We talked at our May meeting about ways we as authors and publishers might help each other promote our books during the pandemic, or whether we shouldn't be doing that at all. One idea we had was to interview each other on Zoom and post those … [Read more...]
About John Byrne Barry
‘What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to Kill Him?’ — Online Book Launch & Conversation June 6, 10, and 14
I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]
Two Ways BAIPA Can Help You Promote Your Book(s) During This Pandemic
We talked at our May meeting about what we as authors and publishers can do to promote and market our books during this pandemic. If we should be doing so at all. And what BAIPA can do to help. What a number of people suggested was that we … [Read more...]
How Are You Promoting (Or Not Promoting) Your Book During the Pandemic?
At our April meeting, during the Q & A, we briefly discussed how we, as independent publishers, might best use this pandemic period. Maybe it doesn't feel right to be plugging your books, and besides, bookstores are closed. Maybe the best … [Read more...]
Join Us Online Saturday — Different, But Also the Same
This Saturday, we’ll be meeting online for the second time. We hosted a hybrid meeting in March, where about ten people, including our presenter and many of our board members, showed up at our usual meeting spot in Novato, keeping their distance from … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry Presents ‘Setting That Works’ on April 18
On Saturday, April 18 at 10:30 am, I’ll be presenting “Setting That Works — How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More” for the California Writers Club SF Peninsula. Of course, we won’t be meeting in person, but … [Read more...]
Ten Takeaways from Ruth Schwartz’s Presentation on Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark
If you were fortunate enough to attend the February 22 meeting of the California Writers Club Marin, you learned from BAIPA's Ruth Schwartz, a.k.a. the Wonderlady, a.k.a. the Book Midwife, about the “Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and … [Read more...]
How Beta Readers Made My Book Better — Getting What I Needed Helped More Than Getting What I Wanted
A year ago, as I was finishing the first beginning-to-end draft of my third novel, When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller, I recruited a dozen beta readers to help me make it better. I asked for honest feedback, which I … [Read more...]
BAIPA Book of Answers, Take 2
Two years ago, we shared an idea with you about publishing the “Big BAIPA Book of Answers.” Since the morning Q & A is so valuable, we wondered, what if we compiled and curated those crowd-sourced answers and turned them into a book. After all, … [Read more...]
Why I Wrote an Assisted Suicide Family Thriller + Upcoming Book Launch Events
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my third novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller — and I invite you to my upcoming book launches in Berkeley (October 26, 3 pm at Mo’Joe Cafe), Mill Valley (November 2, 3 pm at the … [Read more...]