Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)

Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)

Hosted ByChristopher Locke

"Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)" wants to make you a smarter publisher by giving you access to powerful ideas, strategies, and tools for success.

Our interview guests are independent publishers, author publishers, and hybrid publishers, as well as distributors, printers, reviewers, booksellers, marketers, visionaries, and opinion leaders from all sectors of the book publishing industry.

We are sponsored and supported by the Independent Book Publishers Association, the largest book publishing association in the U.S. serving independent publishers and author publishers. IBPA’s vision is a world where every independent publisher has the tools and knowledge needed to professionally engage in all aspects of the publishing industry.

Your host is IBPA Member Liaison Christopher Locke.

Website Subscribe

New realities in book publishing in the post-COVID world, a speculative rant from host Peter Goodman

May 28, 2020 Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) 00:14:29

All the conventions of book publishing have been disrupted in just a few months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. How many of these changes are permanent, and how is indie publishing likely to evolve as a result? Podcast host and book publisher Peter Goodman takes a pause in his regular interview format to speculate on our emerging future.

TOPICS COVERED

  • New Reality #1 Greater adoption of ebooks by readers
  • New Reality #2 Fewer indie booksellers
  • New Reality #3 Corollary to #2: Increased influence of wholesalers and online vendors
  • New Reality #4 Second corollary to #2: More competition for Amazon
  • New Reality #5 A vast new world of virtual book marketing and promotion
  • New Reality #6 A proliferation of author publishers
  • New Reality #7 The domination of print on demand

PARTICIPANTS

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press (www.stonebridge.com) in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

For more information, go to IBPA at https://www.ibpa-online.org/.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter