The Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair) takes place in Frankfurt, Germany every fall and, as we�ve mentioned here on the IPG Blog many times, it is certainly high on the list of book fairs we look forward to the most.

Though tabloid speculation has followed London-born popstar Lily Allen throughout her career, she�s always done her best to keep her private life private, disappearing from the scene often over the past few years.

Our Director of Marketing, Lauren Klouda, is back from two whirlwind days in the Mile-High City for the MPIBA Fall Discovery Show. Here, she shares with us the titles booksellers were most excited to see, her experience mingling with fellow book-lovers at the Shelf Awareness evening reception, and her two favorite bookstores in the Denver area.

It was a good day for the music-lovers in the IPG office when the email went around announcing we would soon begin distributing Omnibus Press, the world’s largest specialist publisher of music-related books. At last season’s sales conference, we were enthralled as they presented titles about the Beatles’ final show on the roof above London’s Savile Row and the Sex Pistol’s turbulent time at EMI Records.

Independent Publishers Group (IPG, www.ipgbook.com) announces the launch of its new digital print facility. The 20,000 sq. foot plant allows IPG to become the first full-service distributor to offer comprehensive digital printing solutions exclusively in service of its distributed publishers.