IPG Adds Six Publishers to its Sales & Distribution Programs

May 28, 2024

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2024
Contact: Julia Dillman | Corporate Communications
312.337.0747 | [email protected]

CHICAGO & LONDON - Independent Publishers Group (IPG) is pleased to announce the addition of six new publishers to its sales and distribution programs.

GracePoint Publishing is a small, independent, women-owned publishing house based in Colorado Springs. GracePoint specializes in supporting leaders, teachers, coaches, and creatives to get words on paper and thoughts out to their audience. They are devoted to helping clients accelerate and amplify their impact, their information, and their inspiration through writing, publishing, and marketing programs. IPG will distribute GracePoint worldwide starting September 1.

Upriver Press publishes scholarly nonfiction exploring critical issues in economics, art, science, history, political science, technology, and current affairs. Its accessible and aesthetic titles, including The Resilient Society and Disrupting Racism, bring scholarly research to broader audiences. IPG will begin worldwide distribution for Upriver on July 1.

IPG will distribute Belle Point Press worldwide beginning July 1. Belle Point is a regional press based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, celebrating the literary culture and community of the American Mid-South. Belle Point publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction titles across genres. Belle Point has three frontlist titles to release later this year, including Hungry and the Haunted by American Book Award Winner Rilla Askew.

Eurospan, IPG’s academic and professional division, will begin distribution for New India Publishing Agency (NIPA) worldwide excluding India on July 1. NIPA publishes a wide variety of educational and informational texts in the science and technology fields.

Emmaus Academic is the academic publishing arm of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, publishing scholarship that integrates scriptural, patristic, and medieval traditions with modern approaches to cut across the boundaries of contemporary academic disciplines. IPG’s academic and professional division, Eurospan, will distribute Emmaus Academic exclusively worldwide excluding North America and Oceania beginning July 1.

Founded by Neil Shuttlewood, a Bachelor of Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, Curtis Press publishes thought-provoking texts on science and satire. IPG’s academic and professional division, Eurospan, began distributing Curtis Press worldwide, excluding the United Kingdom and North America, on May 1.

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About Independent Publishers Group:

Founded in 1971, IPG was the first organization specifically created for the purpose of marketing titles from independent presses to the book trade. Today, IPG’s wide reach into the book market includes distribution of both print and e-books from a wide array of publishers, digital printing and traditional publishing. With consistent growth year over year, IPG’s success has come from supporting and encouraging the growth of its publishing partners in the United States and worldwide. IPG was acquired by Chicago Review Press in 1987, and this acquisition formed the parent company Chicago Review Press, Inc., which now owns Chicago-based indie publishers Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books. In October 2021, IPG acquired UK-based United Independent Distributors (UID) and its subsidiary companies Eurospan, Marston Book Services and Orca Book Services, extending IPG’s menu of services and global reach.