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All Things Amazon —Takeaways from the July 9 BAIPA Meeting

August 5, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, Book Promotion, ebooks, Networking, printing, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon's Author Central, Audible Creative Exchange, Bowker, CreateSpace, Goodreads, Ingram Spark, Kindle Direct

Mara Lynn Johnstone’s TV Interview and Second Giveaway

November 28, 2015 by Jeffrey Samorano

Mara Lynn Johnstone was recently on WriterSpeak, the local show that interviews authors.  It premieres on November 30 at 7pm on Comcast Channel 26 in Santa Rosa, though it’s already up on YouTube to watch at any time.  She recommends this for authors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, video, video Tagged With: Comcast Channel 26, Goodreads, Mara Lynn Johnstone, Sweeping Changes, WriterSpeak, YouTube

Karin Fisher-Golton's 'My Amazing Day' in Two Giveaways

November 19, 2015 by Jeffrey Samorano

Karin Fisher-Golton's book, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude is currently in two giveaways. The first of those, a Goodreads Giveaway, was inspired by discussions at BAIPA meetings. Karin decided to have the Goodreads Giveaway … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, publicity, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Goodreads, Karin Fisher Golton, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude

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

[PAST EVENT] All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship

September 12, 2015 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

Let's face it—Amazon is a giant in the publishing industry, traditional and indie. So understanding how to use this powerful tool to help you to promote and sell your book is an essential key for success. And you can get the answers at the BAIPA … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, AuthorCentral, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Ruth Schwartz, self-publishing, Stillpoint Digital Press, thewonderlady.com

[PAST EVENT] All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship

September 12, 2015 by Lily O'Brien Leave a Comment

Let's face it—Amazon is a giant in the publishing industry, traditional and indie. So understanding how to use this powerful tool to help you to promote and sell your book is an essential key for success. And you can get the answers at the BAIPA … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, AuthorCentral, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Ruth Schwartz, self-publishing, Stillpoint Digital Press, thewonderlady.com

[PAST EVENT] All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship

September 12, 2015 by Ruth Schwartz Leave a Comment

Let's face it—Amazon is a giant in the publishing industry, traditional and indie. So understanding how to use this powerful tool to help you to promote and sell your book is an essential key for success. And you can get the answers at the BAIPA … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, AuthorCentral, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Ruth Schwartz, self-publishing, Stillpoint Digital Press, thewonderlady.com

[PAST EVENT] All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship

September 12, 2015 by Lily O'Brien Leave a Comment

Amazon logo

Let's face it—Amazon is a giant in the publishing industry, traditional and indie. So understanding how to use this powerful tool to help you to promote and sell your book is an essential key for success. And you can get the answers at the BAIPA … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, AuthorCentral, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Ruth Schwartz, self-publishing, Stillpoint Digital Press, thewonderlady.com

Updated Agenda for Our Upcoming "Everything Amazon Day"

August 30, 2015 by Ruth Schwartz

Amazon logo

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, book design, Book Promotion, distribution, ebooks, marketing, publicity, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Amazon, CreateSpace, David Kudler, Goodreads, KDP, Kindle Scout, Ruth Schwartz

All Things Amazon: How to Manage Your Most Important Publishing Relationship

July 11, 2015 by Jeffrey Samorano

Let's face it—Amazon is a giant in the publishing industry, traditional and indie. So understanding how to use this powerful tool to help you to promote and sell your book is an essential key for success. Don't miss this important presentation at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News Tagged With: ACX, Amazon, AuthorCentral, CreateSpace, David Kudler, e-books, e-commerce, Goodreads, Ruth Schwartz, Stillpoint Digital Press, thewonderlady.com

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Welcome to BAIPA

With COVID-19 teaching us all how to function remotely, BAIPA will meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings. (Even when we decide to resume 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 Friday evening before the meeting, we will send the link and password out to members and to non-members … 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

  • CrowdFunding Success for Authors and Writers
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    • Dr. Judith Briles on how to use CrowdFunding to raise money to create your book
      July 9, 2022
      9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  • Email Marketing Success
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    • Pauline Wiles on Email Marketing Success for Authors
      August 6, 2022
      9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  • The Three Step Formula for Building an Author Platform
    • Fauzia Burke shares the Three Step Formula for Building an Author Platform
      November 5, 2022
      9:00 am - 12:15 pm

BAIPA Monthly Meetings

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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

  • July 9th: CrowdFunding Success for Authors and Writers with Dr. Judith Briles
  • July 23rd: Workshop: How to Creat a Million Dollar Speech with Dr.Judith Briles
  • August 6th: Email Marketing Success with Pauline Wiles
  • August 20th: Workshop: IngramSpark Best Practices & Tips with Ruth Schwartz
  • October events TBD
  • November 5th: Building an Author Platform with Fauzia Burke
  • December 3rd: Annual Cover Design Event

More exciting speakers and topics coming in the rest of 2022!

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