The UK’s annual spring Independent Publishers Conference announces its lineup of 2025 speakers and topics, including data, AI, and audio.
The UK’s Sustainability Industry Forum Evaluates Its First Two Years
The Independent Publishers Guild is one of seven associations collaborating on sustainability efforts in the book business.
Germany’s Bookwire: An ‘All About’ Event for the USA
Germany’s Bookwire offers another ‘All About’ digital event on September 19, this time on audio distribution in the US book market. Sponsored.
Australia’s Melbourne Books Signs With IPG Distribution and Sales
The US-based distributor IPG has announced deals with independent publishers in and to the States, the UK, Canada, and Australia.
Germany’s Bookwire in Distribution Partnership with IPG
Based in Frankfurt, Bookwire is to provide ebook and audiobook distribution to the US distributor IPG’s clients.
Artificial Intelligence: Threat, Opportunity, and Shimmr
Entrepreneur Nadim Sadek and publisher Evan Schnittman on the gleam of AI-driven consumer outreach behind a start-up called Shimmr.ai.
The UK’s IPG Announces AI Training for Independent Publishers
The UK’s Independent Publishers Guild plans to have training in early October on issues and approaches in artificial intelligence.
Oxford University Press Opens Distribution in the States and Canada
Through a distribution deal with IPG, Oxford University Press now has a direct sales channel for its children’s titles in the US and Canada.
Frankfurt Bound: IPG Offers Independent Publishers Rights and Export Training
Timely funding from the UK’s Department for International Trade supports training for independent publishers headed for Frankfurt.
Awards: Germany’s Zebralution Backs a New IPG Audio Award in the UK
The first audio award in the Independent Publishers Awards program in the UK is backed by digital media distributor Zebralution.