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Upcoming What’s happening in Indie Publishing?

April 5, 2023 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

BAIPA monthly meetings are now on Zoom. The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM. Therefore, all non-members MUST register in advance in order to participate. However, all current BAIPA members will … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA events, book marketing, Email marketing, marketing, self-publishing

Expired What’s happening in Indie Publishing?

August 27, 2022 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

BAIPA monthly meetings are now exclusively on Zoom, at least until we get through this COVID-19 crisis. The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM. Therefore, all non-members MUST register in advance … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA events, book marketing, Email marketing, marketing, self-publishing

Expired Email Marketing Success

June 22, 2022 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

Email Marketing Success | Pexels

BAIPA monthly meetings are now exclusively on Zoom, at least until we get through this COVID-19 crisis. The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM. Therefore, all non-members MUST register in advance … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA events, book marketing, Email marketing, marketing, self-publishing

Expired [PAST EVENT] How to Make Facebook Actually Work for Authors

October 1, 2018 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

A Day with John Sames, Online Marketing Consultant  (General meeting begins at 9 AM, speaker presentation is at 11 AM, after Q&A, networking time, introductions & announcements). Then afternoon workshop from 1-3 PM. Scroll down for details … [Read more...]

Tagged With: book marketing, Facebook, John Sames, landing pages, online marketing, self-publishing, workshop

Free 911 Webinar with Book Marketing Mentor

March 18, 2018 by Bob Heyman

What is your book marketing "emergency?" Join a Live Q & A, online on March 20, 2018 Noon to 1 pm PST Ask a question or listen in to learn. Newbies and published authors are welcome. The event is free but you must enroll to get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Events Tagged With: book marketing, book marketing mentor, Judy Baker, Judy Reyes

You Don’t Want to Miss Out on the Free Launch of Book Marketing Mentor

March 18, 2017 by Judy M. Baker

Judy Baker and Judy Reyes, partners in book marketing mentor

Book Marketing Mentor is looking for Authors Who Want Help with Their Marketing The Dynamic Duo Promise to Educate Authors and Have Fun Too Judy Reyes and Judy Baker, partners in Book Marketing Mentor, are launching a free pilot program in April. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Blog Article, marketing, self-publishing Tagged With: book marketing, book marketing mentor, Judy Baker, Judy Reyes

Email List Building: The Slides

November 15, 2015 by David Kudler

Email-for-Authors-101 poster image

Saturday's session with Joel Friedlander on the subject of the whys and hows of creating an email list was terrific! Not a surprise to any of us who know Joel. Joel has kindly shared the slides with BAIPA. Click on the image below to download the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, self-publishing Tagged With: author platform, BAIPA, BAIPA events, book marketing, independent publishing, PDF, presentation slides, publicity, self-publishing

All Things Amazon Slides

September 14, 2015 by David Kudler

Everything Amazon

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, distribution, ebooks, self-publishing Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, BAIPA, BAIPA events, book marketing, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, independent publishing, KDP, meeting, Ruth Schwartz, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads

June 15, 2015 by David Kudler

At this past Saturday's BAIPA meeting, I led a roundtable about the reasons that every independent author and publisher (as well as every “dependent” author) needed to have an active presence on Goodreads.com. It was one of three roundtable sessions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, tips, website Tagged With: author platform, BAIPA, book marketing, book reviews, David Kudler, Goodreads, marketing, review sites, self-publishers, self-publishing, social media, workshop

David Kudler's Do-It-Yourself Book Marketing Tips

March 24, 2015 by David Kudler

Every author wants to know how to get the word out about his or her book—and most are frightened that it’s going to cost an arm and a leg. To be honest, the most effective marketing that an author can do doesn’t involve paying money—just lots and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, marketing, publicity, tips Tagged With: author platform, book marketing, David Kudler, social media

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Welcome to BAIPA

UPDATE: BAIPA continues to meet via ZOOM ONLY. However, we held a very successful HYBRID meeting on May 6. The board is in discussion about future events like that one, and we will get the word out as soon as decisions are made. Even when we decide to resume regular in-person events, we will continue the Zoom option. We are implementing all the recommended precautionary measures to keep our meetings private and safe for all participants. All members and visitors who register in advance will receive a link to attend via Zoom video conferencing. On the … More

Current BAIPA members do not need to register for our monthly meetings. The night before the meetings, they will receive the Zoom info. However, members must log in to get a discounted ticket for workshops. 

Upcoming Events

  • Audiobooks: From Pre-Production to Distribution
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    • Audiobooks: From Pre-Production to Distribution
       June 3, 2023
       9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  • Workshop: Putting Your Audiobook to Work for You with Becky Parker Geist
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    • June 17 Audiobook Results workshop with Becky Parker Geist
       June 17, 2023
       10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • What's happening in Indie Publishing?
    • Andrea Fleck-Nisbet on Current Trends & Challenges for Author Publishers
       September 9, 2023
       9:00 am - 12:15 pm

BAIPA Monthly Meetings

IMPORTANT
BAIPA is now meeting on the first Saturday of every month via Zoom only for now. In general, if the first Saturday falls on a holiday or holiday weekend, we will meet on the second Saturday.

We are also having workshops on the third Saturday of every month (also via Zoom only for now. In general, if the regular monthly meeting moves to the second Saturday, then the workshop will be two weeks later.

Future Events

  • May 6th: HYBRID EVENT (In-person in Novato, CA + Zoom, followed by MEMBERS ONLY in-person celebration party) What every author needs to know about Amazon NOW with Ruth Schwartz of Wonderlady Books
  • June 3rd: Becky Parker Geist on the latest trends in audiobooks
  • June 17th: WORKSHOP with Becky Parker Geist on audiobooks
  • July 8th: Patti Thorn of @BlueInk Review shares how to get #book reviews that count to enhance your #book marketing efforts. NOTE: that this is the SECOND SATURDAY of the month.
  • August events TBD
  • September 9th: Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Book Publishers Association on the latest trends in indie publishing.NOTE: that this is the SECOND SATURDAY of the month.
  • October 7th: Melody Owen speaking on how to partner with podcasters to build your following and sell more books.

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