Shameless Self-Promotion or Selfless Promotion of Others? One benefit of being a BAIPA member is, or should be, an opportunity to get more readers for whatever we’re writing. But many of us, especially those of us born in the Midwest, where modesty … [Read more...]
Cristina Olsen Launches her book Kissing the Sky at Book Passage on August 8
Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 8, at 7pm, and come out for a Left Coast Writers' book launch event for Kissing the Sky: Poetry and Photography by BAIPA member Cristina Olsen at the Book Passage in Corte Madera. "Kissing the Sky is an … [Read more...]
A New Book About Transgender Women Incarcerated in San Quentin Prison
The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons by internationally acclaimed journalist and photographer and BAIPA member, Kristin Schreier Lyseggen will be published by SFINX Publishing on September 15. The book tells the … [Read more...]
THE UNSPEAKABLE LOSS: How Do You Live After A Child Dies?
BAIPA member Nisha Zenoff, Ph.D., will soon publish her book, THE UNSPEAKABLE LOSS: How Do You Live After A Child Dies? July is the 35th anniversary of Dr. Zenoff's son Victor's death, at the age of 18, in a hike at Yosemite. To commemorate his … [Read more...]
The E-Commerce Revolution—Ron Martinez Talks about New Developments in Technology that will Boost Profitability
Every BAIPA author (and publisher) wants to sell more books. And that's one of the reasons we all belong to BAIPA—to stay on top of cutting-edge technology and information. Ron Martinez, our August speaker, founded Aerbook.com, where he focuses on … [Read more...]
Author Woody Weingarten Interviewed on TV Show "Mosaic."
I’ll bet you missed my recent debut on San Francisco's KPIX-TV. I’d like to think it was only because the show aired at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Well, now you have a chance to make up for it. You can see watch both segments on YouTube by clicking … [Read more...]
News from Susan Pace-Koch at Get Out Books
BAIPA member Susan Pace-Koch was born in Alaska, raised in Washington and now resides in California. She founded Get Out Books, which creates delightful books that take children outside of their normal realm, and into their imaginations. Lately, her … [Read more...]
6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads
At this past Saturday's BAIPA meeting, I led a roundtable about the reasons that every independent author and publisher (as well as every “dependent” author) needed to have an active presence on Goodreads.com. It was one of three roundtable sessions … [Read more...]
Claudia Chapline Celebrates the Release of her New Memoir
BAIPA member Claudia Chapline has just released her latest book, Moving Out of the Frame, her second memoir, about 50 years of a creative life in modern dance, art performance, the feminist art movement, public art, international exhibitions and … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member Julie Freestone Publishes Historical Novel
Jewish women born to immigrant parents in the Bronx in 1944 don’t get romantically involved with men who are cops, have German accents and look like Hitler youth leaders. But reporter Sarah Stern is drawn to Karl Schmidt and intrigued by his tangled … [Read more...]