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November 2nd: The Untold Story of Books with author Michael Castleman
What We Call “Traditional Publishing” Is Actually
a Brief, 80-Year Detour from 400+ Years of Self-Publishing
San Francisco journalist and author Michael Castleman, 74, has published 3,000 magazine and web articles and 19 books, most recently The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing (Unnamed Press, LA). It went into a second printing just 8 weeks after publication. Its Amazon page boasts 35 Editorial Reviews and 40 customer reviews with a rating of 4.9 out of 5. Castleman grew up in a suburb of New York City and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan (1972). He earned a Masters in Journalism at UC Berkeley (1979). He began researching the history of book publishing in 1979, the year he signed his first book contract.
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BAIPA Monthly Meetings
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BAIPA is now meeting on the first Saturday of every month via Zoom only for now. In general, if the first Saturday falls on a holiday or holiday weekend, we will meet on the second Saturday.
We are also having occasional workshops on the third Saturday of every month (also via Zoom only for now. In general, if the regular monthly meeting moves to the second Saturday, then the workshop will be two weeks later.