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Call for Submissions:
IPNE sponsored IBPA Publishing University Affiliate Scholarship
IPNE is pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the IBPA Publishing University Affiliate Scholarship. This is a great opportunity for IPNE members, who are also IBPA members, to compete for a scholarship to the highly regarded IPBA Publishing University. This year Pub-U will be held on March 9-10, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. For more information on Pub-U visit http://thepublishinguniversity.com.
Whether you are a wily veteran, or a neophyte to the business Publishing University is a great opportunity to learn fundamental principles as well as topical strategies to boost your business success. This years theme is "Content is King: Print, electronic, and online strategies to help new and growing publishers boost the bottom line."
To get the application form, visit this page and link on the IPNE membership site and grab the PDF download. If you have any other questions, just reply to this email I'll be happy to respond.
Hurry - Time is short! Deadlines for submission to IPNE is February 5th at 7PM. Please provide your submission by email to executivedirector@ipne.org as an attachment, no later than the 5th.
IPNE 2012 Board Election Results
We are pleased to announce the results of the IPNE Board Elections. The election was completed, ratified and announced at the IPNE Annual Meeting held on Saturday, December 3, 2011.
Nominees elected to the Board are:
- Lori Desrosiers, an IPNE Publisher Member, of the Naugatuck River Review. Lori can be contacted at naugatuckriver@aol.com
- Matt Mayerchak, an IPNE Vendor Member. Matt can be reached at matt@mayerchak.com
- Richard LaPorta, an IPNE Publisher Member, of Husky Trail Press. Richard may be contacted at info@huskytrailpress.com
- Tordis Ilg Isselhardt, current Co-President, and publisher at Images From The Past. Tordis can be reached at tordis@imagesfromthepast.com
- Kathy Brodsky, Current Board Member. Kathy writes in a number of genres including children's, poetry, and women’s issues. Kathy can be contacted at kbrodskysw@gmail.com
Continuing on the Board for an additional year are Pamela Fenner, current President and publisher at Michaelmas Press (pjfenner@mac.com) and Steve Carlson, publisher at Upper Access (steve@upperaccess.com).
The current board welcomed all the newly-elected board members at a Board meeting immediately following the elections.
Thanks to all who visited us at the Boston Book Festival
It was a blustery, but sunny day for our first-ever IPNE booth at the 3rd Annual Boston Book Festival. We sold books, answered questions about independent publishing and met authors and other publishers wanting to learn more. We enjoyed meeting the publicundefinedyoung and oldundefinedwho loves books. Look for a report soon.
IPNE Fall Catalog
We published and distributed the IPNE Fall Catalog for our members and NELA and NEIBA exhibitors. It consisted of two sections: "Featured Books Listings" and "IPNE Members Directory.
To see a reduced copy on our Web site, click on the cover image on the left. The catalog included a listing for all active IPNE members. The listing includes the Publisher, address, website and brief description of the publishing genre.
Our displays are among the most visited at both NELA and NEIBA and our catalogs are picked up by the book-buyers at both shows, and kept for reference.
This year IPNE used a new method to acquire the "Featured Books Listings" book data through a hosted webform and database. (This database will become the cornerstone of a new Online Catalog that IPNE host - more information on that in the coming months.)
Information on how to access and use the Catalog is available here.
Thank you for making Bookstock a success !
"Bookstock 2011"
A Green Mountain Festival of Words
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Bookstock photos by Pam Fenner and Jack Crowl |
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Publishing is changing at warp speed. Even though the Bookstock 2011 is over, you don't need to feel left out. As an IPNE member, you'll have access to conference presentations such as the IPNE Digital Publishing Tutorial Series, and reports. You'll also get discounted rates for exhibiting your books at shows like the New England Library Assn. and New England Independent Booksellers Assn. (NEIBA), and the first chance at registration for the 2012 New England Publishing Conference. Join here.
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IPNE’s Monthly Call-in Talk Show
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GUESTS: To be announced. If you have a subject area you would like us to cover please contact Pamela Fenner, pjfenner@me.com or 978-388-7066 (Michaelmas Press).
Call-in Number: 1-712-432-3066, then when prompted, give the participant code. Participant Code: 463870
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