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10 Banned Books that Shaped Our World: IPG Staff Picks ›

Some of our modern age’s most meaningful, trenchant, and beautiful books have at one time or another been banned. Last week, the book community at large came together to celebrate Banned Books Week—a week of celebrating the freedom to read. Here, the IPG staff picks the books that resonated most with them.

 
Enjoy our top picks and remember—#readindependently!

 

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
—Leanna … Read More »

A Vibrant Indie Book Market: Takeaways from NEIBA’s Fall Conference ›

The NEIBA Fall Conference lights up Providence every September, bringing with it booksellers, publishers, and representatives from all over the region eager to learn more about what’s happening in the industry. This year, IPG Trade Sales Manager Aaron Howe relays the importance of building relationships with emerging indies, the successful presence of IPG publisher Coralstone Press, and the … Read More »

Bookstores and Southern Charm: The SIBA Discovery Show in Savannah ›

Savannah, Georgia, a city aptly nicknamed “The Hostess City of the South,” welcomed hundreds of independent bookstores and booksellers to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance annual trade show last week. Hosted by a different city every year, SIBA’s annual trade show aims to unite in one organization individuals and businesses actively engaged in the writing, selling, publishing, distribution … Read More »

Publisher Spotlight: PM Press ›

PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries. In other words, PM Press is the coolest.
Here, co-Founder Craig O’Hara walks us through how a history of anarchism and activism has led PM Press to the success they see … Read More »

5 Book Marketing Steps to Take BEFORE You Publish ›

Written for the IPG blog by Sandy Poirier Smith, President, Smith Publicity
Publishers know competition is fierce for reviewer, media, and book buyer attention. Whether working with a book publicist—who is reaching out to newspaper, magazine, radio, television, online, blog and/or podcasts for interviews, articles, reviews, and feature stories—or devising their own plan, publishers need to … Read More »

Digital Borrowing Moves Libraries Online: Spotlight on hoopla digital ›

hoopla digital is a service created by Midwest Tape, a trusted partner to public libraries for over twenty-five years and one of the largest distributors of physical audio and video media to public libraries across the globe. Here, Content Strategist Tara Carberry gives us the rundown on how hoopla brings innovation into the age of digital … Read More »

How to Market a Book Once the Initial Hype Dies Down ›

This article was originally posted by Diana Urban of BookBub and entitled “9 Ways to Market a Book After the New Release Buzz Dies Down.”

 

Myth or fact?: Once a book has launched and the new release buzz has died down, there’s nothing you can do to market that book except publish the next one.
Myth! With a little creativity and persistence, … Read More »

Why This Is a Great Time for Graphic Novels ›

An Interview with Author/ Illustrator Lucas Turnbloom
Lucas Turnboom, illustrator of Dragon and Captain (Flashlight Press) and author/illustrator of the soon-to-be feature film Dream Jumper (Scholastic) shares with us his journey from a post-grad graphic designer to the author/illustrator behind Paramount’s latest project.
IPG:  What is your history with the world of illustration and graphic novels? How did you get yourRead More »

10 Books to Read This Summer: IPG Staff’s Top Picks ›

At any given time here at IPG, we are marketing, selling, and distributing over 80,000 different titles. With so many books right at our fingertips, it’s hard not to pick our favorites! Here, some of our trusted IPG staff, as well as staff from our in-house publishers Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books, tell us their … Read More »

Demand for Spanish-Language Books Is Soaring: Lessons from ALA 2016 ›

As the largest distributor of Spanish-language books in the U.S., IPG takes a special interest in the trends we see in that market—and demand is not slowing down! Here, IPG’s Spanish Sales Representative Kelsey Wayne walks us through the Spanish-language market’s presence at American Library Association‘s Annual Conference in sunny Orlando, Florida, and how IPG fits in.
What wasRead More »