The IPG Podcast

David Taylor of Ingram Content Group joins this episode of the IPG Podcast to introduce his company's expanded UK wholesale service. As well as explaining its benefits for independent publishers, he looks ahead to opportunities and challenges for publishers in 2023.

As the IPG celebrates its 60th birthday, stalwart members Jonathan Harris and Martin Woodhead discuss its story so far. They talk about change at the Guild and across publishing over six decades, and what independent publishers get out of membership.

This episode of the IPG Podcast looks at the benefits of publishing management systems with Nella Klopotek von Glowczewski and Viktoria Menslin of Klopotek. They tell us how software can reduce effort, increase productivity and help in particular with metadata and remote working.

As the IPG celebrates 60 years of support for independent publishing in 2022, this episode welcomes Nicky Ramsey, CEO of Edinburgh University Press, a leading academic press and a longstanding IPG member. Nicky talks about change, challenges and opportunities for EUP, and about what it gets out of belonging to the IPG.

This episode of the IPG Podcast discusses the value of publishing platforms, XML workflows and good metadata management with Jo Bottrill of Newgen KnowledgeWorks. As well as sharing advice on all three subjects, Jo has thoughts on current opportunities and challenges for academic and educational publishers.

Managing royalties can be a stressful part of publishing, but help is at hand if you need it. In this episode of the IPG Podcast we talk to David Marlin of MetaComet Systems about taking the effort and risk out of calculating and paying royalties via automation.

As the IPG celebrates 60 years of support for independent publishing, this episode of the Podcast looks back on the story of children's publisher and longstanding member bsmall, with founder Cath Bruzzone and publisher Sam Hutchinson. Cath and Sam talk about their achievements, change in the industry and the role of the IPG in their growth.

In this episode of the IPG Podcast we welcome Kate Macdonald, founder of Handheld Press. Kate tells us what it's like to launch and run your own business and discusses the ups and downs of her day-to-day work. She also shares some good advice for anyone thinking about starting out on their own.

This episode of the IPG Podcast celebrates the 100th anniversary of longstanding IPG member Bible Reading Fellowship. Olivia Warburton joins us to look back on BRF's first century, and ahead to what is in store over the next few years.

This episode of the IPG Podcast goes inside working life in independent publishing with Catriona Allon, production editor at Bristol University Press. Catriona talks about her career so far and what she enjoys about production work, and shares advice for people who want to work in a similar area.