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Membership Benefits
Your annual membership to MIPA gets you:
- Professional Development
- E-mail Updates
- Discounted Midwest Book Awards entries
- And so much more!
Midwest Book Awards Winners Have Been Announced!
The 29th Annual Midwest Book Awards were held on May 4th, and the winners have been announced! Find the full list of titles here.
Monthly Meeting
Your book’s launch is that sweet spot for building momentum before your book is on the scene.
Most authors—both indie and traditional—skip this critical step between publishing their book and selling it. Launching is where positioning, outreach, relationship-building, and automation matters most, yet it’s often an afterthought.
Authors who have a solid launch plan gain the most momentum and sell more books.
At the February MiPA meeting, speaker Dara Beevas will show us how to craft a book launch plan that drives sales and how to avoid marketing pitfalls such as spending your money and time in the wrong places, bombarding your network with buy requests, and throwing your energy at tactics that don’t work.
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6:00 Happy Hour Networking
7:00–9:00 Program and Discussion
Program is free to MIPA members; $10 non-member fee
2019 MiPA Book Awards Gala
Publishers based in the Midwest were invited to enter the 29th Annual Midwest Book Awards competition for excellence in books published during the 2018 calendar year. The awards recognize creativity in content and execution, overall book quality, and the book’s unique contribution to its subject area.
The Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MiPA) has sponsored the book awards since 1990.
Midwest Book Awards honor the publishers in the 12-state Midwest publishing community who are producing quality work. Award recognition helps publishers and authors succeed in today’s competitive publishing industry.
View the list of winners from the 29th Annual Midwest Book Awards here
View Photos from the Awards Gala here