We just put the August 5th BAIPA event up on the BAIPA home page, with a focus on AI for writers. In addition, I just got an announcement from Tim Grahl, who has spoken at a past BAIPA event, about a workshop he is giving on July 17th specifically … [Read more...]
Free 911 Webinar with Book Marketing Mentor
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...]
You Don’t Want to Miss Out on the Free Launch of 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...]
Email List Building: The Slides
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...]
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...]
6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads
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...]
David Kudler's Do-It-Yourself Book Marketing Tips
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...]
Amy Collins slides now available
Here are the slides from Amy Collins's exciting program on book marketing, sales and distribution: Morning Meeting DOWNLOAD FROM BAIPA: How sales, distribution and marketing REALLY work in the publishing industry Afternoon Workshop: DOWNLOAD FROM … [Read more...]
Expanding Your Book into an Empire—Gordon Burgett's Talk on May 9 at BAIPA
Let’s assume that your novel or non-fiction book has been published. Gordon Burgett will teach you how to take your genius—the expertise you gathered from researching and writing the book—and “expand what you know into a profitable writing, … [Read more...]
Join Social Media Mastermind Group Sept. 13
Interested in joining a supportive group to make better use of social media? A great way to do this is through a "Mastermind Group" focused on Social Media. BAIPA's first meeting to organize a group will be 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 after the general … [Read more...]