Victoria Sutherland, founder/publisher of Foreword Reviews magazine and a new member of the IBPA Board of Directors, looks at indie publishing, virtual trade shows, reviewing, libraries, and diversity.

Topics Covered

• Coping with COVID
• How the pandemic may change publishing
• The future of trade shows (hint: it’s going virtual)
• Can the face-to-face meeting be replicated online?
• The continuing importance of book reviews
• Fee-based reviews for indie publishers
• Are author-publishers still stigmatized?
• Improving standards of indie publishers
• Why traditional publishers aren’t going away
• How are libraries holding up?
• The increased emphasis on digital at libraries
• Is digital-only viable?
• The importance of mastering social media
• A commitment to diversity: in the content and in the staffing

Links

Foreword Reviews magazine
www.forewordreviews.com

IBPA’s COVID-19 Resource Center
https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/ibpa-covid-19-resource-center

The IBPA Industry Standards Checklist
https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/standardschecklist

Participants

Victoria Sutherland co-founded Foreword Reviews 22 years ago with two other women who went on to explore their own writing talents. Since 1998, we've been celebrating indie presses only in our magazine, online, through our awards program, and at international rights events. I have a BA in communications from Michigan State University, and publishing certifications from Stanford, Yale, and NYU. Besides reading, in my spare time I like to rehab older buildings/homes and re-finish furniture. We live across the street from a national park in northwestern Michigan where I spend a lot of time running in the woods. Our lives changed dramatically for the better with the recent birth of our first grandchild, Rosemary Pauline.

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

For more information, go to IBPA at https://www.ibpa-online.org/.