Here’s the next BAIPA Morning Workshop!

Like our monthly meetings, these events are exclusively on Zoom. The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM.

EVERYONE MUST REGISTER
for this two-hour workshop.

Member tickets are $25.00, Non-Member tickets are $40. There is also a $15 Recording Only ticket for Members.

Members MUST log in first. Then please scroll down to the bottom of this page for the ticket selection area.

The workshop WILL be recorded and the video will be shared with all paid ticket holders within 48 hours. 

Metadata Workshop

The Secrets of Unlocking Categories, Keywords, Descriptions, ISBNs, and More to Sell Your Books

with David Kudler

How do readers find our books — whether at a bookstore or online? Metadata, that’s how!

In this fascinating exploration of a seemingly eye-glazing topic, author, publisher, and long-time BAIPA member David Kudler will delve into all of the ways that the data connected to our books helps our ideal readers to find them.

This hands-on workshop will build on the introduction to Metadata by Shelley Adina on March 4, and will go deeper into:

• Categories
• Keywords
• Title/subtitle
• Pen name/collaborators
• Descriptions
• ISBNs
• Covers (!)
• Pricing
• and much more

We will look at tools and methods for getting the most of your metadata, and walk through the process of creating and adding that metadata to websites like Bowker’s MyIdentifiers.com, the Library of Congress, Amazon KDP, etc.

As part of the workshop, Kudler will give feedback on metadata shared by attendees.

About Our Speaker

David Kudler is an author, publisher, and expert provider of design and editorial services to independent publishers. Through his company, Stillpoint Digital Press, he has published over a hundred titles by twenty authors — including himself. He also served for over two decades as the managing editor of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, editing and overseeing the publication of books, ebooks, audiobooks, and audio and video recordings of the late mythologist’s lectures. He has been a featured blogger on many websites, including Huffington Post, Medium, TheBookDesigner.com, and his own site, StillpointDigital.com. He is currently working on a series of books for independent and self-publishers on ebook creation, sales, and marketing called Ebooks for Indies.

Connect with David: Stillpoint Digital Press