Community Media Center of Marin August Mixer Features Barbara McVeigh Reading from Memoir
At the August 2 Media Mixer in San Rafael filmmaker and author Barbara McVeigh, member of BAIPA as well as Community Media Center of Marin (CMCM), will read from her memoir, Redemption, How Ronald Reagan Nearly Ruined My Life. Her book recounts the … [Read more...]
Launch Party on August 19 for Laurie McAndish King's "Your Crocodile Has Arrived" — Plus Chocolate!
The launch party for my second collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile Has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, will be on Saturday evening, August 19, at Book Passage in Corte Madera. All BAIPA members are invited to attend. (And … [Read more...]
Peter Beren Lands New Book Deal for Photographer Art Wolfe
BAIPA member Peter Beren of the Peter Beren Agency, announced a new book deal for master photographer, Art Wolfe. It's the 69th book for the prolific lensman and in it, he teams up with popular nature writer, Gregory McNamee, for a tour through the … [Read more...]
An Online Option for Attractive, Affordable Covers (Part 2)
(This is my second post on online options for book covers. Here's Part 1.) When the interior of my 2nd edition of Mercurial Tales was ready, I ordered the back cover and spine from the SelfPubBookCovers.com website, which has a user-friendly order … [Read more...]
One Surprising Thing I’ve Learned about Amazon Best Seller Rankings
I just launched my new collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, and discovered that Amazon’s algorithm for determining “Best Seller” status is much more complicated than I had realized. In … [Read more...]
Call for Speakers and Scholarship Applications for Publishing University Now Open
Here's a note from Independent Book Publishers Association's (IBPA) Angela Bole to BAIPA members: As of last week, the Call for Speakers application and the Scholarship application for Publishing University 2018 is open online. Call for Speakers … [Read more...]
An Online Option for Attractive, Affordable Covers (Part 1)
Recently I discovered SelfPubBookCovers.com, a web-based business that provides a good, useful service for indie authors. The synchronicity was stunning — at that moment I needed three new book covers: a digital front cover for my Steampunk novel, … [Read more...]
Could a Simple PDF Ebook be Useful to BAIPA Authors and their Audiences?
I recently discovered that using the simple pdf form of my newest travel ebook was a good way to distribute it under license to a client for additional income. The ebook in question is my SF Travel & Photo Guide: The Top 100 Travel … [Read more...]
Book Cover Design with Joel Friedlander
July 8, 2017 Part 1: Part 2: … [Read more...]
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