The IPG Podcast

This episode of the IPG Podcast features Jane Ubell-Meyer, founder of Bedside Reading, a US-based company specialising in promoting books through luxury hotels. As well as explaining the Bedside Reading concept, Jane discusses the role of word of mouth in building a bestseller and shares a few tips for effective book marketing.

What is it like to leave a career with bigger publishers to start your own business? In this episode of the IPG Podcast we talk to Sarah Beal about growing Muswell Press, the ups and downs she's encountered along the way and some of the advantages that independents hold in publishing.

In this episode of the IPG Podcast we talk to Lyndsey Mayhew, sales and marketing manager at IPG member Crimson Publishing and an experienced freelance publicist in non-fiction. Lyndsey shares some very useful and practical advice about many aspects of publicity, including generating media coverage, social media, events, branding and much more.

Bloomsbury Digital Resources has just announced two new digital sales partnerships with fellow IPG members Rowman & Littlefield International and Manchester University Press. In this episode of the IPG Podcast Bloomsbury's Kathryn Earle tells us about the background to the agreements and discusses whether we might see more similar alliances in the future.

Ahead of the IPG's meeting for members with independent booksellers in Nottingham on 12 February, this episode features Jane Anger of the Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham. Jane shares the story of the shop, discusses some of the big issues and opportunities for independent booksellers in general, and suggests some ways they can work with their counterparts in independent publishing.

At the end of another rollercoaster year in publishing, this episode of the IPG Podcast reflects on 2018 for the independent sector and the IPG. We also take a look ahead to prospects for publishing and some of the IPG events and services that are coming up in the first few months of 2019.

What have been the big developments and trends on the digital side of publishing in 2018? In this episode of the IPG Podcast we're joined by digital publishing consultant Dan Barker, who guides us through some of the changes in the worlds of metadata and formatting, and tells us how AI might change the way we produce content.

In this episode of the IPG Podcast we’re talking to Martin Hickman, who had a long career in newspapers and journalism before starting up his own independent publisher, Canbury Press. Martin tells us about some of the things he enjoys about running his own business, and discusses a deal he has just done with Hachette for paperback rights to one of his books.

Stress is an issue that can affect every workplace, but what can both employers and employees do to reduce it? Leadership and recruitment expert Jo Howard joins us in this episode of the IPG Podcast to provide some practical advice.

In this episode of the IPG Podcast our academic and policy correspondent Richard Fisher joins us to talk about issues facing the academic publishing sector at the moment, including Open Access and funding. Richard also discusses some of the Brexit-related challenges awaiting publishers, and the value of independents to the UK's publishing industry and wider economy.