Name: Breakout 5 (Author Publishers) - Cover Design Live Critique Panel
Start: 2025-05-17T15:30:00-0500
End: 2025-05-17T16:30:00-0500

Saturday May 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Intercontinental - Governors II (lower level, below lobby)

Cover Design Live Critique Panel!

Faculty: CB Messer, Claudine Mansour, Lacey L. Bakker, Paul Nylander, with moderator and host JuLee Brand.

If you would like your book considered for the live critique (with the goal to be constructive and helpful to all), please do so on the form here by Thursday May 8, 2025.

The author publisher breakout sessions are intended for author publishers (a.k.a. self-published authors) who are creating and publishing their own works.

Speakers

CB Messer

Artist, CB Messer Illustration & Design

**Participating in “Ask the Experts” at these times: 3A - Sat 5/17, 10:45-11:00am, 3B - Sat 5/17, 11:05-11:20am, 3C - Sat 5/17, 11:25-11:40am, 3D - Sat 5/17, 11:45am-12noon, 4A - Sat 5/17, 1:45-2:00pm, 4B - Sat 5/17, 2:05-2:20pm, 4C - Sat 5/17, 2:25-2:40pmArea of Expertise: DesignRegistered... Read More →

Claudine Mansour

Creative Director/Owner, Claudine Mansour Design

**Participating in “Ask the Experts” at these times: 1A - Fri 5/16, 1:20-1:35pm, 1C - Fri 5/16, 2:00-2:15pm, 2B - Fri 5/16, 3:25-3:40pm, 3A - Sat 5/17, 10:45-11:00am, 3C - Sat 5/17, 11:25-11:40am, 4A - Sat 5/17, 1:45-2:00pmArea of Expertise: DesignRegistered attendees can sign... Read More →

JuLee Brand

Publisher, W. Brand Publishing

JuLee Brand has over thirty years of experience as an award-winning graphic designer and over ten years of publishing experience working as an Art Director at Hachette Books Nashville and being publisher/founder at W. Brand Publishing, a boutique hybrid publisher specializing in memoirs... Read More →

Lacey L. Bakker

Owner/Publisher, Pandamonium Publishing House

Lacey L. Bakker is a best-selling author and founder of Pandamonium Publishing House, an independent publishing company that has been helping authors bring their stories to life for nearly a decade. Lacey has a proven track record of guiding authors through every step of the process... Read More →

Paul Nylander

Book Designer, Illustrada Design

** Participating in “Ask the Experts” at these times: 1A - Fri 5/16, 1:20-1:35pm, 1B - Fri 5/16, 1:40-1:55pm, 1C - Fri 5/16, 2:00-2:15pm, 4A - Sat 5/17, 1:45-2:00pm, 4B - Sat 5/17, 2:05-2:20pm, 4C - Sat 5/17, 2:25-2:40pmAreas of Expertise: Design, Ebooks, General Publishing... Read More →

Saturday May 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Intercontinental - Governors II (lower level, below lobby)

Breakout Sessions + Ask the Experts