Setting That Works How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More Flash Flood In my first novel — Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher. — my protagonist, Tomas Zamara, the mayor of … [Read more...]
‘Setting That Works’ on November 11 at Book Passage
How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, and Echo Theme On November 11 at 2 pm, I’ll be leading a workshop on setting at the California Writers Club Marin monthly meeting at Book Passage. The best and most memorable setting is … [Read more...]
Expired[PAST EVENT] CreateSpace to KDP Webinar with Ruth Schwartz
Are you confused and concerned about moving your books from CreateSpace to KDP? It can be very simple, and as some people have found, there can be some serious challenges. For some, their books just disappeared into the ether, for others their … [Read more...]
Expired[PAST EVENT] How to Make Facebook Actually Work for Authors
A Day with John Sames, Online Marketing Consultant (General meeting begins at 9 AM, speaker presentation is at 11 AM, after Q&A, networking time, introductions & announcements). Then afternoon workshop from 1-3 PM. Scroll down for details … [Read more...]
Hot Deal on Influencer Outreach Workshop
Book Marketing Mentor is having a super hot sale Judy Reyes and Judy Baker have a surprise for you. Don't miss out. A great deal for BAIPA members and fans. Use discount code "HOTAUGUST" to register for the August 22nd Influencer Outreach … [Read more...]
Building Your Self-Promotion Platform – a Workshop for Independent Authors
Building Your Self-Promotion Platform: From Strategy to Action, Steps for Independent Authors The second workshop in the 2017 Redwood Writers Academy, April 22, 2017 Connecting with fans, friends, followers: it’s done in multiple … [Read more...]
Building a Self-Promotion Author Platform April 22 in Santa Rosa
Two Bay Area book marketing experts, Judy Baker and Judy Reyes, both active leaders of BAIPA, will present their new workshop, “Building Your Self-Promotion Platform: From Strategy to Action Steps for Independent Authors,” on April 22 in Santa Rosa, … [Read more...]
All Things Amazon Slides
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...]
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...]