About the IBPA Advocacy Committee

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.

• IBPA Advocacy Committee's definition of advocacy:
  • Public support of a policy or issue that directly impacts the IBPA membership with the goal of influencing industry perspectives and decisions.

• IBPA Advocacy Committee's objectives:
  • Identify and prioritize issues of concern to independent publishers.
  • Establish campaigns and take actions to address these concerns.
  • Ensure that IBPA members are informed of these concerns, and the steps taken to address them.

• IBPA Advocacy Committee's fiscal year 2021 priorities:
  • Advocate for access to all aspects of the book trade.
  • Protect copyright.
  • Help promote a more diverse, inclusive publishing industry.

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.

Our thanks to the Fiscal Year 2021 IBPA Advocacy Committee.

Alexa Bigwarfe

Kat Biggie Press

Mary Jo Courchesne

Gryphon Publishing Consulting

Rudy Shur

Square One Publishers

Stephanie Carter

Teleion Books

Amanda Gawthorpe

Blue Ink Press

Brooke Warner

She Writes Press

Mel Corrigan

Scribe Publishing Company
(COMMITTEE CHAIR)

Maggie Langrick

LifeTree Media Ltd

James B.Woosley

Insignis Interactive, Inc.