Most BAIPA members are authors, but a significant fraction of our members are service providers as well — editors, designers, printers, marketers, book midwives, and more. Let’s say you’re an author who needs help getting your book published … [Read more...]
David Kudler shares keywords and categories handout
As requested at today's wonderful IngramSpark! event, I've uploaded the handout that I created concerning categories/subjects and keywords/search terms. I created the handout for July's All Things Amazon roundtables, and so the focus is somewhat on … [Read more...]
All Things Amazon —Takeaways from the July 9 BAIPA Meeting
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...]
Lee Foster Talks Monetizing, Publishes in China
I look forward to talking to BAIPA at 11am on August 13 about “Monetizing Your Book Content.” I plan to begin that talk with a teasing reference to the day in 1993 when my publisher wrote me a check for a windfall $28,000. Why did he do that? It was … [Read more...]
Association of Publishers Offers Discount for Printing
Great Option for BAIPA Members to Save 50% on Standard Digital Title Set-Up Fee Brian Jud, a past speaker at BAIPA, has announced that his Association of Publishers for Special Sales (formerly SPAN) is offering a 50 percent LSI/Ingram discount on … [Read more...]
Some self-publishing gifts for you from our March speaker
Despite some logistic challenges, we had a great day with Steven Spatz, President of BookBaby on March 12th. He was stuck in Philadelphia with a badly sprained ankle, and he still delivered some great content on self-publishing via a microphone in … [Read more...]
Medusa's Muse Press Book Wins Award
BAIPA member Terena Scott's publishing company Medusa's Muse Press, publishes non-fiction, memoirs and children's books about people who are transformed through chaos and art. USABookNews.com, the premier online magazine featuring mainstream and … [Read more...]
Gus Kearney Publishes His First Novel, The Education of Joey G.
With the publication of his first novel, The Education of Joey G., a 30-year dream has come true for new BAIPA member Gus Kearney "It began with a writing workshop, where I shared one of my stories about a 6-year-old boy who explores the wilderness … [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...]
Freebie – KOREA PRINTING EXHIBITION 2014
I invite members of BAIPA to an exciting opportunity to meet the top printing companies from Korea on November 4, 2014 at the Korea Printing Exhibition 2014 in San Francisco. As a publisher and writer myself, I understand how important it is to … [Read more...]