Five things you should know and do when you inherit a copyright. Under the current copyright laws, a copyright lasts for the author’s lifetime plus seventy years. This means that a copyright will always outlive its creator, and it will be passed on … [Read more...]
BAIPA Seeks Sponsors for Writers World 2020
Writers World 2020 is aimed at published authors and writers who plan to publish, so it offers an excellent opportunity for event sponsors to get their services or products in front of a receptive audience. BAIPA is hosting Writers World on … [Read more...]
Submit Your Idea to BAIPA Writers World Logo Design Contest
BAIPA is hosting Writers World on September 13 in Mill Valley and we’ll be creating all sorts of promotional materials in the coming months. We're doing a contest for this year's brilliant new logo as part of that process. Which is where you come … [Read more...]
Ten Takeaways from Ruth Schwartz’s Presentation on Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark
If you were fortunate enough to attend the February 22 meeting of the California Writers Club Marin, you learned from BAIPA's Ruth Schwartz, a.k.a. the Wonderlady, a.k.a. the Book Midwife, about the “Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and … [Read more...]
British Versus American English, Part 1
It’s all the same language, but it’s different – American versus British English. And the British did have it first. The differences between American and British English are pretty minor, though. An American can understand someone speaking British … [Read more...]
Can I Use Other Author’s Fictional Characters in My Book?
[Editor's Note: Kelley Way will be presenting "Lessons in Literary Law: Overview of copyrights, trademarks, right of privacy/publicity, defamation, and contracts" at the BAIPA meeting on March 14 at 11 am, and "Copyright Registration Tutorial" at 1 … [Read more...]
How Beta Readers Made My Book Better — Getting What I Needed Helped More Than Getting What I Wanted
A year ago, as I was finishing the first beginning-to-end draft of my third novel, When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller, I recruited a dozen beta readers to help me make it better. I asked for honest feedback, which I … [Read more...]
‘Keep Mum, She’s Not So Dumb’ — A Fireside Chat at Sausalito Woman’s Club (WW II American Women Secret Agents)
BAIPA member and New York Times/USAToday, bestselling author, Ciji Ware, whose latest novel is Landing by Moonlight, will take us back to the 1940s when American women secret agents had no idea whether they’d be dropped behind enemy lines off a … [Read more...]
Book Midwife Ruth Schwartz to present ‘Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark’ at Book Passage February 23
If you've come to more than a few BAIPA meetings, you already know that if you want to learn about self-publishing, there’s no better person to learn from than Ruth Schwartz, book midwife, self-publishing consultant, and, we're thrilled to say, BAIPA … [Read more...]
Can I Write About a Real Person in My Book?
Defamation, Right of Privacy and Right of Publicity in Writing I’ve recently been asked, “Can I write about a real person in my book?” There are several ways this question pops up: Could you have your fictional character meet a celebrity? Can … [Read more...]
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