Are you confused and concerned about moving your books from CreateSpace to KDP? It can be very simple, and as some people have found, there can be some serious challenges. For some, their books just disappeared into the ether, for others their … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member Joel Blackwell Asks: Outrageous Offers on Amazon—What Is Behind These Things?
Below is an image of how Amazon presents my books for sale: I asked David Kudler, author and publisher, to please explain to me what is going on since this seems insane. Here's what he said: "What’s going on is that booksellers … [Read more...]
David Kudler shares keywords and categories handout
As requested at today's wonderful IngramSpark! event, I've uploaded the handout that I created concerning categories/subjects and keywords/search terms. I created the handout for July's All Things Amazon roundtables, and so the focus is somewhat on … [Read more...]
All Things Amazon —Takeaways from the July 9 BAIPA Meeting
BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry collected some information to share from the July meeting There was a lot of great information shared at the July BAIPA meeting, “All Things Amazon,” more than we can possibly include in this blog post, but here … [Read more...]
Slides from July Meeting About All Things Amazon are Available
Dear BAIPA members. If you missed the July meeting, or were there and would like to see the slides again that were presented, here's your chance. The Latest on All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship in 2016 … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Releases Revision of Book/E-book on Self-Publishing
Lee Foster has published his annual revision of his recent book/e-book about the independent publishing movement, titled An Author’s Perspective on Independent Publishing: Why Self-Publishing May Be Your Best Option. The book can be seen … [Read more...]
CreateSpace Titles on Amazon Now Available in Canada
The CreateSpace website has a new service that they want everyone to know about: From the CreateSpace website: "Starting October 8, we began making CreateSpace titles enrolled in the Amazon.com sales channel available directly to readers in Canada … [Read more...]
All Things Amazon Slides
This Saturday's program (All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship, led by BAIPA board members and indie publishing veterans David Kudler and Ruth Schwartz) was a great success! As promised, here are the slides: … [Read more...]
Updated Agenda for Our Upcoming "Everything Amazon Day"
David and I are really looking forward to presenting key points about the most important Amazon services for independent authors on September 12th during our presentation—Everything Amazon. We have refined our list and here’s the latest agenda for … [Read more...]
The E-Commerce Revolution—Ron Martinez Talks about New Developments in Technology that will Boost Profitability
Every BAIPA author (and publisher) wants to sell more books. And that's one of the reasons we all belong to BAIPA—to stay on top of cutting-edge technology and information. Ron Martinez, our August speaker, founded Aerbook.com, where he focuses on … [Read more...]