Arlene Miller, BAIPA Board Secretary, AKA The Grammar Diva, will be presenting a 35-minute grammar workshop at the Sonoma County Book Festival as part of the Redwood Writers Academy. The workshop will begin at 2:45 p.m. Redwood Writers will be … [Read more...]
Alicia Young Wins Award for Debut Book at 2013 New York Book Festival
BAIPA member Alicia Young’s debut book, The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Grace: small touches with big impact – at home, work & in love has just won the 2013 New York Book Festival Prize for best new How-to/Self- Help book. This is a gentle … [Read more...]
Amazon Associate Issues Researched by Lee Foster
Amazon Issues about Associate Links Researched by Lee Foster At the July BAIPA meeting, three questions regarding Amazon were posed by BAIPA members. To find out the answers, BAIPA member and travel writer Lee Foster did … [Read more...]
NCIBA returns to South San Francisco for 2013!
Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4 South San Francisco Conference Center NBA will be posting a schedule of events and more details soon, but count on the show floor being open on Thursday evening and much of Friday, three Rep Picks sessions, … [Read more...]
Becky Geist Announces New Monthly Audiology Award Contest
BAIPA member Becky Geist is excited to announce that the Book Audiologist Award Contest is OPEN! For authors or publishers of children's books, if the book is published and in distribution -- but there's no audio book yet -- this is … [Read more...]
Literary Agent Peter Beren Strikes 4-Book Deal
Literary Agent Peter Beren Strikes 4-Book Deal with Insight Editions BAIPA member, Literary Agent Peter Beren, representing authors Warren Dotz and Masud Husain, has struck a 4-book deal with San Rafael's Insight Editions. The first two titles are … [Read more...]
Hot off the Press!
With the recent publication of The Dead Butterflies Diary, Sandy Baker once again combines her passions for gardening and writing into a children’s book, her third in the circle of kids' gardening books with a plot. What’s a good detective … [Read more...]
Traditional vs. Indie Publishing
Join BAIPA in July Lee Foster presents: Traditional vs. Independent Publishing: What's Best for the Success of Your Book(s)? For details … [Read more...]
Get Out Books is Expanding!
Get Out Books is Expanding! Susan Pace-Koch, Creative Director of Get Out Books in Concord, is pleased to announce the addition of Tracie Timmer to the staff. Tracie has … [Read more...]
Adventures in Crowd-funding
Adventures in Crowd-funding Your Next Book By Sylvia Binsfeld As an author, I have had an unusual challenge to meet...in order to create my book, I first need to make a movie, and not just any type of movie, a short fantasy film, so that means, the … [Read more...]