BAIPA monthly meetings are now on Zoom, with occasional hybrid meetings (Zoom and in-person). The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM.
Therefore, all non-members MUST register in advance in order to participate. However, all current BAIPA members will get the Zoom info for this session automatically.
Please scroll down to the bottom of this page if you need a non-member ticket.
The general meeting begins at 9 am, the speaker presentation is at 11 am, after Q&A, networking time, introductions & announcements.
(Click here for the schedule for the day)
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Five Publishing Approaches, Demystified
About Our Speakers
Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press, an imprint of The Stable Book Group. She is a memoir coach and author of Write On, Sisters!, Green-light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and three books on memoir. She’s also a TEDx speaker (“Green-light Revolution”), weekly podcaster (of “Memoir Nation” with co-host Grant Faulkner), and publishes a weekly newsletter, Writerly Things, on Substack at brookewarner.substack.com.
Stone Bridge Press president and publisher Peter Goodman lived in Tokyo, Japan, for ten years, where he worked as an editor for English-language publishers Charles E. Tuttle and Kodansha International. He has served as in-house editor, ghost writer, translator, and project manager on over 400 Japan- and Asia-related titles. Peter established Stone Bridge in 1989. He is past president of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (formerly MSPA) and past Board Chair of IBPA. For several years he was host of the IBPA-sponsored podcast Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA). He is currently on the board of the Publishing Professionals Network and host of The Stone Bridge Podcast.
Arlene Miller has written and published a dozen grammar books and workbooks, as well as a novel and a memoir. She has given grammar workshops; spoken before many writing, publishing and civic groups; appeared on several podcasts and on KGO radio in San Francisco. She has been writing a weekly blog since 2013. She has a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in humanities/music , and a California teaching credential. She taught at College of Marin and Santa Rosa Junior College in California. She has been a technical writer, an English teacher, and a copyeditor. She also tap dances and writes music. She has lived in Florida for the past five years.
Rob Price is the Founder and CEO of Gatekeeper Press and a former Chairman of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with 200,000 books sold as a self-published author.
Gatekeeper Press, the world’s premier full-service publishing service provider, was established in 2015 and has worked with more than 3000 authors from all over the world. Gatekeeper authors retain 100% rights, earn 100% royalties, have 100% creative and editorial control, and receive concierge-level service throughout production and beyond.
Ruth Schwartz is the founder and CEO of Wonderlady Books, helping self-publishing authors turn finished manuscripts into well-published books, complete with professional cover design, interior layout, and ebook editions—all up online and available for sale around the world. Ruth brings over 50 years of book publishing, design and printing industry experience to every author’s project and has worked on over 250 independently-published books since 2012 when print on demand technology enabled the current indie publishing revolution. She has been a member of the BAIPA board of directors for many years, as well as serving as Vice President, managing the membership and events teams.
