I'm excited to share that I recently appeared on the Biz Book Publishing Hub podcast with the wonderful Robbie Samuels! In this episode, we discuss essential strategies for publishing and marketing business books, although the principles apply to all … [Read more...]
KDP starting to require identity verification
I just got an email from Mike at Written Word Media (home of FREE Booksy and BARGAIN Booksy for starters) about this news. Rather than rehash what he wrote, here is a link to his blog article for you to puruse. Note that not everyone is being … [Read more...]
8/3/24 RECORDING: Amazon Keywords with Hank Marcacci
Getting Your Book Discovered on Amazon: The Art to Keywords and Categories Learn how to find profitable keywords and bestselling categories to help your book stand out on Amazon Hank Marcacci, Publisher Rocket Product Manager and Amazon … [Read more...]
Amazon Kindle Cross-Promotion – July Prime Days
Hello BAIPA members: Robbie Samuels, a good friend of mine, is coordinating a business book Amazon Kindle Cross-Promotion forJuly Prime Days. I have signed up and wanted to offer this opportunity to you as well. More than 100 business authors will … [Read more...]
REMINDER: Members must register by May 15 for the June 1 hybrid event/member lunch
BAIPA is pleased to announce that we will be having TWO hybrid events in 2024. The first one is happening on June 1 at The Next Key Center in Novato, and features Ruth Schwartz, Vice-President of BAIPA, long-time volunteer, and founder of Wonderlady … [Read more...]
Join us on June 1st, either in person or on Zoom, for our next hybrid event
BAIPA is pleased to announce that we will be having TWO hybrid events in 2024. The first one is happening on June 1 at The Next Key Center in Novato, and features Ruth Schwartz, Vice-President of BAIPA and long-time volunteer, speaking about what's … [Read more...]
Kindle Create for Your Next eBook?
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...]
Schedule when your KDP print book becomes live on Amazon
I just started seeing emails coming through from KDP with an existing announcement that everyone should know about as you look at your book launch dates going forward. I have taken the liberty of quoting the whole email here so that you are fully … [Read more...]
Are you keeping up with all the changes with Amazon re categories and keywords?
I wanted to make sure that everyone on this list has seen this video that Dave Chesson sent out a couple of days ago. He very painstakingly explains how to best work with the new Amazon category system, and he has some great tips about keywords as … [Read more...]
What is really involved when you self-publish your book?
Over the years, there have been numerous requests at BAIPA events for a description of what is involved in self-publishing a book. So, here it is. Note that this list is based on using KDP and IngramSpark, which are the only two print-on-demand/ … [Read more...]