So, I was astonished earlier this month to find myself elected president of BAIPA — the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. You may call me Mr. President. (Actually, please don't!) Born in the early, heady days of the desktop … [Read more...]
February 2014 San Francisco Writers Conference
2014 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE. It’s a Celebration of Craft, Commerce and Community for Writers--February 13th-17th at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Featuring: Julie Kagawa, USA Today & NY Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey series; Barry … [Read more...]
Writing by Voice
By Joseph T. Sinclair About ten years ago I investigated voice recognition software, which I found to be surprisingly accurate but not accurate enough to be useful for writing a book by voice (dictating). Nonetheless, I wrote a short book by voice … [Read more...]
What Business Are You In? (Hint: It's not writing or publishing) – By Mike Larsen
If you think you’re just in the writing or the publishing business, prepare for poverty and obscurity. If you want to be a successful writer in the Digital Age, you have to be in six businesses: 1. The content business. You have to create … [Read more...]
Joel Friedlander Will Speak at Redwood Writer's Conference in April 2014
By Robert Digitale Joel Friedlander designs books. Someone once heard this and told him it must mean, “You just put the page numbers on a page.” If only it were that easy. However, writers who want to self-publish their works quickly learn that … [Read more...]
The Professional Author of the Future
By Joseph T. Sinclair First, let’s define “professional author” as one whose primary income is derived from writing. There is always a bumper crop of part-time and wannabe writers who maintain the God-ordained right to be “pure” writers with … [Read more...]
Indie Author Book Fair December 12 in Oakland
BAIPA authors might be interested in attending the Indie Author Book Fair at The Hut, 1423 Broadway in Oakland, from 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Thursday, December 12. Independent authors who want to sell their books at the Fair are welcome to sign … [Read more...]
DIY Publishing 101 – Kawasaki, NaNoWriMo – 11/7/13
"DIY Publishing 101" -- great topic for BAIPA members! The Commonwealth Club is hosting this program on Thursday, November 7, in the East Bay -- Lafayette, CA. Time: 6 p.m. Address: Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Road. Venture capitalist … [Read more...]
Traditional vs. Indie Publishing
Join BAIPA in July Lee Foster presents: Traditional vs. Independent Publishing: What's Best for the Success of Your Book(s)? For details … [Read more...]
Share Your Self-Publishing Tips
Share your best practices for self-publishers A tip that makes it easier for you may just help others with the same challenges. … [Read more...]
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