Independent Articles

This online version of the IBPA Independent features selected articles about the book publishing industry, including: legal questions, marketing issues, IBPA events, business tips and advice, along with other important and/or interesting information.

Spotlight
by Linda Carlson, April 2013
The Language of Publishing: N,O,P
by Linda Carlson, April 2013
The Questions System for Selling to Nonretail Buyers
by Brian Jud, April 2013
What’s New at the New Website
by Davida G. Breier, April 2013
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Book Promotion for—and with—Authors
by Daniel S. Janik, April 2013
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Coping with a Cease and Desist Letter
by Steve Gillen, April 2013
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Tips on Using Stock Photos
by Serban Enache, April 2013
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For Better Sales at Author Events
by Patricia Fry, April 2013
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Publishing University 2013: Make It Personal
by Florrie Binford Kichler, April 2013
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Stalking Invisible Book Sales An Anti-WYSIATI Approach
by Judith Appelbaum, April 2013
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Spotlight
by Linda Carlson, March 2013
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A Quick Tour of Book Sales Possibilities
by Eric Kampmann and Margot Atwell, March 2013
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The Body Language of Disengagement—and How to Deal with It
by Carol Kinsey Goman, March 2013
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Rx for a Bright Future: Pay More Attention to Your Authors
by Jane Friedman, March 2013
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Little Pickle Press: Publishing for 21st-Century Children
by Linda Carlson, March 2013
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Using BISAC Subject Headings
by Angela Bole, March 2013
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How New Media Make Money
by Joseph J. Esposito, March 2013
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Negotiating Large Nonretail Sales: Part 2, Alternatives in Case Things Go Sour
by Brian Jud, March 2013
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What a Difference a Makeover Makes
by Tamara Dever, March 2013
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What I Think is Really Going on in Publishing
by Roy M Carlisle, March 2013
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