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...]
ExpiredEmail Marketing Success
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...]
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 books wound up in one KDP account, but their paperback from CreateSpace went to … [Read more...]
Say No!
Say No! By Judy M. Baker, Book Marketing Mentor Do you suffer from bright shiny object syndrome? If you are like me, as an author-publisher, it is easy to be distracted by promises of quick fixes for book marketing. I know I get solicitations all … [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...]
February Meeting: How to Avoid Legal Traps for the Self-Publisher
Get your publishing law questions answered in a discussion of intellectual property law and business for independent publishers and authors. Topics include: copyrights trademarks trade secrets and defamation Learn the differences between … [Read more...]
Arlene Miller, Grammar Diva, Has Announcements
Big things are happening at bigwords101, Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva, announces. First, she has a new e-book, currently available only on Kindle for $2.99. It is called The Great Grammar Cheat Sheet: 50 Grammar, Punctuation, Writing, and … [Read more...]
Gordon Burgett — Three Appearances Coming Up
Gordon Burgett Presents Workshop at SRJC Gordon Burgett, BAIPA member, will present a four-hour workshop, “Creating Travel Articles and Video Tours That Sell,” at Santa Rosa Junior College campus (1520 Emeritus Hall) on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 1-5 … [Read more...]