The praise is rolling in for Butchertown, Thomas Burchfield's hair-raising thriller. Don Herron, author of the Dashiell Hammett Tour, praises Butchertown for its “great cast of gangsters and gunsels,” while John-Ivan Palmer, author of Motels of … [Read more...]
Arlene Miller, the Grammar Diva, Has a New Book!
Arlene Miller, the Grammar Diva, has written a new book. Can Your Flamingo Flamenco? The Best Little Dictionary of Confused Words and Malapropisms, is now available on Amazon and will be available on Kindle on August 7. Other online sites will carry … [Read more...]
Launch Party on August 19 for Laurie McAndish King's "Your Crocodile Has Arrived" — Plus Chocolate!
The launch party for my second collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile Has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, will be on Saturday evening, August 19, at Book Passage in Corte Madera. All BAIPA members are invited to attend. (And … [Read more...]
An Online Option for Attractive, Affordable Covers (Part 2)
(This is my second post on online options for book covers. Here's Part 1.) When the interior of my 2nd edition of Mercurial Tales was ready, I ordered the back cover and spine from the SelfPubBookCovers.com website, which has a user-friendly order … [Read more...]
One Surprising Thing I’ve Learned about Amazon Best Seller Rankings
I just launched my new collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, and discovered that Amazon’s algorithm for determining “Best Seller” status is much more complicated than I had realized. In … [Read more...]
Could a Simple PDF Ebook be Useful to BAIPA Authors and their Audiences?
I recently discovered that using the simple pdf form of my newest travel ebook was a good way to distribute it under license to a client for additional income. The ebook in question is my SF Travel & Photo Guide: The Top 100 Travel … [Read more...]
Joel Friedlander’s Journey to Becoming Go-To Expert on Book Publishing, Cover Design, and More
On July 8, in the morning session, Joel Friedlander will present We All Judge Books By Their Covers — How to Create Book Covers That Work; for the afternoon session, he'll be part of a panel doing live critiques of BAIPA authors’ book … [Read more...]
Art from Last Machine in the Solar System on Display at Sun Gallery in Hayward
Is it science fiction? Or art? Matthew Sobin’s The Last Machine in the Solar System is featured at the Sun Gallery’s SciFi/Steampunk Show, which runs from June 23 to August 5. The exhibit will feature artwork by Jack Katz, who created two … [Read more...]
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth GoodReads Giveaway of Expect Trouble
Author of award-winning World War II paranormal suspense novels, JoAnn Smith Ainsworth is giving away an autographed copy of her most recent book, Expect Trouble, about the U.S. government’s recruitment of psychics to uncover Nazi spies. Find out … [Read more...]
Amazon “Buy Button” Call to Action from IBPA
Hear ye, hear ye, BAIPA authors and others in our indie publishing community! Here’s a recent link from IBPA you may want to open and study — Amazon Buy Button Call to Action. An Open Letter was sent from Angela Bole, IBPA CEO, to the Indie … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- …
- 28
- Next Page »