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...]
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...]
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...]
Marketing You and Your Book
There has been a change in plans for our October 11, 2014 meeting. Our scheduled speaker and workshop leader, Amy Collins, has been waylaid by mechanical difficulties. We will let you all know when we can reschedule her presentation and workshop, … [Read more...]
Distribute Books Through Ingram Spark – Sep. 13
Suppose you have published and created demand for your book in bookstores and libraries. What is the best way to distribute your book? Our September speaker, Jackie Thompson will provide answers to that question in her morning presentation. … [Read more...]
Does Being a Man Sell More Books?
Spotted on romance writer Kayci Morgan's blog: What I enjoy most about self-publishing is experimenting. Figuring out what works and what doesn't. It's like piecing together a big puzzle. One of the things I attempted was to publish under a male … [Read more...]