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New Study Group

February 2, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

New Study Group A new group, Enhanced Digital Book Study Group, commenced operation Saturday after the BAIPA meeting. The group decided to keep in touch via a Facebook page soon to be set up. You can join by sending an email request to Joe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News Tagged With: BAIPA, Joseph T. Sinclair, study group

First eBook Library Built in U.S.

January 23, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

From Joseph T. Sinclair -- The first exclusively ebook library has been built near San Antonio, Texas. http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/01/a-visit-to-bibliotech-the-21st-century-all-digital-library/?et_mid=657236&rid=240370013 The cost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ebooks Tagged With: BAIPA, First eBook Library, Joseph T. Sinclair

The Astounding New Market for English-Language Books

January 11, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair How many English readers are there in the world? There’s no telling. But there are estimates of how many people can speak English as either a first or second language. David Crystal, a British linguist, estimates that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: tips Tagged With: BAIPA, English-language books, Joseph T. Sinclair

Independent Bookstores

January 2, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair The news in 2013 was that independent bookstores are making a comeback. The question is, what are we talking about? A book, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap, published by St. Martins Griffin, gives us an inkling of what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: independent bookstores Tagged With: BAIPA, independent bookstores, Joseph T. Sinclair

Writing by Voice

December 28, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair About ten years ago I investigated voice recognition software, which I found to be surprisingly accurate but not accurate enough to be useful for writing a book by voice (dictating). Nonetheless, I wrote a short book by voice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing Tagged With: BAIPA, Joseph T. Sinclair, Writing by Voice

Digital Book World Daily

December 5, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

If you're interested in keeping up on digital publishing, a good way to do it is to subscribe to the DBW Daily, delivered by email each day. It captures the latest relevant news. DBW stands for Digital Book World, which is an annual digital book … [Read more...]

Filed Under: tips Tagged With: BAIPA, Digital Book World Daily, Joseph T. Sinclair

Book Apps

December 3, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair Apps (applications) are programs that run on a smart phone. They are typically dedicated to a specific and narrow purpose. For instance, an app might do nothing more than condense 10 steps on the Web into one tap on the phone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

The Professional Author of the Future

November 14, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair First, let’s define “professional author” as one whose primary income is derived from writing. There is always a bumper crop of part-time and wannabe writers who maintain the God-ordained right to be “pure” writers with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing Tagged With: BAIPA, Joseph T. Sinclair, Professional Author of the Future

The Book App — Part II

October 23, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair In a prior article entitled The Book App, I reported that Kindle Fire has outsold iPads. I remembered that incorrectly from the statistics, and I should have reported out-polled. The source I read had reported not sales but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

The Book App

October 18, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

By Joseph T. Sinclair The author of The Mobile Wave, Michael Saylor, states that five billion people out of seven billion worldwide now have cell phones. Soon the one billion people who now have smart phones will be five billion people as cheap … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book apps Tagged With: BAIPA, book apps, Joseph T. Sinclair

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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. (Once in-person events are able to resume, 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 who … 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. 

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