PRA Publishing

10/13/2025

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When you're considering how to market your book, there are lots of questions, each with its own answer:
Do you want to reach librarians?..booksellers?..the media?
How will you build buzz with readers?
What's the plan for vetting your book?
Which consumer marketing opportunities make sense?
Join IBPA’s Lee Wind and Christopher Locke in this free webinar to explore how IBPA's book marketing programs and benefits can help independent publishers and author publishers garner helpful exposure for their books in key publishing markets. From having a marketing comp title to approaching it all with a sense of experimentation, book marketing today is not about the 'hard sell' but about tapping into shared passion.
RSVP here: https://www.ibpa-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1986797&group=

09/28/2025

Big thanks to

Silvana Marconi

for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

09/25/2025

Congratulations Silvana! Keep going!

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09/23/2025

Updates from book industry.

A proposed $1.5 billion class action settlement has been reached in the lawsuit against Anthropic, an AI company accused of copying and using hundreds of thousands of books from “pirate” eBook sites LibGen and PiLiMi to train its AI systems—without permission from authors or publishers. Only books downloaded by Anthropic from these “shadow library” sites, and properly registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, are eligible for compensation (about 500,000 titles). Both authors and publishers may have claim rights if their works are included. IBPA has prepared a guide on how to protect your copyright if your work was affected. Read the full article here:
https://www.ibpa-online.org/news/news.asp?id=709972

08/27/2025

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A Tree of My Own was a notable 2025 winner of one Gold and two Silver IBPA Book Awards, a premier effort from first-time author Nui Wilson as well as new publisher Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito of Qilin Press.
Since 1985, IBPA has been honoring excellence in independent publishing, and we are now open for submissions for books and audiobooks published in 2025. All independent publishers, hybrid publishers, author publishers, university presses and association presses are eligible. With over 60 categories, including recognition in AAPI, Black, African American, Disabled, First Nations and Indigenous, Latina/o/e, LGBTQIA2+ and Neurodivergent communities.

08/21/2025

Congratulations Uta🌞

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08/02/2025

Nice😊

Shakespeare and Company is a renowned cultural landmark in Paris, known for its unique ambiance, extensive collection of books, and its continued role as a haven for readers and writers from around the world.

07/28/2025

This is a great venue!

Would you like to see your books translated and published in other languages, and enjoyed by readers around the world? Through IBPA's Frankfurt Book Fair program, members have seen their books published in Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, French and many other languages... as well as enjoyed additional revenue from rights' sales.
Reserve your space at the Frankfurter Buchmesse Book Festival today in the Booth!

Deadline to submit is 9/3/2025 or until sold out.

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06/20/2025

06/14/2025

Thanks for sharing yours👏🏾👏🏾