CIPA members are invited to showcase their books at the upcoming Mountain of Authors 2026 hosted by the Pikes Peak Library District. Event Details: Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM Location: Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr., Colorado Springs, CO Admission: Free (no registration required) This well-attended annual event…
To Be or Not to Be Hybrid Published? All You Need to Know. Thursday, November 20, 2025 12:00 – 2:00 pm MDT Members: FREE Nonmembers: $10 You must register to receive the Zoom link! The link will be provided in your emailed receipt. SAVE YOUR RECEIPT! Hybrid publisher Audrey Zurcher of Spring Cedars will provide…
If I had a nickel for every prospective author who’s lamented that they can’t write their way out of a paper bag, I’d be a rich guy with a boat, a second home on the coast of Oregon, and a plan to visit Europe. Actually, I already have those things, but my point is this:…
We had a full house at our Jan 20 CIPA meeting – How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution to Publish and Sell Your Book: Sound Guidance on Funding and Publishing Books that Sell! – as we welcomed panelists Mia Fill-Diaz (CU Boulder), Dan Pratt (Pratt Brothers Composition), Dr. Patricia Ross (Hugo House Publishing), Karen van Vuuren…
Hiring the Right Ghostwriter By Mark Graham, Iron Fox Creative Hiring a ghostwriter is a good idea for anyone who has a valuable, interesting story to tell – and not only because you may not have writing skill or the necessary time to accomplish your goal. Here are several reasons why hiring a ghostwriter might…
Asking for Feedback on Your Book By Alexandra O’Connell, Your Resident Wordsmith There’s only so much writing we can do before our questions—Is this any good? Is this clear? What should I change?—take up an endless loop in the echo chamber of our heads. If you are at this point with your book, you need to…
By Mary Walewski, CIPA President “When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.” —Creighton Abrams I recently met with a new marketing client. This author was close to publishing his book and freely admitted he was totally overwhelmed by the experience. He expressed what most authors I’ve met have said, “I thought writing…
CIPA Summer Webinars See you online! Download Webinar: 10 Steps to a Hardworking Website Download Webinar: How I Sold 5000 Books To American Furniture Warehouse Download Webinar: Our 20 Biggest Self Publishing Boo-Boos! Webinar: 10 Steps to a Hardworking Website Download the recorded webinar video and PDF slides. Cost: $15/members, $25/nonmembers This webinar will be recorded and…
CIPA Author Spotlight: Barbara Ziek Crowdfunds Her Way to Publishing Success By Leslie Miller In anticipation of CIPA’s January meeting on Crowdfunding, we’re casting our author spotlight on Barbara Ziek, author of Zadie and Plain Vanilla, the Rainbow Alpaca. Barbara used a Kickstarter Campaign to crowdfund the money to publish this book, to great success.…
Oh, the Mistakes We’ve Seen! BlueInk Review details common self-publishing writing gaffes By Camilla Sterne “Oh, the Mistakes We’ve Seen!” is part of a series of BlueInk Review blogs offering advice and insight into self-published writers’ most common errors, as seen in the more than 2,000 reviews of self-published books that we have provided since…