Member Benefits

Monthly Town Halls

The IPC hosts Town Halls for independent publishers on the first Friday of every month at 1pm ET / 10am PT. We carefully choose relevant topics of discussion and invite knowledgeable guest experts to join the conversation. These conversations foster both community and knowledge-sharing among independent presses. IPC is committed to accessibility, thus Town Hall is open to non-members by request. Write to us at info@indiepubs.org.

Indie-to-Indie

Each month, IPC sends the Indie-to-Indie newsletter to thousands of indie booksellers. It includes a themed playlist of titles, available galleys, and other promotions from member presses.

Additionally, Indie-to-Indie is currently the home of Indie Press Month, an annual promotion dedicated to spotlighting the important work indie presses do. IPM includes a display contest and social media campaign for bookstores. Learn more here.

IPC Help Desk

The IPC Help Desk offers a unique one-on-one resource for member publishers to obtain high-level business and general publishing advice. Whether a publisher is looking to start a new imprint, evaluate distribution or printing alternatives, revamp its author agreements, track rights, analyze cash flow, build a strategic plan, or rise to any number of challenges, the esteemed industry professionals of the IPC Help Desk can help navigate the vicissitudes of running a small independent business in a confidential and effective way. Write to us at info@indiepubs.org to request a meeting.

Industry Connections

IPC maintains and seeks out strong relationships across the book industry, from the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and regional bookstore associations, to printers and contractors, to the American Library Association (ALA) and Library Journal, and many others.

Conferences & Meetups 

IPC hosts two major events each year: The Indie Press Summit at Winter Institute, and the IndieLib Forum for Librarians. IPC also regularly coordinates special pricing and offers for industry conferences, from Bologna Children’s Book Fair to ALA Annual, where we host the Indie Press Pavilion.

Industry Referral Listserv

IPC members receive access to an internal referral database. Industry services from freelance publicists to printers to audiobook producers are added to the list when recommended by members. Contact information for both service and the recommender allows member presses to follow up and learn more.

Small Groups

IPC facilitates several small groups for indie publishers to come together over a variety of issues including Sustainability, Advocacy, DEIA, Children’s Publishing, and Library Outreach. These groups meet to not only help guide IPC’s work, but to build solidarity and collaboration among member presses invested in this work at their individual presses, and in the wider book industry ecosystem.

Advocacy

IPC believes we are stronger together. By raising our collective voice, we have more power and influence with the media, award-granting literary institutions, and with libraries and booksellers and other cultural workers and institutions. Together can utilize our limited resources to benefit us all, maximizing our influence in the public domain, and ideally, our bottom-lines, too.

Partnerships

IPC is in the midst of building out our strategic partnership offerings, which will give IPC members exclusive access to deals with vendors; early or discounted access to marketing opportunities; and/or discounted services through partners or other providers in the book industry and beyond. Current partners include Edelweiss, Shelf Awareness, and NetGalley.