The eBook format of my new book has 140 images. I submitted the project to several designers and they either didn't want to take on a project of that scope or they wanted to charge $3-$4 per image on top of their basic charge. I never set out to … [Read more...]
And the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Goes To… Esther Siegel & Spencer Brewer
Sculpture Artists Produce Exquisite Book on Assemblage Artists by Ashley Hiraeo IBPA Association News October 10, 2023 As assemblage artists, Esther Siegel and Spencer Brewer of Harmony Gaits are breathing new meaning into antique objects – they … [Read more...]
The Ways A.I. is Revolutionizing the Writing Process, 10/15/23
Matt Strain, BAIPA's guest speaker on 8/5/23, is inviting BAIPA members to join him at his upcoming workshop and explore how Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is transforming the writing world... the fears, the fascination, or a mixture of both. The … [Read more...]
FREE! Book Marketing on a Limited Budget – An Invitation from IBPA
Following the information-packed presentation on 9/9/23 ("What's Happening in Indie Publishing"), Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), sent these follow-up links for BAIPA list members: "Book Marketing … [Read more...]
Sandra Speaks – Jessel Gallery, Napa, Oct 7
NAPA AREA FRIENDS! I'll be signing copies and reading from my soon-to-be released new edition of "The DIVORCE SEEKERS" at the Napa Writers’ Salon, Jessel Gallery, Napa, Saturday, October 7 at 5 p.m. Details at Jessel Gallery and reservations … [Read more...]
A Contest to Consider – Deadline June 30, 2023
The North Street Book Prize Deadline: June 30, 2023 Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 in the ninth annual North Street competition for self-published and hybrid-published books. Choose from eight … [Read more...]
Hybrid Meeting a Success
On Saturday, May 6, fifty-plus BAIPA members gathered at the Key Room in Novato. It was the first in-person meeting since the pandemic hit in March 2020. It was also the first hybrid meeting for BAIPA with about twenty members attending on … [Read more...]
Publishing in a Diverse World – Early-Bird Deadline March 31, 2023
From BAIPA member Peter Goodman and the Publishing Professionals Network ... Early-Bird Deadline Extended We’ve extended the deadline for early-bird registration for our upcoming conference, Publishing in a Diverse World. Register … [Read more...]
Writing for Hollywood
Friday, February 17, 2023 – The Bay Room at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco is packed for the all-day Writing for Hollywood Summit at the annual San Francisco Writers Conference. I'm here on a scholarship thanks to the Napa Valley branch of the … [Read more...]
Everything Intensely
John Byrne Barry's excerpt from When I Killed My Father – An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller is included in Everything Intensely, the anthology of the San Francisco Writers Conference 2022 Writing Contest. Everything Intensely is … [Read more...]