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Some self-publishing gifts for you from our March speaker

March 20, 2016 by Ruth Schwartz

Despite some logistic challenges, we had a great day with Steven Spatz, President of BookBaby on March 12th. He was stuck in Philadelphia with a badly sprained ankle, and he still delivered some great content on self-publishing via a microphone in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ebooks, printing, self-publishing Tagged With: BookBaby, self-publishing, Steven Spatz, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

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] BAIPA Holiday Meet-the-Editors Potluck Party (Members Only!)

December 13, 2014 by David Kudler Leave a Comment

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE TO REGISTER Come one - come all - to the BAIPA members-only holiday potluck party -- featuring our very own member editors! Member editors have been invited to host a table where they can answer questions, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA, BAIPA Holiday Party, editing, editors' panel, holiday, party, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

[PAST EVENT] BAIPA Holiday Meet-the-Editors Potluck Party (Members Only!)

December 13, 2014 by Bob Heyman Leave a Comment

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE TO REGISTER Come one - come all - to the BAIPA members-only holiday potluck party -- featuring our very own member editors! Member editors have been invited to host a table where they can answer questions, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA, BAIPA Holiday Party, editing, editors' panel, holiday, party, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

[PAST EVENT] BAIPA Holiday Meet-the-Editors Potluck Party (Members Only!)

December 13, 2014 by Bob Heyman Leave a Comment

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE TO REGISTER Come one - come all - to the BAIPA members-only holiday potluck party -- featuring our very own member editors! Member editors have been invited to host a table where they can answer questions, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA, BAIPA Holiday Party, editing, editors' panel, holiday, party, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

[PAST EVENT] BAIPA Holiday Meet-the-Editors Potluck Party (Members Only!)

December 13, 2014 by David Kudler Leave a Comment

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE TO REGISTER Come one - come all - to the BAIPA members-only holiday potluck party -- featuring our very own member editors! Member editors have been invited to host a table where they can answer questions, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: BAIPA, BAIPA Holiday Party, editing, editors' panel, holiday, party, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing, workshop

Special message and prize! from our June speaker

May 27, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

Hi. I’m Judith Briles, aka The Book Shepherd, and I’m looking forward to meeting all of you on Saturday, June 14. I’ll be bringing more to BAIPA than introducing the Author and Book GamePlan, How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Publishing, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, self-publishing Tagged With: Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

Article, Video: Traditional vs Independent Book Publishing

April 18, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

Lee Foster, well-known travel writer and longtime BAIPA member, has been carefully following the issue of “Traditional versus Independent Book Publishing.” He is a practitioner as well as an observer of the trends. Lee has, in fact, given … [Read more...]

Filed Under: self-publishing Tagged With: independent publishing, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

An Author's Enigma – the trauma of publishing a novel – Part 1

April 7, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

[This is the first of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's essay about his publishing experiences as a first-time indie author, written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors. In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- BAIPA blog editor, Linda … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, ebooks, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Kindle and Amazon, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

From Pen To Published – Redwood Writers Conference

March 27, 2014 by Jeffrey Samorano

Redwood Writers invites you to journey “From Pen to Published!” at all-day event, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Bertolini Student Center of Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 8:00 am – 5:30 pm.   Morning Keynote … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, self-publishing Tagged With: 2014 Redwood Writers' Conference, Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

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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
    Crowdfunding | Karolina Grabowska Pexels
    • 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
    Email Marketing Success | Pexels
    • 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

IMPORTANT
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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