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PubTech Connect: A Recap ›

After barely making their flights before Winter Storm Quinn hammered the East Coast,  IPG Marketing Manager Lauren Klouda and Chief Financial Officer Frank Autunnale are back from PubTech Connect, an annual conference on technology in the publishing industry, hosted this year in New York City.
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ALA Midwinter Conference: A Recap ›

The American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Denver, Colorado is a show that our entire sales and marketing staff look forward to every year. This year, our Library & Education Sales Manager Cynthia Murphy joined IPG Marketing’s Jeff Palicki and Lauren Klouda for a long weekend in Denver, Colorado.
Here, Cynthia discusses the benefits of building … Read More »

ABA Winter Institute: Trade Show Recap ›

IPG Marketing Manager Lauren Klouda, fresh off the plane from Memphis, had a wonderful time at this year’s ABA Winter Institute. Here, she talks about seeing keynote speakers like Junot Diaz and Daniel Pink, ABA’s newly created Diversity Task Force and, most importantly, some very fancy ducks.
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IPG Staff’s Top Picks – Spring 2018 ›

We’re still busy ringing in the new year with new books! It may not feel like spring (especially here in Chicago), but our Spring 2018 catalog season is in full swing. Here, our staff shares some of their most anticipated titles.
We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Click here to view our … Read More »

Publisher Spotlight: Ripple Grove Press ›

Each season, when the in-house and field sales reps sit down for our bi-annual sales conference (a bookish marathon if there ever was one), a highlight is always getting to see what gorgeous illustrations and beautiful stories Ripple Grove Press has in store for us. That’s why, after last week’s sales conference, we decided to … Read More »

Publishing in the Pacific Northwest: PNBA Trade Show Takeaways ›

Michael Riley, IPG’s Vice President of Sales, and Janet Potter, Trafalgar Square’s Marketing Associate, were fortunate enough to spend the last week of September in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s Fall Trade Show. Here, they talk about the ever-growing popularity of YA genre fiction, “Sweet & Greets,” and … Read More »

Publisher Spotlight: Atelier26 ›

The way that Atelier26 describes their approach to publishing is poetry in itself. They describe their mission as, “We believe that reading is far more than just another form of consumerism, that books are not static objects but living, thriving conveyances of human expression, thought, and emotion. We believe in literature as contemplation, conversation, and … Read More »

NEIBA Fall Conference: Trade Show Takeaways ›

Last week, Trade Sales Manager Aaron Howe and TSP Marketing Associate Janet Potter (who’s had quite a busy September; she was at the SIBA Discovery Show in New Orleans just last week) headed way up north to Providence, Rhode Island for the New England Independent Booksellers Association‘s Fall Conference. Here are their biggest takeaways!

 
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SIBA Fall Discovery Show 2017: Tradeshow Takeaways ›

IPG Marketing Manager Lauren Klouda, who along with TSP Marketing Associate Janet Potter attended this year’s SIBA Fall Discovery Show, hopped off the plane from New Orleans armed with pralines, an alarming amount of alligator stories, and, of course, plenty of takeaways (and books) to share with the office. Enjoy!

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IPG Staff’s Top Picks for 2017 – Fall ›

At IPG, the winding down of long, delightfully warm summer days and the arrival of a chilly Chicago fall means two things: 1)  at least we’ll have more time to read and 2) a new catalog season!
Here, our staff shares some of their favorite picks from the Fall 2017 season.
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