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"Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales" Wins Foreword Reviews Award

July 3, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

BAIPA member Bill Amatneek's book, "Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales," has been announced as a 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year award winner in the category of Performing Arts & Music. See … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

Lee Foster Wins Travel Writer Award

June 28, 2014 by Linda Jay

BAIPA member Lee Foster’s travel article on Palm Springs has won a prize in the 2014 Western Chapter Writing Awards sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers. Lee’s article won a Silver Award. The article is titled “California’s Palm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, self-publishing

Special message and prize! from our June speaker

May 27, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

Hi. I’m Judith Briles, aka The Book Shepherd, and I’m looking forward to meeting all of you on Saturday, June 14. I’ll be bringing more to BAIPA than introducing the Author and Book GamePlan, How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Publishing, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, self-publishing Tagged With: Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

An Author's Enigma – The Trauma of Publishing a Novel – Part 3

May 12, 2014 by John Cammidge

(This is the third of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's short story of his publishing experience as a first-time indie author.  It was written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors.  In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- Linda Jay, BAIPA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, Editing, self-publishing

An Awards Competition Just for Self-Publishers!

May 9, 2014 by Ruth Schwartz

We know there are only two weeks left for this competition, but given the organization, this might be worth pursuing. Just so you know, regular entry fees are $110 for the first entry, and $85 for each additional entry. Let us know what you think in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, self-publishing

New Member, New Book: My Amazing Day

May 1, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

New BAIPA member Karin Fisher-Golton has written a new book, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude.  She says: Here is a review I wanted to share with BAIPA members--both because I am very pleased and honored by what the reviewer saw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

Article, Video: Traditional vs Independent Book Publishing

April 18, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

Lee Foster, well-known travel writer and longtime BAIPA member, has been carefully following the issue of “Traditional versus Independent Book Publishing.” He is a practitioner as well as an observer of the trends. Lee has, in fact, given … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing Tagged With: independent publishing, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

Three Easy Ways to Save You Time and Money On Complicated Book Projects

April 16, 2014 by Linda Jay

Do you know what to expect when you send a project, like your precious book, to China to be printed? Adrianne Casey, Sales Director for over 10 years at San Rafael's Global PSD (Printing, Sourcing and Development), will tell us about this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: printing, self-publishing Tagged With: print publish china

A special message from Joan Stewart,our speaker this Saturday

April 7, 2014 by Ruth Schwartz

Hi. I'm Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound, and I'm bringing more than just publicity tips to BAIPA when I visit April 12. You could be the lucky winner of the door prize: a yellow Cheesehead hat, like the ones you saw in the crowd when my Green … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing Tagged With: publicity

An Author's Enigma – the trauma of publishing a novel – Part 1

April 7, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

[This is the first of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's essay about his publishing experiences as a first-time indie author, written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors. In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- BAIPA blog editor, Linda … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, ebooks, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Kindle and Amazon, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

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