Registration begins this month!

Indie Publishing—Collaboration Is the New Competition

Oct. 21-22, 2016

Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel
250 Market St, Portsmouth, NH 03801

We look forward to seeing you at IPNE’s Sixth Annual New England Publishing Conference! Our presentations and workshops by leaders in the book publishing world are sure to inform and inspire you and send your publishing enterprise into overdrive. Registration begins this month!

SPEAKERS (Draft)

Speakers from the following organizations and companies have been invited or have accepted a speaking invitation. The program should be finalized by mid-summer, with ongoing tweaks & changes. So keep those suggestions coming!

Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA); David R. Godine; Champlain Publishing Program &Endangered Alphabets, Our Golden Hour Project; Emerson Publishing Program; Bauhan Publishing; Peter E. Randall Publisher; By Light Unseen Media; Michaelmas Press; New England Independent Booksellers Assn.); Assoc. of RI Authors; Association of Publishers for Special; Touching Home in China Project; Overlord Publishing; Jay’s Publisher’s Services.

PANELS & WORKSHOPS (Draft)

Please note, topics and presenters are not set in stone, but we’ll update this list on an ongoing basis. We expect a fairly firm program by mid-summer, with continued tweaks and adjustments.

• Books Are for Kids: Developments in Children’s Publishing – speakers TBA.
• Handmade Books for Special Events – Susan Gaylord Kapuszinski, artist & publisher, The Spirit Books
• It’s the Connections, Baby! Nuts & Bolts of Book Promotion – Amy Ray & Joyce Johnson
• Books by Design – Jenny Putnam & Glenna Collett (tent.)
• DIY Publishing: Making the Most of Publishing Platforms – David Chase, Lisa Cohen, others.
• Social Media & Building Author Platforms: VL Towler, Connie Hambley, Charlotte Pierce
• Bleeds, Spines & Binding: How to Talk to Your Printer – Versa Printing, HF Group/Acme Binding, Friesens
• Books or Bytes? Demystifying Digital Publishing – John Rodzvilla & Emerson Publishing students