BAIPA board member Lee Foster gave a presentation at the August meeting on "Monetizing Your Book Content." For anyone who missed the program, you can now view it on YouTube, and review the PowerPoint presentation. Videographer Howard Slater, also … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Talks Monetizing, Publishes in China
I look forward to talking to BAIPA at 11am on August 13 about “Monetizing Your Book Content.” I plan to begin that talk with a teasing reference to the day in 1993 when my publisher wrote me a check for a windfall $28,000. Why did he do that? It was … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Releases Revision of Book/E-book on Self-Publishing
Lee Foster has published his annual revision of his recent book/e-book about the independent publishing movement, titled An Author’s Perspective on Independent Publishing: Why Self-Publishing May Be Your Best Option. The book can be seen … [Read more...]
Book Passage Has New Consignment Person
Recently Book Passage ordered a few of my California books for the Super Bowl sales period. This gave me a chance to meet the new manager of consignments for Book Passage, John Bessolo. He will be the contact person for all BAIPA folks who are indie … [Read more...]
Lee Foster’s Article about Social Media in Self-Publishing is Featured in The Independent
Lee Foster’s expertise on social media in self-publishing is the subject of a recent article in The Independent, the monthly magazine for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), which is the national equivalent to BAIPA (BAIPA is an … [Read more...]
Lee Foster’s New Book on Self-Publishing is Now Available
Dear BAIPA Friends, My new book on self-publishing is now out. After doing 16 books with traditional publishers, why did I switch to doing four books “independently” published or “indie," and why do I now recommend this path for most … [Read more...]
Lee Foster’s Literary Memoir Minnesota Boy: Growing Up in Mid-America, Mid-20th Century Is Re-published
Dear BAIPA Friends, I have re-published my literary memoir about growing up in Minnesota, first published in 1970 as Minnesota Boy: Growing Up in Mid-America, Mid-20th Century. Several strategies went into the launch of this memoir as an … [Read more...]
Shift in Emphasis at 2015 San Francisco Writers Conference
As a presenter in recent years at the annual San Francisco Writers Conference (February 12-15, www.sfwriters.org), I see a subtle shift in the emphasis and energy of the conference, now in its 12th year. Held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill … [Read more...]