Tag Archives: CIPA

SPECIAL OFFER: NSA Member Pricing for this Friday’s all-day Tech Event at the PPA Extended to all CIPA members

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Heather Lutze & Heather Gilmore have graciously offered to extend the NSA discount to CIPA members for this Friday’s I Heart Tech NSA CO Event! The CIPA code for member pricing is: CIPA$ When this code is entered on the payment page, … Continue reading →

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Planting Seeds

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

By Brian Schwartz I want to share with you an analogy that is likely familiar to most of you. As you begin to read this month’s letter, I’d like you to role play with me. Put on your farmer/gardener hat.  … Continue reading →

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Sept Meeting: How to be an Effective Digital Publisher

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

CIPA September Meeting: September 17, 2011, 8:30 am New Location! Lone Tree Arts Center* Amanda Hocking sold 450,000 books in one month—99% of them were eBooks. John Locke, Joe Konrath, Vincent Zandri—the list is growing quickly of authors who have side-stepped the traditional … Continue reading →

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Update on CIPA/Douglas County Libraries e-Book Partnership

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

by Dan Miller, incoming CIPA president This is a quick update on the CIPA/Douglas County Libraries e-Book Partnership. The first group of CIPA EVVY award-winning books are now available for loan through the library’s check-out system. And I have been … Continue reading →

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CIPA does a good deed. Can you help too?

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

The Colorado Independent Publishers Association along with the Missouri Writers Guild is collecting books for the Joplin schools, which were nearly destroyed by the recent tornado. MWG president Deb Marshall said, “They have to replace books for K-12. The high … Continue reading →

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CIPA’s 2010-2011 year ends with historic ebook partnership signing

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

The May meeting was one for the record books! We had a phenomenal turnout of members and guests, listened to a witty, eloquent, knowledgeable presentation given by Jamie LaRue of the Douglas County Libraries, voted in a new, energetic Board … Continue reading →

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CIPA Signs eBook Pilot Project Agreement with Douglas County Libraries

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

The Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and the Douglas County Libraries have signed an historic agreement to help put high quality independently published books into the library district’s eBook loan program. This new partnership underscores the changing nature of book publishing … Continue reading →

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What’s In It For You?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

by Dr. Dan Miller, CIPA Vice-President It should be obvious to everyone, but just in case you haven’t noticed – CIPA is doing a lot more these days to promote its author and publisher members.  Let’s start with the CIPA … Continue reading →

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Meet the CIPA EVVY Award Winners: Travis Thompson and Rebecca Valentine

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Tell us about yourselves. Give us a short bio and why you started writing. Rebecca I began writing as a young girl as a way to make sense of a chaotic childhood. Writing for me has always been both a … Continue reading →

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Meet the CIPA EVVY Award Winners: Elaine Pease

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Welcome, Elaine! Tell us about you and how you started writing. I’m the author of two picture books I’LL NEVER LEAVE and  EVEN SHARKS NEED FRIENDS.  I started writing fifteen years ago, self-publishing my first, I’LL NEVER LEAVE, eleven years … Continue reading →

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