Recently, I had the honor of being interviewed by Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd, for two of her podcast episodes: one on KDP and one on IngramSpark. We covered a lot of ground in a very short time. Below are direct links to each of those … [Read more...]
New Awards Program Seeks Self-Published Authors
Have you heard about the Selfies Book Awards US sponsored by Publishers Weekly and BookLife? Here are the criteria: Adult fiction titles only can be submitted (in future years they hope to add other categories) Book to have been … [Read more...]
Takeaways from September BAIPA Meeting — Indie Publishing Trends, plus IngramSpark How To’s
Here are some key takeaways from the September 10, 2016 BAIPA meeting, which featured Jackie Thompson of Ingram Content Group speaking about Ingram’s digital distribution and print-on-demand services. 1. Learn about the book industry Think … [Read more...]
David Kudler shares keywords and categories handout
As requested at today's wonderful IngramSpark! event, I've uploaded the handout that I created concerning categories/subjects and keywords/search terms. I created the handout for July's All Things Amazon roundtables, and so the focus is somewhat on … [Read more...]
A Field Guide to the F Word gets Published through a BAIPA Collaboration
Longstanding BAIPA member Ben Parker, having passed the age of 94, has finally published A Field Guide to the F Word. This is actually the second edition, the first printed in 2001 though the text was originally copyrighted in 1991. We know how slow … [Read more...]
The Slides for Jackie Thompson's Ingram Presentation
The Slides from Jackie's Presentation: Download Jackie Thompson's Slides from BAIPA … [Read more...]