(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director Last week, I received the following email from an IBPA member: “I’ve been a member with IBPA since 2009–2010, and I would like to know if there is any book you can suggest regarding ‘the business of …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director I’m writing this month’s Director’s Desk on day 6 of a 10-day tour of Spain. I came here to see the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, but as a lover of ancient art and architecture, I …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director We all find ourselves in the business of publishing for various reasons. For my part, I’ve always known I would work with books, or — more fundamentally — with stories. In college I read Audre Lorde for …

(DIRECTOR’S DESK) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director Dear Friends, Welcome to my first Director’s Desk column as executive director of IBPA! I’m delighted to be taking up this new position. Through my previous engagement with the Book Industry Study Group, I had the honor of working with both Jan Nathan and Florrie Binford Kichler. …