June 2019
Announcing the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Oh What a Night a the Copa - Celebrating IPPY in NYC
Remembering Mark Medoff - 1940-2019
10 Years of "Book Smarts" - Yale Publishing Course
Indie Groundbreaking Bookseller: Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Indie Groundbreaking Book: The Heart's Necessities
From the Tech Desk: How Big of a Problem is eBook Piracy?
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Oh What a Night at the Copa
Celebrating the accomplishments and independent spirit of the IPPY medal winners is our favorite night of the year.
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Announcing the Results of the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Thanks to all of the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 23rd annual, 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest!
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10 Years of “Book Smarts"
"I think YPC is a great opportunity for indie publishers to step away from their day-to-day work environment and spend time viewing the industry and their own careers from a broader perspective."
Indie Groundbreaking Book
The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry
"Huleatt felt that a poet’s biography, mixed with thoughts from a contemporary voice, would resonate with younger people – especially women – who ask the same questions Clement asked in her poems: Who am I? What is love? What is faith? How do I deal with loss and death? What are my creative efforts worth?"
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Hello, Goodbye Girl
"It's not that I want to tell stories, it's that I have to. I'm telling a story to myself, and everyone else gets to watch. I try to entertain myself. I'm a firm believer in 'a bad day makes an excellent story.'"
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From the Tech Desk
"You might beat one piracy site or peer-to-peer network, but you can be sure that ten more will crop up instantly to take its place."
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Remembering Mark Medoff - 1940-2019
"Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers I carry through my life as part of me, the very words I would like spoken to me some day by some returning student: 'I want you to know you were important to me.'"
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Deros: A Father Jake Austin Mystery
"His choice of a real location, namely Oberlin, is perfect because of its absorbing town-and-gown (town-and-college) history with the Underground Railroad and its cryptic tales of secret passages."
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Mystery Lovers Bookshopby Kathleen Shoop / April 2019 "One surprise for us was learning how much readers and authors drove the things that happen with the store. It’s important for authors to create and maintain networks with readers. Mystery Lovers provides a space to do that." |
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Allworth Press at 30by Jim Barnes / April 2019 "Being a small press and a start-up was challenging, especially as the publishing landscape was transformed by the digital revolution (in both production and ebooks), Amazon, the collapse of most of the independent booksellers, and the issue of whether the physical book would soon be deceased." |
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The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetryby Jim Barnes / May 2019 "Huleatt felt that a poet’s biography, mixed with thoughts from a contemporary voice, would resonate with younger people – especially women – who ask the same questions Clement asked in her poems: Who am I? What is love? What is faith? How do I deal with loss and death? What are my creative efforts worth?" |
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From the Tech Deskby Craig Manning / June 2019 "You might beat one piracy site or peer-to-peer network, but you can be sure that ten more will crop up instantly to take its place." |
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Deros: A Father Jake Austin MysteryJohn A. Vanek "His choice of a real location, namely Oberlin, is perfect because of its absorbing town-and-gown (town-and-college) history with the Underground Railroad and its cryptic tales of secret passages." |
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Oh What a Night at the Copaby Jim (the IPPY Hippie) Barnes Celebrating the 2019 IPPY Medalists |
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10 Years of “Book Smarts"by Jillian Manning / June 2019 Yale Publishing Course Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday |
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Hello, Goodbye Girlby Nina L. Diamond /May 2019 A Q&A with Quinn Cummings |
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Remembering Mark Medoff - 1940-2019by Nina L. Diamond / June 2019 A Tribute & An Interview with the Tony Award-Winning Playwright |