The IPG Podcast

With many independent publishers so buoyant in the area of guidebook publishing at the moment, this episode of the IPG Podcast talks to Jim Wilson of outdoor book distributor Cordee. As well as discussing the state of the market, Jim talks about some of the many non-traditional sales channels open to publishers now.

Metadata provides the building blocks of discoverability and sales in modern publishing. In this episode of the IPG Podcast Nielsen Book's Clive Herbert shares advice for best practice and priorities in metadata management, and explains how Nielsen's services can help.

Ahead of his session at the IPG's Spring Conference, Ingram's director of digital services Peter McCarthy joins the IPG Podcast to talk about digital marketing and ways to reach readers. As well as sharing practical tips to help with the process, he discusses how digital tools are spreading into other aspects of publishing.

With display advertising a fast-growing aspect of publishers' marketing strategies, BookBub's Wade Lucas joins the IPG Podcast to explain how it works. As well as telling us what publishers can do to optimise their ads, Wade tells us what he's looking forward to at the IPG's Spring Conference.

As literary publisher Carcanet Press celebrates 50 years in business, we talk to its founder and managing director Michael Schmidt. Michael looks back on the ups and downs of the last half-century—from publishing Nobel Prize winners to coming close to going out of business—and discusses big changes in the market over that time.

Sweet Cherry has been one of children's publishing's fastest growing companies in the last couple of years, and in this episode of the IPG Podcast we talk to its founder and managing director Abdul Thadha. Abdul tells us his story and about the ups and downs of running a business, and talks in particular about the challenge of recruiting and upskilling staff as the business grows.

With the issue of diversity so high on the agenda in publishing, this episode of the IPG Podcast talks to Phyllida Jacobs of Tiny Owl, which was set up to improve the exposure of diverse cultures and characters in children's books. As well as telling us Tiny Owl's story, Phyllida explains its new Diversity Now! campaign and how other publishers can get involved.

Blackwell’s is one of the UK’s longest established and important booksellers, and in this episode of the IPG Podcast its CEO David Prescott talks to our President Jonathan Harris. David discusses some of the big issues for retailers and publishers post-Brexit and how Blackwell’s can support independent publishers—in trade and children’s sectors as well as academic.

With entries for the IPG's 2019 Independent Publishing Awards now open, this episode of the IPG Podcast hears from Tim Williams, managing director of Edward Elgar Publishing, who won the flagship prize at our 2017 Awards. Tim tells us what it feels like to win the Award and how it has benefited Edward Elgar in the two years since, and shares some advice for other publishers entering the Awards.

What does The London Book Fair mean to independent publishers, and how can visitors get the most out of the experience? In this episode of the IPG Podcast we get views from three publishers who will be on the IPG's collective stands at Olympia.