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Takeaways from August BAIPA Meeting — How to Monetize Your Book Content and More

September 1, 2016 by John Byrne Barry

BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry captured these key takeaways from the August BAIPA meeting, which featured the following three presentations: Lee Foster on How to Monetize Your Book Content More Effectively Bob Heyman on Getting Your SEO … [Read more...]

Lee Foster YouTube Video and PowerPoint Now Available from August BAIPA Talk

September 1, 2016 by Lee Foster

BAIPA board member Lee Foster gave a presentation at the August meeting on "Monetizing Your Book Content." For anyone who missed the program, you can now view it on YouTube, and review the PowerPoint presentation. Videographer Howard Slater, also … [Read more...]

Red Quill Workshop: Romance with Impact

August 27, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

BAIPA President Becky Parker Geist found this very interesting workshop. Enjoy! REGISTRATION BEGINS NOW! Mark your calendars for the October 1st, 2016 workshop … spaces are limited! Sacramento Valley Rose, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley … [Read more...]

Independent Authors are Starting to Outsell the Big Five

August 27, 2016 by Linda Jay

BAIPA Board member Linda Jay found this great article. Enjoy! Independent authors are starting to outsell the Big Five Today A six-figure income – or at least a full-time writing career – is actually a possibility for independent authors. By … [Read more...]

Writing Retreat at Commonweal Retreat Center

August 21, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

Dear BAIPA Members: Join David Colin Carr and Laura Davis for a Deeply Healing Writer's Journey Writing as a Pathway Through Grief, Loss, Uncertainty and Change at Commonweal Retreat Center, Bolinas, California October 5 – 11, 2016 Laura … [Read more...]

Indie Author Spree

August 21, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

New BAIPA member Arianna Marie Golden Invites You to an Indie Author Spree You're invited to the 2016 Indie Author Spree. We've been hard at work behind the scenes to get everything ready for you and now it finally is. I'm very excited by the … [Read more...]

More Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss

August 12, 2016 by Shari Weiss

Top Ten challenges for newcomers to social media: 1. Trying to do too much too soon: My suggestion to “students” — no matter what their age or discipline — is to understand that the learning process follows these four-steps: CONFUSION → SILENCE → … [Read more...]

Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss

August 10, 2016 by Shari Weiss

BAIPA board member Shari Weiss will be speaking in the afternoon at the BAIPA meeting on August 13 about social media for authors. Here are some tips and topics to think about. Every new enterprise — whether it’s a new project, new class, new … [Read more...]

An Editor’s Life — Christina V. Kueppers Interviews Linda Jay

August 10, 2016 by Christina V. Kueppers

In our continuing series of BAIPA members interviewing fellow BAIPA members, author Christina V. Kueppers interviews editor/writer Linda Jay "You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to … [Read more...]

Shari Weiss will Speak About De-Mystifying Social Media for Writers at August BAIPA Meeting

August 8, 2016 by Shari Weiss

DE-MYSTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WRITERS Presentation by Shari Weiss, August 13 – 2-3pm Social Media: Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? WHO is your target reader/purchaser? WHAT can social media do for you? WHERE do you need to … [Read more...]