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Takeaways from September BAIPA Meeting — Indie Publishing Trends, plus IngramSpark How To’s

September 17, 2016 by John Byrne Barry

Here are some key takeaways from the September 10, 2016 BAIPA meeting, which featured Jackie Thompson of Ingram Content Group speaking about Ingram’s digital distribution and print-on-demand services. 1. Learn about the book industry Think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, ebooks, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, Social Media, tips Tagged With: Ingram Content Group, IngramSpark, Jackie Thompson

Book-Browsing Adventures

September 11, 2016 by Webmaster

BOOK-BROWSING ADVENTURES by Dawn Marie Carlson While on a recent bookstore expedition at Copperfield’s in Novato, I uncovered this gem, Good Prose – The Art of Nonfiction – Stories and advice from a lifetime of writing and editing. The authors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Blog Article, Blogs, Book Events, ebooks, Editing, independent bookstores, marketing, self-publishing, tips, writing Tagged With: An Author’s Perspective on Independent Publishing, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, Better Than Before, Dawn Marie Carlson, From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur, Good Prose – The Art of Nonfiction – Stories and advice from a lifetime of writing and editing., Gretchen Ruben, Margaret Roach, Marie Kondo, Richard Todd, Stephanie Chandler, The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder

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

September 1, 2016 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, other events, Public Speaking, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, tips Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Bob Heyman, Lee Foster, SEO, Shari Weiss, Smashwords, social media

Lee Foster YouTube Video and PowerPoint Now Available from August BAIPA Talk

September 1, 2016 by Lee Foster

BAIPA board member Lee Foster gave a presentation at the August meeting on "Monetizing Your Book Content."  For anyone who missed the program, you can now view it on YouTube, and review the PowerPoint presentation. Videographer Howard Slater, also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, ebooks, Public Speaking, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, tips, video Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, CreateSpace, Lee Foster, Monetizing book content, Smashwords

Independent Authors are Starting to Outsell the Big Five

August 27, 2016 by Linda Jay

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BAIPA Board member Linda Jay found this great article.  Enjoy! Independent authors are starting to outsell the Big Five Today A six-figure income – or at least a full-time writing career – is actually a possibility for independent authors. By … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Blog Article, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Chris Fox, Indie Publishing, Patrick Walsh, Reddit, The Writer

More Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss

August 12, 2016 by Shari Weiss

Top Ten challenges for newcomers to social media: 1. Trying to do too much too soon: My suggestion to “students” — no matter what their age or discipline — is to understand that the learning process follows these four-steps: CONFUSION → SILENCE → … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Blogs, Book Promotion, marketing, Networking, publicity, Social Media, tips Tagged With: Facebook, Mafia Wars, Shari Weiss, social media, Twitter

Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss

August 10, 2016 by Shari Weiss

BAIPA board member Shari Weiss will be speaking in the afternoon at the BAIPA meeting on August 13 about social media for authors. Here are some tips and topics to think about. Every new enterprise — whether it’s a new project, new class, new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, self-publishing, Social Media, tips Tagged With: Facebook, LinkedIn Blogging, Shari Weiss, social media, Twitter, YouTube

Shari Weiss will Speak About De-Mystifying Social Media for Writers at August BAIPA Meeting

August 8, 2016 by Shari Weiss

DE-MYSTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WRITERS Presentation by Shari Weiss, August 13 – 2-3pm Social Media: Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? WHO is your target reader/purchaser? WHAT can social media do for you? WHERE do you need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, Networking, publicity, self-publishing, Social Media, tips Tagged With: Shari Weiss, social media

National Speakers Association Presents Seminar on How to Promote Your Writing through Speaking

August 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

BAIPA member Ann Steiner, Ph.D. has shared information about a National Speakers Association Seminar Dear BAIPA Members, As some of you know, the National Speakers Association helped me gain more confidence and skills going from writer to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Public Speaking, Seminar, tips Tagged With: National Speakers Association, Patricia Fripp

All Things Amazon —Takeaways from the July 9 BAIPA Meeting

August 5, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, Book Promotion, ebooks, Networking, printing, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon's Author Central, Audible Creative Exchange, Bowker, CreateSpace, Goodreads, Ingram Spark, Kindle Direct

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With COVID-19 teaching us all how to function remotely, BAIPA will meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings. (Once in-person events are able to resume, we will continue the Zoom option.) We are implementing all the recommended precautionary measures to keep our meetings private and safe for all participants. All members and visitors who register in advance will receive a link to attend via Zoom video conferencing. On the Friday evening before the meeting, we will send the link and password out to members and to non-members who … More

Current BAIPA members do not need to register for our monthly meetings. The night before the meetings, they will receive the Zoom info. However, members must log in to get a discounted ticket for workshops. 

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BAIPA is now meeting on the first Saturday of every month via Zoom only for now. In general, if the first Saturday falls on a holiday or holiday weekend, we will meet on the second Saturday.

We are also having workshops on the third Saturday of every month (also via Zoom only for now. In general, if the regular monthly meeting moves to the second Saturday, then the workshop will be two weeks later.

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