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“Scrivener: What’s All the Fuss?” — a Conversation with Vanessa Kier

August 27, 2018 by Karin Fisher-Golton

Vanessa Kier

Have you been curious about software tools for writers,  specifically Scrivener? I had been intrigued by the notion of software to support and organize my writing for quite a while, and finally delved into Scrivener recently while working on a middle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, interview, speaking engagement Tagged With: Scrivener, Writer's World

Footnote Format

May 28, 2018 by Karl Sjogren

If you're seeking guidance on footnote format, I found Citation Machine very helpful for books and websites. Put a book title or ISBN in, and it will pull author, publisher, etc. Put in a URL and it will pull information about it—title, author, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps, Editing

All Things Amazon —Takeaways from the July 9 BAIPA Meeting

August 5, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry collected some information to share from the July meeting There was a lot of great information shared at the July BAIPA meeting, “All Things Amazon,” more than we can possibly include in this blog post, but here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, Book Promotion, ebooks, Networking, printing, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon's Author Central, Audible Creative Exchange, Bowker, CreateSpace, Goodreads, Ingram Spark, Kindle Direct

Updated Agenda for Our Upcoming "Everything Amazon Day"

August 30, 2015 by Ruth Schwartz

Amazon logo

David and I are really looking forward to presenting key points about the most important Amazon services for independent authors on September 12th during our presentation—Everything Amazon. We have refined our list and here’s the latest agenda for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, book design, Book Promotion, distribution, ebooks, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Amazon, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Kindle Scout, Ruth Schwartz

Book Apps

December 3, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair Apps (applications) are programs that run on a smart phone. They are typically dedicated to a specific and narrow purpose. For instance, an app might do nothing more than condense 10 steps on the Web into one tap on the phone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

The Book App — Part II

October 23, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair In a prior article entitled The Book App, I reported that Kindle Fire has outsold iPads. I remembered that incorrectly from the statistics, and I should have reported out-polled. The source I read had reported not sales but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

For the Digiliterati

October 20, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair There are three trade shows coming up in the Bay Area in which authors and publishers of book apps may be interested. These conferences tend to be very expensive, as they present many educational sessions over a multiday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps, other events Tagged With: BAIPA. Joseph T. Sinclair, Expos

The Book App

October 18, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair The author of The Mobile Wave, Michael Saylor, states that five billion people out of seven billion worldwide now have cell phones. Soon the one billion people who now have smart phones will be five billion people as cheap … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

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