Shows
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)What’s new and what’s changed? How the pandemic has transformed publishing, with Angela Bole of IBPA.Topics includehow the publishing world has changedthe explosion of virtual eventsa hybrid approach to trade showsPub-U online!a new focus on diversityindie publishers: adventurers and innovatorswhy interns need to get paid betterthe emergence of bookshop.orghow long can brick and mortar bookstores hold on?difficulties faced by publishers without distributionare author publishers still blocked by traditional media gatekeepers?the continuing importance of long lead timesLinksIndependent Book Publishers Associationhttps://www.ibpa-online.orgPublishing University 2021 (a fully virtual online event): April 7-10, 2021https://www.publishinguniversity.org/Diversity...
2020-10-1531 minInside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)Publishing in 2020, what lies ahead? with guest Angela Bole of IBPACEO Angela Bole of IBPA summarizes some of the key issues facing book publishers and authors in the coming year—hint: there are challenges, but lots of opportunities (and lots of great books!)important issues, some old, some newAB5 (the gig economy law)windowing ebooks to libraries (the Macimillan controversy)the CASE Act, on the way to passage?tariffs: not here yet, but not off the table eithera continuing challenge: diversity in the publishing workspace and contentBarnes and Noble: a new owner, but will it make the company more responsive to its community and local publishers?the challenge of...
2020-01-1626 minInside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)The Audible Captions controversy and the IBPA response, with guest Angela Bole of IBPAAudible has announced its intention to “subtitle” its audiobooks, but publishers are calling it a rights violation. What’s going on? CEO Angela Bole explains what steps IBPA is taking to protect its membership.Angela Bole and host Peter Goodman discuss the latest turn in the injunction against Audible initiated by some of the country’s largest publishers.Why should publishers be concerned?What’s happening in the court case?How did this all get started?What’s been the IBPA response?LinksPublishing Perspectives detailed article on the lawsuit, the IBPA letter, and the publishers r...
2019-09-1716 min
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)IBPA and the Publishing Condition, with guest Angela BoleAngela Bole, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association, gives an overview of IBPA and how its mission can help publishers become more successful in an ever-changing publishing landscape.
Topics covered include:
what is IBPA?
who is IBPA for?
how is publishing changing in America, and is it changing too slowly?
why the era of stigmatizing self-publishers – or, author-publishers – is OVER!
new models for creative publishing
promotional opportunities and benefits at IBPA
For more on IBPA, go to http://www.ibpa-online.org.
Also, your questions on how to submit books to magazines, and is i...
2018-04-0227 min