And the winners are....! At the October BAIPA meeting, Judy Baker, Book Award Chair for this year, announced the 2013 BAIPA Book Award Winners to an appreciative crowd. Look for separate posts in each category over the next couple of weeks, and … [Read more...]
For the Digiliterati
By Joseph T. Sinclair There are three trade shows coming up in the Bay Area in which authors and publishers of book apps may be interested. These conferences tend to be very expensive, as they present many educational sessions over a multiday … [Read more...]
The Woman in the Photograph
The Woman in the Photograph by Mani Feniger Writers, Readers and BAIPA friends, Please join author and BAIPA member Mani Feniger Tuesday, Oct. 22 7:30 Belvedere-Tiburon Library 1501 Tiburon Blvd. She will talk about her twenty year search for … [Read more...]
The Book App
By Joseph T. Sinclair The author of The Mobile Wave, Michael Saylor, states that five billion people out of seven billion worldwide now have cell phones. Soon the one billion people who now have smart phones will be five billion people as cheap … [Read more...]
Winners of the 2013 BAIPA Book Awards
Best Cover Design The Boy Who Was Not a Lesbian and Other True Stories by Kristin Lyseggen Best Historic Fantasy Quest of the Warrior Maiden by Linda C. McCabe Best Fiction: Novel A Daughter's Inheritance by Geraldine Boyce Best Young Adult … [Read more...]
2014 Nautilus Book Awards – Call for Entries
Nautilus Awards is seeking Better Books for a Better World! Celebrating 15 years, this international book award organization is deeply committed to honoring books that inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities and global citizens. … [Read more...]
Be At the October 12 BAIPA Meeting to Go On "Adventures with Editors"!
Whether you are writing your first book or your fifth book, at the October 12 BAIPA meeting, "Adventures with Editors," you will discover useful information about editing that you can apply to your specific project. Join our panel of editing and … [Read more...]
Pat Taylor — From Neurosurgeon to Fantasy Writer
Spotlight on BAIPA Members - By Linda Jay Geldens Pat Taylor is a retired neurosurgeon-turned-fantasy writer. His latest book, The Martian Pendant, is an intriguing mix of Neanderthals, Martians who landed in Africa in a spaceship eons ago, a … [Read more...]
September BAIPA Speaker Penny Sansevieri — How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon
Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., in San Diego, is our speaker on Saturday, September 14; she will give an afternoon workshop at BAIPA that same day. With a topic like "How To Sell Books by the Truckload on … [Read more...]
Arlene Miller – A Passion for Grammar, and…Tap Dancing and Jazz
Spotlight on BAIPA Members -- By Linda Jay Geldens Arlene Miller, better known to BAIPA members as the Grammar Diva, has a passion for grammar. I asked her, "Why your intense … [Read more...]