Get ahead of the game with these foundational TikTok classes before diving into the Advanced TikTok for Authors session at Inkers Con 2025! TikTok remains a powerful tool for fiction authors, and these classes will equip you with everything you need to start using it to boost your book sales and grow your audience in 2025 and beyond.

SPECIAL BONUS

Productivity Bundle

As authors, time is our most valuable resource—and one that many of us struggle to manage effectively. This bundle is designed to help you take control of your time, work more efficiently, and stay on top of your writing goals. Whether you’re struggling with distractions or just need a little extra structure, this bundle will help you boost your productivity and stay focused on what matters most: your writing.

This is built for authors who:

Want actionable and in-depth information that will make success easier
Are ready to meet other authors that will give them support and information
Love the flexibility of watching classes on their own schedule
Are ready to put in the work to make their author career a success

What authors are saying about us

“Because of Inkers Con my business has definitely improved. Last year was my best year ever.”

Susan Parsons

“Inker’s Con was the best money I have spent for my career this year, possibly ever.”

Alyssa Bailey

USA Today and International Best Selling Author

“All authors, whether aspiring, new or established must attend Inkers Con… It’s the best investment.”

L.L. Hunter

Bestselling Author with 50+ published books

“What a motivating experience for this indie author”

Joanne Giacomini

Romance, Fantasy and Paranormal Author with 7 published books

“I’m revamping my business and thanks to Inkers Con, I have the tools I need!”

Kahlen Aymes

USA Today Bestselling Author with 21 published books

“No matter where you are in your publishing career, Inkers Con has the information you need to take the next step.”

Jennifer Allis Provost

Author with 40+ published books

“It went above and beyond my expectations. I’ve already been able to put much of what I’ve learned into practice. Thank you!”

Heather Marie Reaves

Author with 8 published books

“I learned so much and can’t wait to implement new strategies for my books. Thank you, Inkers Con.”

Nicola Marsh

USA Today Bestselling and Multi Award Winning Author

“Without doubt, it’s the best investment I’ve made in my author career, to date, and I’d recommend it to any author, whatever stage they’re at in their own career.”

Sherri Bryan

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MEET THE FOUNDERS

Hi, we’re Alessandra Torre and Terezia Barna – and we’ve spent years accelerating authors’ success with programs and conferences.

Alessandra is a 7X NYT bestselling author, with over thirty books, published traditionally and indie. Terezia is a marketing expert and author consultant, with a passion for helping independent authors.

In 2019, we started examining the qualities, knowledge, and resources authors need to fulfill their potential. We found that authors need to master the four pillars of craft, business, marketing, and advertising.

Each year, we bring together the best in the business to educate authors on the latest and greatest in each of those areas.