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Selling To California Libraries

August 19, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

I found this list of libraries in California. Anybody got a better idea for selling to them than calling each one? … [Read more...]

Get Audio Presentation Slides

August 10, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

Here are the slides used by Becky Parker Geist and David Kudler as they explained how to create and use audio books Saturday August 9. You can also hear audio examples they mentioned but weren't able to play and see a good example of various ways to … [Read more...]

Indie Books Increasing Market Segment

August 2, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

From Publishers Weekly The Big Five traditional publishers now account for only 16% of the e-books on Amazon’s bestseller lists. DRM (digital rights management) “harms e-book sales at any price point.” Self-published books now represent 31% of … [Read more...]

Learn Audio and Audiobook Options for Your Book Project

July 22, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

How do you get people to really listen to your book's message? Can audio professionals enhance the sales of your book? Saturday, August 9, Becky Geist from Pro Audio Voices, and David Kudler from Stillpoint Digital Audio will take BAIPA members on … [Read more...]

Sharing the Pain of Birthing a Book

July 21, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

Lordy, I swear it was easier giving birth to my children than birthing a book. Last September a voice inside me told me to record an audio of some passages from a family memoir I wrote ten years ago. After one editor, an illustrator, a book … [Read more...]

Video: How to be found on line and sell your books

July 17, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

http://youtu.be/m6sPCXszpfU In this one-hour video social media expert Shari Weiss helps you understand how social media has changed the way you market products and services. Learn what social media sites are particularly beneficial for … [Read more...]

"Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales" Wins Foreword Reviews Award

July 3, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

BAIPA member Bill Amatneek's book, "Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales," has been announced as a 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year award winner in the category of Performing Arts & Music. See … [Read more...]

How to be found online and sell your books

June 30, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

Social Media Expert Shari Weiss will help you understand how social media has changed the way you need to market products and services. Learn what social media sites are particularly beneficial for writers and independent publishers and where to … [Read more...]

Lee Foster Wins Travel Writer Award

June 28, 2014 by Linda Jay

BAIPA member Lee Foster’s travel article on Palm Springs has won a prize in the 2014 Western Chapter Writing Awards sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers. Lee’s article won a Silver Award. The article is titled “California’s Palm … [Read more...]

Cautionary Tale For e-book Publishers

June 21, 2014 by Fearless Digital Journey

Here's a quote from story in NYT: On the first Monday in June I checked the Kindle Single sales rankings, having last looked a month before, when “Boom” was still hanging on at about No. 40. Now I couldn’t find it in the top 100. Oh well, I thought, … [Read more...]