by Joel Friedlander | Mar 14, 2011 | Self-Publishing
The 2011 edition of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) all-day workshop, the Get Published! Institute, found a new home in downtown Oakland this year amidst the beautifully preserved Victorians of Preservation Park. A good sized crowd of about 80...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 10, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
This weekend is the annual all-day workshop run by the (San Francisco) Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). This year the event has moved out of Marin County, where it has traditionally been held, to Nile Hall in Preservation Park, part of Oakland,...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 2, 2010 | Interviews, Self-Publishing
Ed: This is the second half of my interview with Jacqueline Simonds of Beagle Bay, Inc. If you missed the first half, you can find it here: Self-Publishing and Distribution: Jacqueline Simonds, Part 1. Here’s Part 2: What kinds of marketing or promotion do you...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 1, 2010 | Interviews, Self-Publishing
Today I’m interviewing Jacqueline Simonds of Beagle Bay, Inc. I met Jacqueline on Twitter, and because she is the distributor of Pete Masterson’s Book Design and Production for Authors and Publishers. New self-publishers have a lot of trouble figuring out...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 15, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
I’m a big fan of local publishing groups. It’s just smart, when you’re starting on a big project in an area you don’t know, to make use of the education and help available through these groups. Where I live, we have the monthly meetings of the...