Of course they're going to try to sell you something! I'm going off to a Publishing seminar downtown Toronto, in a few hours and I'm curious to see what I can glean from it. As a newly-published Children's book author , I'm hoping to find subscribers for my list to show off my snazzy audiobook digital flyer to! Well, getting some good, honest reviews for my new puppy cartoon Prissy Little Chloe: Time of the Year, would be sweet of course! Networking is one thing. A lot of these "free" seminars that happen at hotels, aren't free. The hotel has to pay the speakers, really mostly out of the attendees pockets - as a lot of them decide to stay for the duration of the conference. Brilliant. I won't be one. Not because I don't love a weekend getaway, but because hotels for me, are a last resort - unless, I'm staying you know, at a resort. I can sleep better in those beds, anyway. With any sort of training, especially a pa...