Merchandising Youniversity: More Than Bookmarks

About this event

A Workshop led by Shai August

“The End.” of your story can become a new beginning for readers when they’re hungry for more of the world you've constructed while residual traces of your novel are still clinging to their imagination.

Merchandising Youniversity: More Than Bookmarks teaches authors how to turn their intellectual property into tangible merchandise that will keep readers immersed in the world you've built and the world readers love.

This interactive workshop explores the business side of intellectual property, manufacturing options, pricing, financing, inventory risk, profitability and more.

Authors learn how to move from “I think readers would love this...” to “Here’s the business case for making it.” Because just ordering merchandise is easy, but knowing what to make, how much to make, and whether you should make it at all is the real skill.

About Shai August

Shai August is a country girl with a big imagination, more than a touch of wanderlust and a never-ending desire to live in both an RV traveling the world and a library. Her love language is words of affirmations followed by books, bacon and bourbon.

She's a born and bred Louisiana native but has lived in ten states and visited forty-four. She is fluent in English, sarcasm and memes. Her goal is to write fast paced, character driven paranormal fiction for women of color.

She's found all over the internet and social media as @ShaiAugust - feel free to follow and start any kind of conversation with her.

Shai August funnels her spare time into her publishing company, Three Fortnights Press.

Three Fortnights Press is an award-winning boutique press working to create a never-ending catalog of Black woman led books; with over 70 titles centering stories of love that uplift and celebrate healthy, affectionate, joyful, romantic love.

We specialize in romance because we love LOVE and want the world to Love Us Back.