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Nancy Martin Short Story Published in ‘Remember When’ Anthology

March 29, 2022 by Webmaster

Nancy J. Martin has recently had her short story Those Colorful Streets published in both the Redwood Writers 2021 anthology Remember When, edited by Shawn & Crissi Langwell and in Work in Progress, edited by Mandy Haynes (Texas). Nancy is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News

Seeking Book Blurbs for BAIPA Blurb Contest

March 21, 2022 by Webmaster

We're running our first book blurb contest, modeled after our cover contest. The book blurb is the short book description on your online book sales page or on the back of your book. Here are the rules. The contest is open to any book blurb by a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion Tagged With: book blurbs

Meet New Friends at The BookFest on April 2 and 3

March 15, 2022 by Webmaster

Here's an invitation to The BookFest from our Desiree Duffy, who's leading the April 16 BAIPA workshop on BookTok Talk and Takeaways. — The BookFest streams online and is an always free-to-attend two-day event. Day one is dedicated to readers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Events

Audiblegate Campaign: Fair Deal for Rights Holders

April 1, 2021 by Webmaster

The following article is copied from the ALLI website. ALLI, the Alliance of Independent Authors, an excellent non-profit professional association for authors who self-publish, much like BAIPA. ALLi was founded by Orna Ross and Philip Lynch in 2012. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Legal Issues, self-publishing

Deadline for Writer’s Digest Self-Published Author Awards is May 3

April 1, 2021 by Webmaster

Have you heard about the Writer's Digest Book Awards for self-published authors? Here is the link to apply: The early-bird deadline is today, April 1, but the final deadline is May 3. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards

Free Virtual Book Selling University: Selling Books in a COVID World, January 28-29 

January 27, 2021 by Webmaster

Discover how to sell to non-bookstore buyers you never thought of for profits you never dreamed of even in uncertain times! Here's an announcement from the Association of Publishers for Special Sales about a free two-day virtual conference starting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, marketing

JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Releases Audiobook of ‘Expect Deception’

January 26, 2021 by Webmaster

JoAnn Smith Ainsworth recently released an audiobook version of Expect Deception, her award winning, WWII paranormal suspense novel wherein the U.S. government recruits psychics to hunt down Nazi spies. Thanks to Becky Parker Geist as narrator.  You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Author Platform

Only 8 Books Published by BAIPA Members in 2019 and 2020?

September 28, 2020 by Webmaster

Earlier this month, we announced, at the September meeting and in our blog, that we're compiling a list of books published by BAIPA members in 2019 and 2020. You can see it here — Books Published by BAIPA Members 2019 + 2020.  (It's also under the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News

Reflections on This Moment

June 3, 2020 by Webmaster

Here's a note from the Independent Book Publishers Association, a sort of national "parent" of BAIPA, that we wanted to share with you. Dear members of the IBPA community, We are a nation struggling with two crises. One, a months-old pandemic that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News

Join Us June 13 for Smashwords’ Mark Coker on ‘The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success’

June 3, 2020 by Webmaster

If you want to learn how to publish your ebook and make it more discoverable, desirable, and enjoyable to readers, you won’t want to miss our June 13 meeting featuring Mark Coker, founder of the ebook pioneer Smashwords. He’ll be returning to BAIPA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, ebooks

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Welcome to BAIPA

With COVID-19 teaching us all how to function remotely, BAIPA will meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings. (Once in-person events are able to resume, 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 password out to members and to non-members who … More

Current BAIPA members do not need to register for our monthly meetings. The night before the meetings, they will receive the Zoom info. However, members must log in to get a discounted ticket for workshops. 

Upcoming Events

  • The Latest with Draft2Digital
    • Kevin Tumlinson talks about D2D's growth, including the recent acquisition of Smashwords
      June 4, 2022
      9:00 am - 12:15 pm

BAIPA Monthly Meetings

IMPORTANT
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 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.

Future Events

  • May 21: Workshop: Dan Miller on how to know if a work is copyrighted
  • June 4: Kevin Tumlinson on the exciting changes at Draft2Digital
  • June 18: Workshop: Gwen Hernandez on Scrivener
  • July 9th: Building an Author Platform with Fauzia Burke
  • July 23rd: IngramSpark Best Practices & Tips with Ruth Schwartz

 

More exciting speakers and topics coming in the rest of 2022!

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