February 10:  BAIPA Meeting — Sharon Miller and Tayrn Edwards

Why Libraries are Good Friends for Independent Writers

Join Sharon Miller and Taryn Edwards, Library Director and Membership Services Librarian at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco.

Sharon and Taryn will describe all the activities that a ‘real library” (the 107-year-old Mechanics’ Institute Library) is engaged in to support writers in every step of the writing process: peer support groups through training, self-publishing how-to’s, marketing, and even partnering with local independent book stores. 

• Libraries buy 40% of published children’s books, and close to 10% of all publishing revenues are from library purchases. We will talk about:
• How to get the attention of librarians to get your book on library shelves.
• What our library is doing to support independent writers: peer support, training.
• Self-publishing how-to’s, book reviewing, marketing, public programming, partnership with local independent bookstores. 

If you have a question to ask at the meeting, these librarians will not tell you to “shhh”!

Sharon is Library Director. Taryn, Membership Services librarian, is manager of our Authors’ Carnival programs for writers. Both are librarians who have worked in public and academic libraries. 

smiller@milibrary.org 415-393-0113 

tedwards@milibrary.org 415-393-0103

web site: The Mirror, http://mirror.milibrary.org/

http://www.milibrary.org/users/sharon-miller

 

General Meeting in March 10 – Roundtable with David Carr facilitating

March 9 and 10: IBPA Publishing University West

IBPA brings their Publishing University to the West Coast for the first time. BAIPA is a sponsor for this event and our members will receive a discount on admission. Details on the IBPA web site. 

Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel, 2500 Mason Street, San Francisco, California 94133

April 14:   BAIPA Meeting  — Lee Foster

Lee Foster, Foster Travel Publishing will present: Entrepreneurial Publishing: Could you be doing more to connect with an audience and earn income?

Lee is the author of several best-selling photographic guidebooks and apps for digital devices.