I have published a detailed article about writer/author monetization in the new self-publishing era. The article, “11 Top Tips for Making Money from Your Writing and Photography in 2017," is on Joel Friedlander's "The Book Designer" website blog. … [Read more...]
Takeaways from August BAIPA Meeting — How to Monetize Your Book Content and More
BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry captured these key takeaways from the August BAIPA meeting, which featured the following three presentations: Lee Foster on How to Monetize Your Book Content More Effectively Bob Heyman on Getting Your SEO … [Read more...]
Lee Foster YouTube Video and PowerPoint Now Available from August BAIPA Talk
BAIPA board member Lee Foster gave a presentation at the August meeting on "Monetizing Your Book Content." For anyone who missed the program, you can now view it on YouTube, and review the PowerPoint presentation. Videographer Howard Slater, also … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Talks Monetizing, Publishes in China
I look forward to talking to BAIPA at 11am on August 13 about “Monetizing Your Book Content.” I plan to begin that talk with a teasing reference to the day in 1993 when my publisher wrote me a check for a windfall $28,000. Why did he do that? It was … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Releases Revision of Book/E-book on Self-Publishing
Lee Foster has published his annual revision of his recent book/e-book about the independent publishing movement, titled An Author’s Perspective on Independent Publishing: Why Self-Publishing May Be Your Best Option. The book can be seen … [Read more...]
Book Passage Has New Consignment Person
Recently Book Passage ordered a few of my California books for the Super Bowl sales period. This gave me a chance to meet the new manager of consignments for Book Passage, John Bessolo. He will be the contact person for all BAIPA folks who are indie … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member Lee Foster Reflects on Our Indie Publishing Innovations
Wondering where the independent publishing revolution is headed in the new year of 2016? Longtime BAIPA member Lee Foster has written an intriguing post on his website, describing many aspects of this revolution in publishing that have occurred here … [Read more...]
Lee Foster Speaking about Indie Publishing on Saturday, October 3 in San Francisco
Celebrated author and BAIPA member, Lee Foster will be the lead speaker this coming Saturday, October 3, 10:30am, at the San Francisco Bookbinders Museum. Lee has published 14 books, ten with major national publishers and his latest four through his … [Read more...]
Lee Foster’s Article about Social Media in Self-Publishing is Featured in The Independent
Lee Foster’s expertise on social media in self-publishing is the subject of a recent article in The Independent, the monthly magazine for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), which is the national equivalent to BAIPA (BAIPA is an … [Read more...]
Video Wizards Complete July Program Video
The two video wizards—Dick Jordan and Allen Bronstein—who described and showed BAIPA members at our July meeting how to make achievable videos with a smartphone, have now edited the demo video they filmed there. For those who were not able to attend … [Read more...]