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Pronoun is Shutting Down. What Are Your Options Now?

November 27, 2017 by David Kudler

Pronoun, a much-beloved independent publishing operation, is closing its doors next year. (BAIPA had been in conversation with Pronoun about a presentation at one of our meeting next spring. Alas.) To find out more about what it means and what the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News

David Kudler to Read from his Book, Risuko at Left Coast Writers Monthly Salon

September 28, 2016 by David Kudler

On Monday, October 3, author/publisher David Kudler will read from his new teen novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale at the Left Coast Writers monthly salon. In addition to sharing sections of the book, he will discuss the process of publishing his first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Events, Book Promotion, independent bookstores, Print books, Public Speaking, publicity, self-publishing Tagged With: Book Passage, David Kudler, Left Coast Writers, Risuko

David Kudler shares keywords and categories handout

September 10, 2016 by David Kudler

As requested at today's wonderful IngramSpark! event, I've uploaded the handout that I created concerning categories/subjects and keywords/search terms. I created the handout for July's All Things Amazon roundtables, and so the focus is somewhat on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: distribution, ebooks, marketing, Print books, printing, self-publishing Tagged With: All Things Amazon, Amazon, categories, David Kudler, IngramSpark, keywords, metadata

David Kudler's Book 'Risuko' Released

June 18, 2016 by David Kudler

David Kudler’s teen historical adventure novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale officially hits the shelves on June 15. Set in 1570 during Japan's century-long civil war, Risuko follows Kano Murasaki, daughter of a disgraced samurai, as she is pulled into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, ebooks, publicity, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: David Kudler, Risuko

David Kudler Interviews Christina V. Kueppers

June 4, 2016 by David Kudler

In our continuing series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors, BAIPA board member David Kudler interviewed author Christina V. Kueppers.  Enjoy! No matter what their origin, folktales always come from the “old country.” They speak to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, interview, marketing, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, writing Tagged With: Christina Kueppers, David Kudler, Excursion to Mars, modernfairytaleteller.com, Prince Alexander and His Moustachioed Adventures, The Kingdom of Sunnymerrylandia, Tommy the Brownie

David Kudler's Kickstarter Campaign for his New Book Risuko ends Friday

March 3, 2016 by David Kudler

BAIPA Vice-President and author David Kudler has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help make Risuko the best book it can possibly be. While Risuko is nearly finished, there’s still more we’d like to do, and we need your help. Reserve your copy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, crowdfunding, ebooks, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: crowdfunding, David Kudler, kickstarter, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale, risuko.net/kickstarter, Stillpoint Digital Press

Email List Building: The Slides

November 15, 2015 by David Kudler

Email-for-Authors-101 poster image

Saturday's session with Joel Friedlander on the subject of the whys and hows of creating an email list was terrific! Not a surprise to any of us who know Joel. Joel has kindly shared the slides with BAIPA. Click on the image below to download the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, self-publishing Tagged With: author platform, BAIPA, BAIPA events, book marketing, independent publishing, PDF, presentation slides, publicity, self-publishing

All Things Amazon Slides

September 14, 2015 by David Kudler

Everything Amazon

This Saturday's program (All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship, led by BAIPA board members and indie publishing veterans David Kudler and Ruth Schwartz) was a great success! As promised, here are the slides: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, distribution, ebooks, self-publishing Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, BAIPA, BAIPA events, book marketing, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, independent publishing, KDP, meeting, Ruth Schwartz, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads

June 15, 2015 by David Kudler

At this past Saturday's BAIPA meeting, I led a roundtable about the reasons that every independent author and publisher (as well as every “dependent” author) needed to have an active presence on Goodreads.com. It was one of three roundtable sessions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, tips, website Tagged With: author platform, BAIPA, book marketing, book reviews, David Kudler, Goodreads, marketing, review sites, self-publishers, self-publishing, social media, workshop

David Kudler's Do-It-Yourself Book Marketing Tips

March 24, 2015 by David Kudler

Every author wants to know how to get the word out about his or her book—and most are frightened that it’s going to cost an arm and a leg. To be honest, the most effective marketing that an author can do doesn’t involve paying money—just lots and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, marketing, publicity, tips Tagged With: author platform, book marketing, David Kudler, social media

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UPDATE: BAIPA will continue to meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings, which we are planning to try on May 6th, 2023 (see below for some initial info). Even when we decide to resume in-person events, we will continue the Zoom option. We are implementing all the recommended precautionary measures to keep our meetings private and safe for all participants. All members and visitors who register in advance will receive a link to attend via Zoom video conferencing. On the Friday evening before the meeting, we will send the link and … More

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