(PRESS RELEASE) CONTACT INFORMATION: Peter Goodman, IBPA Board Chair Phone: 510-524-8732, ext 101 Email: peterlordgoodman@gmail.com (Manhattan Beach, CA) — The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is pleased to announce that Angela Bole, who has served as the organization’s executive director since 2013, recently accepted the newly created position of CEO. The IBPA board of directors …

By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — The 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference brought 22,700 librarians, exhibitors, authors, staff, paraprofessionals, teachers, and friends to San Francisco on June 25-30, 2015. Attendance was up considerably over the previous year’s total of around 18,500. As mentioned in last year’s report, Las Vegas was an unpopular …

(BLOG POST) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — The show floor felt kinetic – more kinetic than I remember it feeling in years past – so I wasn’t surprised to read in yesterday’s PW Daily that total attendance at BookExpo 2015 (May 27-29, 2015) rose 5.2% to 20,895, according to event director Steve Rosato. …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — I’ve been thinking about how we make decisions. Do you take a chance on a new business partner? Do you move across country for a new job? If you’ve only been self-publishing, is now the time to start taking on books by others? If we believe …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — Five new directors have been elected to serve on IBPA’s board of directors, starting July 1, 2015. Our board is a leadership team of 14 (13 directors plus our board chair) that works hard to promote, develop, and otherwise further the independent publishing industry, and to …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — Earlier this year, I participated in a panel on indie publishing at the Los Angeles Public Library. It was part of Indie Author Day, which was sponsored by IBPA and SELF-e, a collaboration between Library Journal and BiblioBoard. The SELF-e program is a new endeavor designed …

(PRESS RELEASE) Los Angeles Public Library to host Indie Author Day; Event pulls together industry leaders to talk about libraries and the future of self-publishing Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) will host Indie Author Day, on Saturday, January 17th from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at its Central Branch, located at 630 W. 5th Street, …

(PODCAST) In this special Late Night Conversation podcast, IBPA Executive Director Angela Bole talks about the IBPA, camaraderie within the indie community, the importance of each diverse voice within the publishing world, and much more. CLICK FOR ACCESS

(BLOG POST) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — In 1985, IBPA was privileged to represent our members’ titles at the Frankfurt Book Fair for the very first time. Without looking back, we’ve continued to represent every year since. To give you a sense of time passing, here are a few other things that also …

(BLOG POST) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — The 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference brought 13,000 attendees and 5,500 exhibitors to Las Vegas from June 26 – July 1, 2014. This was down from the previous year’s 20,000 attendees, but up slightly from 2012’s 12,500 attendees. Perhaps Vegas had something to do …