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BAIPA Member Wonders Who’s Had Experience in Foreign Markets

September 24, 2016 by Julie Freestone

Recently we’ve had an offer to do a “book tour” in Germany.  Not sure at this point what that might be look like but we feel that unless our novel Stumbling Stone is available in German, it might not be a very effective strategy.  We're wondering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Networking, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Stumbling Stone

“So When Is it Enough?” asks Julie Freestone, about Touring and Promoting Your Book

September 4, 2016 by Julie Freestone

When we published our book Stumbling Stone in June 2015, Rudi and I agreed that we’d give it a year, during which we hoped we’d have an adventure and sell some modest number of books.  When June 2016 rolled around, we began telling people we were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Events, Book Promotion, Book Signings, independent bookstores, marketing, Public Speaking, publicity, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Rudi Raab, Stumbling Stone

Music and Mystery: Giving Voice to Victims of the Nazis

August 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her co-author Rudi Raab will be participating in an unusual event for their novel Stumbling Stone. They will join another German-Jewish couple, musicians Rebecca Rust, cello, and Friedrich Edelmann, bassoon, the San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Events, Book Promotion, independent bookstores, publicity, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Book Passage, Friedrich Edelmann, Julie Freestone, Rebecca Rust, Rudi Raab, San Francisco-Munich duo, Stumbling Stone

Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab to Speak/Online Radio Program for Authors

July 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

BAIPA member Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab will be talking about their historical novel Stumbling Stone on Monday, August 15 at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center, 800 Foster City Blvd, Foster City.  The event is particularly timely in light of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, ebooks, publicity, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Stumbling Stone, The Author Show

Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab to Appear at Peninsula Jewish Community Center

June 26, 2016 by Lily O'Brien

Rudi Raab and Julie Freestone will be telling the real story (and showing photos) behind the compelling historical novel Stumbling Stone on Monday, August 15 at 2pm at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center, 800 Foster City Blvd in Foster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Events, Book Promotion, publicity, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Stumbling Stone

Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab—Upcoming Book Events

April 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

Does Leaving the Bay Area Pay Off? BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her co-author Rudi Raab are doing a book event in Helena, Montana on May 19 at the Lewis and Clark library. It's the second time they've taken their Stumbling Stone novel on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, Book Signings, libraries, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Stumbling Stone, Temple Sinai Oakland

BAIPA Member Julie Freestone Finds Hidden Benefit in Publishing

March 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

Since Rudi Raab and I published our novel Stumbling Stone last June, one hidden benefit has been the wonderful people we’ve met — especially other self-published authors who have shared their experiences with us.  We met some through BAIPA and others … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Networking, self-publishing, tips Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Rudi Raab, Stumbling Stone

Julie Freestone Shares New Website for Marketing

January 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Samorano

Before Rudi Raab and I published our historical novel Stumbling Stone, we launched a website, stumbling-stone.com. It’s been a great place to post photos and other material that was the basis for our mystery/romance novel. Recently I’ve been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, Networking, publicity, self-publishing Tagged With: Julie Freestone, medium.com, Rudi Raab, Stumbling Stone

Julie Freestone Uses Book Groups for Exposure to Her Book

November 22, 2015 by Jeffrey Samorano

Exposure Comes in Many Forms Besides the traditional book "reading", BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her co-author Rudi Raab have been doing a few other events to get exposure for their historical novel Stumbling Stone.  Most recently, they met with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, marketing, Networking, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Julie Freestone, Stumbling Stone

Julie Freestone Interviewed by Laurie McAndish King

November 13, 2015 by Lily O'Brien

Another Angle Leads to NPR Podcast BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her Stumbling Stone co-author Rudi Raab were interviewed for Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilner for an NPR Podcast about travel. BAIPA member and NPR correspondent, Laurie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book Promotion, interview, publicity, Radio or TV Interview Tagged With: Journeys of Discovery, Julie Freestone, Laurie McAndish King, NPR, Rudi Raab, Stumbling Stone, Tom Wilner

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UPDATE: BAIPA will continue to meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings, which we are planning to try on May 6th, 2023 (see below for some initial info). 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 … More

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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.

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