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‘What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to Kill Him?’ — Online Book Launch & Conversation June 6, 10, and 14

June 3, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]

Join Us June 13 for Smashwords’ Mark Coker on ‘The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success’

June 3, 2020 by Webmaster

If you want to learn how to publish your ebook and make it more discoverable, desirable, and enjoyable to readers, you won’t want to miss our June 13 meeting featuring Mark Coker, founder of the ebook pioneer Smashwords. He’ll be returning to BAIPA … [Read more...]

Two Ways BAIPA Can Help You Promote Your Book(s) During This Pandemic

May 20, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

We talked at our May meeting about what we as authors and publishers can do to promote and market our books during this pandemic. If we should be doing so at all. And what BAIPA can do to help. What a number of people suggested was that we … [Read more...]

How Are You Promoting (Or Not Promoting) Your Book During the Pandemic?

May 6, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

At our April meeting, during the Q & A, we briefly discussed how we, as independent publishers, might best use this pandemic period. Maybe it doesn't feel right to be plugging your books, and besides, bookstores are closed. Maybe the best … [Read more...]

Thanks to BAIPA, I Made a Video about Gratitude

May 5, 2020 by Karin Fisher-Golton

As a writer and editor who’s happiest honing words at her desk until they are just right, I’ve thought video marketing is not my thing. Marketing in general is always a bit of a push. In the Question and Answer portion of the April 2020 BAIPA … [Read more...]

How Do I Put A Copyright Into My Trust?

May 3, 2020 by Webmaster

By Kelley Way All right, you’ve created a trust. You’ve also created a copyright, one that’s valuable enough that you want to put it into your trust to protect it. You may even have several income-producing copyrights that you want to put into … [Read more...]

How Are You Dealing with Stress and Anxiety These Days?

April 8, 2020 by Ruth Schwartz

I wanted to share with you a tool I have been using for years and is now available to the public for free. Deborah Myers, a long-time BAIPA member, is a Certified Acupressurist and Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioner and has been helping clients … [Read more...]

John Byrne Barry Presents ‘Setting That Works’ on April 18

April 8, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

On Saturday, April 18 at 10:30 am, I’ll be presenting “Setting That Works — How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More” for the California Writers Club SF Peninsula. Of course, we won’t be meeting in person, but … [Read more...]

Book Passage Hosts Zoom Conversations With your Favorite Writers

April 8, 2020 by Linda Jay

Here's a new idea that Book Passage just started to keep readers alert and involved during this coronavirus crisis. 8,000 people have signed up for it already! Each Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. on Zoom, you can watch hourlong conversations … [Read more...]