About the committee

Update (April 7, 2019): IBPA is accepting applications for committee participation. Must be a current IBPA member with at least twelve consecutive months of membership to apply. Deadline to apply is May 15, 2019. One year term starts July 1, 2019.

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The IBPA Advocacy Committee is a standing committee tasked with identifying, prioritizing, and developing strategies to address issues of concern to independent publishers.

Read the committee charter.

The objectives of the Advocacy Committee are to:

1. identify and prioritize issues of concern to independent publishers,
2. establish campaigns and take actions to address these concerns,
3. and ensure that IBPA members are informed of these concerns, and the steps taken to address them.

Have an advocacy issue you'd like to share with the committee? Send it via email to ibpa_advocacy@ibpa-online.org.

This is a member-focused committee. It is open to at-large members of IBPA.

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Our thanks to the Fiscal Year 2019 IBPA Advocacy Committee.

Open Seat

Maggie Langrick

CEO & Publisher
LifeTree Media Ltd.

Janica Smith

Publishing Navigator
Publishing Smith

Alexa Bigwarfe

Publisher
Kat Biggie Press

Karla Olson

Director
Patagonia Books

Elizabeth Turnbull

Senior Editor & Partner
Light Messages

Lee Klancher

CEO & Founder
Octane Press

Teri Rider

Principal
Top Reads Publishing

Brooke Warner

Publisher
She Writes Press
(Committee Chair)