(NEWS) Six seats are opening on the Independent Book Publishers Association’s (IBPA’s) Board of Directors. All IBPA members in good standing are welcome to apply. A class of incumbent candidates is also being considered. CLICK HERE TO APPLY Application Deadline: December 31, 2016 Each term on IBPA’s Board of Directors is two years in length. …

NEWS IBPA board member Elizabeth Turnbull has been named a 2016 PW Star Watch honoree. PW joined forces with the Frankfurt Book Fair to celebrate new leaders who are making their mark in the U.S publishing community, and help them expand their global network. 300 publishers were nominated and the list was whittled down to …

(PRESS RELEASE) CONTACT INFORMATION: Angela Bole, IBPA CEO Phone: 310-546-1818 Email: angela@ibpa-online.org (Manhattan Beach, CA) — The Independent Book Publishers Association’s (IBPA’s) Board Nominating Committee is pleased to announce their recommendations for the 2016 IBPA board of directors election. The eight candidates, a mixture of incumbent and new applicants, were picked from a list of …

(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 …

(NEWS) Eight seats are opening on the Independent Book Publishers Association’s (IBPA’s) Board of Directors. All IBPA members in good standing are welcome to apply. A class of incumbent candidates is also being considered. CLICK HERE TO APPLY Application Deadline: December 31, 2015 Each term on IBPA’s Board of Directors is two years in length. …

(PRESS RELEASE) The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is pleased to welcome five new members to its board of directors: Ian Lamont (i30 Media Corporation), Karla Olson (Patagonia Books), Joshua Tallent (Firebrand Technologies), Elizabeth Turnbull (Light Messages Publishing), and Mark Wesley (me+mi publishing). The five directors were voted onto the board by the IBPA membership during …

(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 …

(NEWS) Director candidates will stand for election to the IBPA board during the association’s Annual Meeting of Members on April 11, 2015 in Austin, Texas. As announced on November 5, 2014, IBPA's Board Nominating Committee has been busy reviewing applications for five open seats on the IBPA board of directors. Over thirty applications were received …

(NEWS) Happy New Year! Here is a quick update on this year’s IBPA Board of Directors nominating process. Please see below and, as always, feel free to reach out with questions. As mentioned previously, five seats are opening on IBPA’s Board of Directors. The application deadline was Wednesday, December 31, 2014. The Board Nominating Committee …

(NEWS) Five seats are opening on the Independent Book Publishers Association’s board of directors. All IBPA members in good standing are welcome to apply. The application deadline is December 31, 2014. Each term on IBPA's board of directors is two years in length. Members are allowed to serve two consecutive terms. Potential candidates will be asked …