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Author Interview — Doug Greene’s Journey from Grief to Grace

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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

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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...]

THE UNSPEAKABLE LOSS: How Do You Live After A Child Dies?

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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

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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...]

6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads

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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...]

Lee Foster’s Literary Memoir Minnesota Boy: Growing Up in Mid-America, Mid-20th Century Is Re-published

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Dear BAIPA Friends, I have re-published my literary memoir about growing up in Minnesota, first published in 1970 as Minnesota Boy: Growing Up in Mid-America, Mid-20th Century. Several strategies went into the launch of this memoir as an … [Read more...]

Amy Collins slides now available

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Here are the slides from Amy Collins's exciting program on book marketing, sales and distribution: Morning Meeting DOWNLOAD FROM BAIPA: How sales, distribution and marketing REALLY work in the publishing industry Afternoon Workshop: DOWNLOAD FROM … [Read more...]