Welcome to the Independent Publishers Caucus.

We’ve formed the Independent Publishers Caucus to foster a sense of community among those dedicated companies helping to keep the written word alive. Now more than ever, independent media is crucial to keeping discussion moving in the public square.

We also understand that for the independent publishing world to thrive, it’s important to share information about what works and what doesn’t, getting the attention of booksellers and the media, and understanding the financial realities that come with running a publishing company on a day-to-day basis.

Our Mission:

Resources

To provide resources and education to our members to “raise our collective IQ” as small businesses and create a learning community to sustain ourselves;

Advocacy

To advocate for heightened awareness of independent publishers within our industry, in the media, and with readers;

Keeping the Torch

To function as “keepers of the torch” of American culture in partnership with writers, translators, booksellers, book reviewers and book review editors and producers;

Bridge

To become a bridge for our members to organizations such as ABA, AAP, AAUP, ALA and CLMP;

Diversity

To strengthen our common cause in creating a more tolerant and inclusive industry by advocating for bringing in more people of color and diverse origins onto our staffs together with a commitment to bringing a more diverse range of writers to the reading public;

Common Ground

To find common ground and a spirit of partnership with independent booksellers, with whom we share not only our love of good books but also our struggle as small businesses.

The IPC Steering Committee:

Ellen Adler

Publisher
The New Press

Terrie Akers

Marketing Director
Other Press

Tom Hallock

IPC co-founder

Bronwen Hruska

Publisher
Soho Press

Michael Reynolds

Editor in Chief
Europa Editions

Dan Simon

Publisher
Seven Stories Press
IPC co-founder

Jacob Stevens

Managing Director
Verso Press

Kendall Storey

Associate Editor and Foreign Rights Manager
Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press

Anna Thorn

Director
Independent Publishers Caucus

Advisory Board

Cevin Bryerman, Executive VP Publisher, Publishers Weekly
Kim Wylie, VP, Sales, Ingram Publisher Services
Victoria Sutherland, Publisher, Foreword Reviews
Oren Teicher, former CEO, American Booksellers Association
Dan Gullino, Sterling Pierce Co.
Andrew Van Sprang, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Maple Press
Eric Rayman, Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman, LLP
Veronica Liu, Founder, Word Up Bookstore
Jeff Deutsch, Director, Seminary Co-op Bookstores

Industry Sponsors

The Independent Publishers Caucus is supported mainly by its member publishers, and by the generous additional support we receive from Ingram Publisher Services, the American Booksellers Association, Foreword Reviews, Maple Press, Sterling Pierce, Publishers Weekly and the law firm of Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman.