CIPA—Independent Publishers Working Together

Volume 17, Number 4 April 2008

In this issue:
From the President > 2
From the Editor’s POV > 3 SATURDAY, April 19, 2008
Bio Bits–Duane Howard > 4 8:00 – Noon at the Red Lion Hotel • 4040 Quebec Street • Denver
George Crawford’s Attic > 4 South of I-70 on Quebec

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April ArmChair > 5
Speak at Colorado Libraries > 6 Two Parts of the
Top Ten Tips to Virtual
Book Tour > 8 Publishing Puzzle
31¢ of Excitement > 9
Affordable Advertising > 10 Get the books out! Regional Philadelphia Inquirer and, most re-
Wholesalers can help – cently, the Denver Post.
Susan Bhat, general manager of Learn from Dan how you can ap-
regional book wholesaler BooksWest, proach his daily interview show, which
will tell us about distribution and how seeks issue-oriented interviews in wide-
to work with a regional wholesaler. Her ranging areas of interest. These include
many years’ experience in various as- government, education, environment,
pects of the book world have con- health, business and economics, science
April Meeting
tributed to her in-depth knowledge of and technology, and arts and culture.
Agenda:
the journey books make from publisher If you are not a listener to KCFR’s
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental to reader and will help us make intelli- “Colorado Matters,” change that today.
Breakfast
gent decisions about the partnerships The program is broadcast Monday-Fri-
8:30-9:15 a.m. we establish with distributors and day at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday at
Announcements, Star Time,
wholesalers. 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.. Also,
Committee Chair Updates
check out KCFR’s new Public Insight
9:15-10:00 a.m. Get the word out!
Networking Network at http://www.kcfr.org/Public
Radio Interviews can help – Insight Network: By listing your ex-
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker Program Our second speaker, Dan Meyers, pertise on the Network, you could be
11:00 a.m. – Noon produces and hosts KCFR’s “Colorado the expert KCFR calls on for interview.
Round Table Discussions Matters.” Dan will discuss how writers Dan’s and Susan’s presentations
and publishers can make stories appeal will be followed by the popular Satur-
Save! Register today! to human interest and information
Go to www.cipabooks.com day Roundtables, and our speakers have
for details about the ArmChair radio programs across the nation. Dan agreed to stay, answer your questions,
series and publishing happenings joined Colorado Public Radio in 2005
statewide. and hear your ideas in Roundtables.
after three decades in print journalism. Two additional Roundtables will be
He has been an editor or reporter with added and announced at the meeting.
the San Jose Mercury-News, The See you April 19!
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FROM THE PRESIDENT

2007-2008 CIPA OFFICERS
President, Doris Baker
president@cipabooks.com
719-481-2420
Vice President, Mara Purl
vicepres@cipabooks.com
719-227-1629
CIPA Q & A
Secretary and Young Author
League Chair, Faye Quam Heimerl
secretary@cipabooks.com
yal@cipabooks.com
303-503-3530
Treasurer and
EVVY Awards Co-Chair, Herb Tabak
treasurer@cipabooks.com
awards@cipabooks.com
970-453-9005
Past President, Lydia Griffin
pastpres@cipabooks.com
970-409-8857 Is CIPA a for-profit organization? CIPA is a nonprofit organization,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS tax exempt under IRC Section 501c(6). CIPA had its beginnings sixteen
Judith Briles, ArmChair Program
armchair@cipabooks.com
years ago during a luncheon in Boulder organized by
303-627-9179 founder Evelyn Kaye.
Kemi Chavez, Marketing Program
303-241-1632
Who may join CIPA? Membership in CIPA is
Ann Cunningham, Program Chair open to all. Anyone who supports the purpose of
programs@cipabooks.com
303-238-4760
CIPA may join in one of three classes of member-
Mike Daniels, Brigade and ship: regular, affiliate, or associate.
Star Program Chair
star@cipabooks.com How large is CIPA? Membership fluctuates but
303.838.8990 has exceeded 300 for the past 4 years.
Anne Fenske, CIPA College Dean
college@cipabooks.com How is ELF connected to CIPA? CIPA Education
303-861-9995 and Literacy Foundation (ELF) is a nonprofit corpo-
Rebecca Finkel, EVVY Awards Chair Doris Baker
awards@cipabooks.com ration formed in 2005 to support the charitable and
970-223-1375 educational activities of CIPA, including donations through the Book
Judah Freed, Trade Show Chair
tradeshows@cipabooks.com
Benefit Program. The Young Authors League (YAL), a classroom program
303-773-2110 to encourage young writers, is supported by CIPA ELF. CIPA ELF is gov-
Sue Hamilton, Program Committee
programs@cipabooks.com
erned by a board of directors.
719-495-3755 Who profits from the CIPA Bookstore? The bookstore proceeds ben-
John Maling, Bookstore Manager
303-627-9179
efit ELF.
Nancy Mills May any member sell books through the CIPA Bookstore? No.
303-773-0851
Books selected for sale through the bookstore must be about writing, pub-
Peter Ritzer, Membership Chair
membership@cipabooks.com lishing, or book marketing.
720-207-2867
Who is in charge of CIPA? The governing body of CIPA is the Board
Dom Testa, Education and
Literacy Foundation of Directors. New directors are elected at the annual membership meeting.
elf@cipabooks.com
303-437-7827 How are new Directors chosen? Directors are elected at CIPA’s an-
Administrator, Cheryl Callighan
nual meeting, which is usually the May meeting. Nominees are selected by
admin@cipabooks.com a nominating committee headed by the vice president. Nominations from
303-365-2472
Web Master, Ronda Taylor
the floor can be included in the voting.
webmaster@cipabooks.com How can I get a copy of the bylaws? The bylaws of the organization
303-460-0605
Western Slope Chapter
can be found at www.cipabooks.com/bylaws.htm.
Patrice Rowe, Director Does the SIGNATURE accept advertising? Advertisements are al-
westernslope@cipabooks.com
970-250-4641 ways welcome. See page 10 for details.
Newsletter Editor - Linda Lane How do I submit an article for SIGNATURE? Signature editor
Signature@cipabooks.com
719-289-4111 Linda Lane accepts submissions by e-mail at familybookhouse@aol.com.
WWW.CIPABOOKS.COM See CIPA Q&A, continued next page
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 April 2008

FROM THE EDITOR’S POV

From Dreams to Teams

to Dreams Come True
by Linda Lane

The publishing industry abounds with creative dream falls short of its poten-
people: people with visions, people with dreams. tial. The edges become
Those who support our works—editors, designers, blurred, and my purpose
publishers, marketers, distributors, consultants—also fails to materialize. Why?
have a vision. That vision involves helping us to de- Because I cannot fulfill my
fine and live our dreams. dream alone—I don’t have
Speaking as a writer, I know my purpose when I the ability to do it all.
sit down to pen (or type onto my hard drive) a piece. Some people may be gifted Linda Lane
I have a message to convey, a concern to express, a in every aspect of conceiving,
story to tell, a dream to fulfill. But I can’t do it creating, designing, publishing, and marketing a
alone…I know because I’ve tried. Without a quali- book. Most of us, however, don’t perform each of
fied support network to help make it happen, my See From Dreams to Teams, continued page 11

CIPA Q&A continued from page 2

Does CIPA have paid staff? CIPA programs
from Brigade to College are organized and managed
by volunteers, many of whom also serve as directors.
CIPA pays independent contractors for Web mainte-
nance and administrative services. Shannon Parish,
who served as both Web master and administrator, is
now a CIPA “retiree.” During her many years of serv-
ice to CIPA, she supported the organization through
numerous changes. Under her direction, CIPA-
Books.com grew in importance and relevance. All
CIPA members are grateful to Shannon for her ex-
traordinary commitment and
hard work, and we send her
our gratitude.
The current adminis-
trator is Cheryl Callighan.
Cheryl joined our commu-
nity in late 2007. She is a cer-
tified virtual assistant,
grandmother, parent to two
Cheryl Callighan
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indulged dogs, a Centennial resident, and a whiz at
keeping track of CIPA details. She can be
reached at c.callighan@comcast.net or
Cheryl@eoffice-virtualassis.com.
Ronda Taylor began
serving as CIPA Web master
in March 2008. Ronda owns
Taylor by Design, a design
firm specializing in graphic
and Web site design, devel-
opment, and maintenance.
Ronda has a growing inter-
est in book design and was Ronda Taylor
recently selected to design the
cover for a new Chicken Soup for the Soul® book from
the Life Lessons series, scheduled to hit bookstores in
May. She lives in Castle Rock and can be contacted
at webmaster@cipabooks.com.
We welcome Cheryl and Ronda to our growing
and dynamic organization.
See CIPA Q&A, continued page 11
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Bio Bits from WSCIPA: Duane Howard
Duane Howard, author and
writer, has resided in Grand
Junction for 20 years. When he
retired from the US Army, he
asked the question, “Where did I
like it best?” His answer was
Colorado, so here he set down
his roots.
Duane Howard His first book was published
in 2000. Abner’s Gulch and Judson’s Landing con-
tains two stories under one cover in the western
D. A. Brockett’s George Crawford’s Attic
Award-winning Grand Junction author and
CIPA member D.A. Brockett recently released her
latest book, George Crawford’s Attic: Dusting Off
Grand Junction, Colorado’s Past. An intriguing trip
into the city’s 125-year history, this signed and num-
bered limited edition overflows with vintage pic-
tures, little-known stories, tidbits of captivating
information, and Grand Junction history-in-the-
making. Its sections include glimpses into the down-
town area’s long-forgotten businesses and events, the
lives and locations of interesting people and places,
and the city’s sometimes humorous criminal faction.
Sold at her personal appearances and on her website
(www.dabrockett.com), the book has already gar-
nered rave reviews.
Debbie Brockett next offers George Crawford’s
Attic at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008, at
the Museum of Western Colorado’s Whitman Build-
ing. This event includes her program on the fasci-
CONGRATS & PATS & CONGRATS & PATS & CO
NGRATS & PATS & CONGRATS & PATS & CONG
RATS & PATS & CONGRATS & PATS & CONGRA
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genre. He says emphatically, “It’s a clean western, no
cussin’ or sex; otherwise, my father would not read
it.”
His second book, The Trail At Hand, came out
in 2001. “It’s a mountain man story with a little bit
of everything: adventure, mystery, tragedy, and even
romance.”
Duane has since focused on writing magazine
articles. His pieces have been published in the Fence
Post, Newcomer Magazine, The Beacon, Cowboy
Magazine and Roundup Magazine.
nating history of downtown
Grand Junction, a display table
of Grand Junction memora-
bilia, a book signing, and re-
freshments. The second event,
to be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sat-
urday, April 19, 2008, at Mesa
County Library’s main branch, Debbie Brockett
will include a Powerpoint presentation on Grand
Junction’s Criminal History. For further informa-
tion, contact Deb at dabrockett@msn.com or
Rachel Hanson at the library (970-243-4443) or
Karen Clark at the museum (970-242-0971).
Do you have a special event coming up? Have you won
an award? Did you sell your book to a publisher? Let us
know so we can celebrate with you. Send your information
to Linda Lane at familybookhouse@aol.com or
Signature@cipabooks.com. Or call her at 719-289-4111.
Remember that we need your information for any given
month by the first of the previous month.
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CIPA April Armchair Session

Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 to 8:30
by Judith Briles
April’s ArmChair promises to be a “do not miss” real expert. You become the “credible source” in
session. Presented by CIPA member Dick Bruso and your field.
Jason Hickman, it will teach you everything you need Dick Bruso, an experienced broadcaster and
to know about podcasting and didn’t know to ask. media insider, has managed three radio stations and
The Incredible Power of Podcasting served as host and producer of a syndicated radio fea-
With Dick Bruso and Jason Hickman ture heard on over 300 stations. He has also been ex-
The New Media Revolution Is Here! ecutive producer for a variety of talk shows, has
Learn How to Expand Your Brand and hosted several radio programs, and produces nation-
Increase Book Sales ally syndicated radio features and specials, as well as
special CD, podcast, and vidcast projects for speakers,
Come join your CIPA colleagues at the Prodigal
authors, and other professionals.
Productions Recording Studio on Tuesday, April 22,
President and owner of Prodigal Productions,
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dick Bruso and Jason
Jason Hickman was a recording artist, well known in
Hickman will provide a tour of this half-million dol-
LA and Southern California for many years. Produced
lar studio and show you how podcasts can power-
by the legendary Paul Rothchild (producer of The
fully enhance your positioning and profitability as an
Doors, Janis Joplin, Bette Midler, and more) and Rob
author.
Fraboni (Rod Stewart, The Band, John Lennon, and
Five Reasons Why You Can’t Miss This Arm- others), he founded Prodigal Productions in Los An-
chair Session: High quality podcasts can earn you sig- geles and moved the studios to Denver in the early
nificant passive income and will also create fantastic 90s.
“top of mind” awareness for your brand and the books Prodigal Productions’ new studios offer the best of
you have authored. Podcasting establishes an ongoing both worlds—high-tech, cutting-edge technology in a
appetite for what you have to offer, including every- beautiful and easily accessible country setting. Jason
thing from your books to speaking to has won several awards, including an Addy Award,
consulting/coaching.Podcasting is the “relationship two Communicator Awards, and an Axiem Award for
component.” It reinforces your relationship on a production excellence.
weekly or monthly basis with your niche markets. Ter- This ArmChair is “in studio” limited to a max of
rific opportunities exist for sponsorship with your 30 participants. Sign up early at
podcasts, which can provide even more revenue. Pro- www.CIPABooks.com website today!
duced properly, your podcasts will position you as a

Does your book have EYE appeal? Even more important, does it have BUY appeal?
Would you like to be in the “hot seat” and receive a list of recommendations and suggestions on
the spot from Karen Saunders, award-winning book designer and EVVY winner?
If So, Don’t Miss This Special ArmChair Event!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
6 – 9 p.m.

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Authors, Speak at...
Libraries bring in authors to speak to their chil-
dren’s storytimes and adult/teen book clubs and
writing groups, they often set up author panels or
talks as part of special programs, and some library
systems have annual author showcases or confer-
ences to expose their patrons to local authors. At
many of these events, authors may be paid a small
stipend by the library; and at most, they’ll be al-
lowed to sell their books. All of this equates to good
promotion opportunities in front of the book-read-
ing public and the likelihood of getting your books
on more library shelves.
So, how does an author go about arranging li-
brary appearances? To obtain a list of all the public
library systems in Colorado, go to
http://www.publiclibraries.com/colorado.htm.
Those libraries with Web sites will have their Web
sites listed, and you can click on the links to explore
the library programs. Start with your local library,
and if the setting of your book is not in your home-
town, check out the Web site for the library there.
For instance, if you live in Boulder and have writ-
ten a fiction book where the story takes place in
Durango, focus on library events in those two loca-
tions first before spreading out to the rest of the
state.
Search for cyclical events on the library Web site
suited to your book, find the contact librarian’s
name and phone number in the event listings, and
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call. Introduce yourself as a local author or someone
who has a book relevant to their area. Then briefly
describe your book and why you think it’s suitable
for the Thursday morning children’s storytime, the
monthly adult mystery book club, the biweekly sen-
ior discussion group, or whatever. Give the librarian
your Web site address so she can research you and
your title. Do not press for a commitment at that
time. Instead, give the librarian your phone number
and email address, and ask him or her to contact
you after he or she has had a chance to decide
whether or not to accept your proposal. Then call
back in a couple of weeks if you don’t hear from the
librarian. Be aware that adult book clubs, in partic-
ular, will often schedule a whole year of selected
readings at once. If they pick their titles for the next
year in November and you call in January, you may
have to wait 13 to 15 months for an opportunity to
discuss your book with the group.
Many of the larger Colorado library systems
have author showcase events or conferences where
local authors are invited to speak on panels, present
workshops, and/or participate in a group signing
event. I’ve listed some example events below. To
find out about such events, contact the library sys-
tem’s Special Events Coordinator, Public Relations
Manager, or someone with a similar title to ask if
they have an annual author event. Get contact in-
formation for the committee chair, call or e-mail
that chair, and get your name on a list of interested

...Colorado Libraries!
authors. Since these events are planned months in
advance, you usually need to contact the appropri-
ate committee chair well ahead of time to get a
chance to participate.
Englewood Public Library,
Meet the Faces Behind the Books
Pikes Peak Library District, Mountain of Au-
thors
Manitou Springs Library,
Author Fest of the Rockies
Parker Library, Bookapalooza
Also, if your local library system is planning a
Literacy Month, an All-City-Read program, or
some other month-long or multi-week program to
bring patrons into the libraries, you have the oppor-
tunity to design and propose a weekend or evening
presentation as part of that overall event. For in-
stance, I’m a member of a five-author panel called
“Mystery Through the Ages.” We have spoken at
the Louisville library as part of their “Get a Clue”
adult summer mystery reading program and at the
Aurora library as part of their “Power of One Book”
adult mystery reading program. A multiple author
presentation is often more attractive to libraries
than a single-author talk, so you may want to band
together with other authors who have complemen-
tary titles.
To help a librarian looking for authors find you,
you need to network in the Colorado literary com-
munity to gain name recognition. I recommend
you attend the annual Colorado Association of Li-
braries Conference (see http://www.cal-webs.org/)
to learn what Colorado libraries are doing in pro-
gram development and to forge contacts with Col-
orado librarians. And make sure you create a
April 2008
by Beth Groundwater
detailed entry, listing what topics you can speak
about, in the Book Organizations of Colorado’s
Find an Author Database (www.coloradobook.org).
Lastly, you have a good networking start by being a
member of CIPA, but I also suggest you join a Col-
orado writers organization, such as the Colorado
Authors’ League, Pikes Peak Writers, or Rocky
Mountain Fiction Writers. Many of these organiza-
tions have speaker bureaus, or you can gain experi-
ence and obtain a reference to give librarians by
speaking to these writing groups.
I’ve had many rewarding experiences when
speaking to various library groups, and I hope CIPA
authors can gain just as much from this mutually
beneficial activity.
Beth Groundwater’s debut mystery, A Real Basket Case,
was released by Five Star to good reviews in March, 2007,
and was just nominated for a Best First Novel Agatha
Award. e sequel, To Hell in a Handbasket, will be re-
leased in Spring 2009. She has also published eight short
stories. Beth is an active member of Mystery Writers of
America, Sisters in Crime, Pikes Peak Writers, Rocky
Mountain Fiction Writers, and the Short Mystery Fiction
Society. Please visit her website at bethgroundwater.com.
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Top Ten Tips to a Successful Virtual Book Tour
Sound intriguing? Not sure where to begin? Listed
below are ten tips to help you create a successful vir-
tual book tour.
1) Create a Web page
Set up a Web page specifically for the Virtual Book
Tour (VBT). Here is where you will send potential
tour stop hosts so they can sign up to join your VBT.
This site should also capture contact information and
put it in your shopping cart system for future email
promotions.
2) Create a book trailer
Create a dynamic book trailer. Don’t skimp on this
step because it will be one of the main reasons people
sign up for the book tour. A good book trailer acts
along the lines of a movie trailer. It’s your hook to
draw people in, get them curious, and make them ask
for more.
3) Do your research
Spend time carefully searching the Internet to find
areas that fit your target market. (Are you writing
about self-help, women’s issues, business, a fantasy
novel?) Search blogs, Web radio, newsletters, article
submissions, and social networking sites.
4) Create a killer pitch letter geared to-
ward your target market
Create a pitch letter stating who you are and what you
do. Add links to the Web site and the book trailer.
Personalize the letter and specifically gear it toward
your target audience, but make sure it doesn’t sound
canned or come off as a mass e-mail.
5) Offer more than blogging
Podcasts, Q&A sessions, live interviews, phone inter-
views, articles for newsletters, and Internet radio in-
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terviews all work, as do blogs. The easier you can
make it for your tour stop host, the better response
you’ll receive.
6) Create a tracking spreadsheet
Create a spreadsheet to include the sites you’ve found,
the contact information, when you contacted them,
what you can offer that particular contact (i.e., will
you blog for them, do a Q&A session, live interview,
podcast?), and make a column for responses. Then use
an online calendar (Outlook, Google, and Yahoo all
have calendars that will work just fine) to see who’s
doing what, when, and where.
7) Follow up at least four (4) times
Once you have all these steps in place, you are ready
to start contacting each person on your list along with
a personal pitch letter. If you don’t get a response right
away, follow up (at least four times) with a different
pitch letter each time. (It’s not as necessary to person-
alize these follow up letters.) If you still get no re-
sponse after the fourth try, move on to a new group of
contacts.
8) Start your own blog
Post what’s happening with your VBT in your own
blog. Add each tour stop date and plug the tour stop
host’s company, their Web site, and their contact in-
formation.
9) Send goodies
Offer to send a copy of your book to your tour stop
host, along with other possible freebies (e.g., a work-
book, a report, an audio CD, etc.). Don’t forget a
thank you note.
See Top Ten Tips, continued page 11
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31¢ of Excitement
by Faye Quam Heimerl

Faye Quam Heimerl

Faye Quam Heimerl is a content editor, author, book doctor, and writing coach. She has published a volume of poetry called
Scarf Dancer and is co-author of Smart On Socks. Contact Faye at whistling.swan@comcast.net or 303-503-3530.
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CIPA Q&A, continued from page 3
All the great ideas from College are still
whirling in our heads, but there’s always more to
learn. Don’t forget to sign up for April’s general
meeting. See you then.
Happy publishing,
Doris Baker
CIPA President
president@cipabooks.com
From Dreams to Teams, continued from page 3
these tasks equally well. We may excel in the con-
ceiving and writing, perhaps even the publishing,
but we are not pros when it comes to editing or de-
signing or marketing. Even if we could do a top-
notch job in all these arenas, would we have enough
time to devote the necessary hours to each? And
could we be truly objective in assessing the quality
and effectiveness of our work? No. We need a sup-
port network, a team.
“A dream come true” in the publishing industry
most often results from hard work and teamwork.
No matter how much hard work we put into a writ-
ing project, denying ourselves that essential element
of teamwork will inevitably shortchange us and rele-
gate what might have become an extraordinary book
to the huge heap of literary mediocrity (or embar-
rassments) that inundates the market each year.
On the other hand, we can validate ourselves,
our work, and the expertise of others by the simple
act of choosing professionals to do their jobs that
make our books the best they can be. In the process,
we help to raise the reputation of self-published au-
thors from the abyss of publishing illegitimacy to
the bookshelves of our readers.
We have a choice. Will we be a team player?
Will we realize our dreams?
Linda Lane, editor of a National Writers Association Novel
Contest winner, is working on her second book. Contact her
at familybookhouse@aol.com or call 719-289-4111.
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Top Ten Tips, continued from page 8
10) Ask for referrals
Ask your tour stop host for referrals—people they
know who would benefit from your book. You’ll
find that if you offer quality content and are pas-
sionate and enthusiastic about your book, others
will be too.
We look forward to “seeing” you on your Vir-
tual Book Tour soon!
Karen L. Reddick, MVA, author of e A-Z Guide: e
Best Ways To Work With A VA, and Grammar Done
Right! has over 30 years of administrative experience, the
last six as a successful virtual assistant, and owns V-And-E-
Services and e Red Pen Editor providing author assis-
tance and editorial services to authors, writers and
publishers. Contact: Karen@eRedPenEditor.com. Blog:
http://vandeservices.com/blog. Web sites: www.eRed-
PenEditor.com or www.VandEServices.com. Listen to Red
Hot Grammar Tips from e Red Pen Editor on iTunes.
Kelly Johnson, owner of Cornerstone Virtual Assistance,
specializes in working with authors and coaches. Her cer-
tifications include professional author’s assistant, podcast-
ing, and article writing coach. Kelly has also been invited
to serve as an instructor at VA Technical School, opening in
2008. For more information, please visit www.corner-
stoneva.com or contact Kelly at 303.840.5994 or kjohn-
son@cornerstoneva.com.
Say it with style, polish and professionalism...
Barbara Munson
Award-winning nonfiction book editor, ghostwriter and author.
(303) 526-9095
www.munsoncommunications.com • munsonbarb@aol.com
CIPA Calendar
Denver CIPA monthly meetings are held
on the third Saturday of the month, Sep-
tember through June, except March
(when CIPA College and EVVY Awards
are held) and December.
IN 2008
Denver Meetings
April 19 Meeting Red Lion Hotel
April 22 ArmChair
May 17 Meeting Red Lion Hotel
May 30 — June 1 CIPA at BEA
WSCIPA
All dates are on the 1st Saturday
of each month
Programs:
May 3,
September 6, November 1
Informal Meetings:
April 5, June 7
July 5, August 2, October 4, December 6
Who We Are
We are the Colorado Independent
Publishers Association (CIPA), a non-
profit statewide cooperative of inde-
pendent book publishers. CIPA was
created in 1992 for the express purpose
of exchanging information on publish-
ing-related topics and organizing coop-
erative marketing programs. CIPA also
acts as a clearinghouse for information
of interest to independent publishers.
It is an affiliate of Publishers Market-
ing Association (PMA) and a partner
with Small Publishers Association of
North America (SPAN).
Signature is the monthly newsletter of the Colorado
Independent Publishers Association (CIPA)
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