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Marilyn Skinner Lanier to Appear at Book Passage

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My book launch for Hardpan is now set for Monday, May 8, 2017 from 6-7 pm at the Book Passage in the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, San Francisco. I'll share some pics of my childhood ranch in Clark, Wyoming (setting for my novel) and photos … [Read more...]

JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Wins Awards

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JoAnn Smith Ainsworth received runner-up status for her WWII paranormal suspense novel, Expect Trouble, in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition.  Check out the promo video. And her latest book, Expect Deception, the second book in … [Read more...]

Dennis Koller Book Signing in South Dakota

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Meet your favorite authors in historic Deadwood, South Dakota, June 10, 2017 from 10am to 2pm. I'm signed up for this event. A great group of writers are coming. They still have room for a few mystery/suspense/thriller authors. If you are … [Read more...]

Marilyn Skinner Lanier’s Travelogue on Wyoming Book Tour

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This one-week trip in early August was both a sentimental journey to my childhood ranch in northwest Wyoming (the setting for my debut novel, Hardpan) and book tour of indie bookstores in the state.   … [Read more...]

BAIPA Member Wonders Who’s Had Experience in Foreign Markets

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Recently we’ve had an offer to do a “book tour” in Germany.  Not sure at this point what that might be look like but we feel that unless our novel Stumbling Stone is available in German, it might not be a very effective strategy.  We're wondering … [Read more...]

Two Upcoming Events for JoAnn Smith Ainsworth

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Join BAIPA member and author JoAnn Smith Ainsworth at a couple of events BARNES & N0BLE proudly presents a Mystery Authors Panel on Saturday, September 24, 2016, 1-3pm.  Join them for lively and informative conversation with these … [Read more...]

Author JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Interviewed on Live Radio

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BAIPA member and author JoAnn Smith Ainsworth was interviewed on live radio by Tom Amis of WCXZ Radio, Knoxville, TN (and several cable channels via Sunset Media), about her WWII paranormal suspense novels, Expect Trouble and Expect Deception, and … [Read more...]

“So When Is it Enough?” asks Julie Freestone, about Touring and Promoting Your Book

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When we published our book Stumbling Stone in June 2015, Rudi and I agreed that we’d give it a year, during which we hoped we’d have an adventure and sell some modest number of books.  When June 2016 rolled around, we began telling people we were … [Read more...]

Takeaways from August BAIPA Meeting — How to Monetize Your Book Content and More

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BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry captured these key takeaways from the August BAIPA meeting, which featured the following three presentations: Lee Foster on How to Monetize Your Book Content More Effectively Bob Heyman on Getting Your SEO … [Read more...]