INDIE PRESS MONTH Information for Librarians:
Quick links:
The Indie Press month display contest for libraries:
prizes:
$500 + custom bookmarks for the winning display by a library
$100 for runner up
$50 co-op for first 25 instagram posts
How TO join the contest:
Sign-up!
Bring Indie Press Month Promotional titles into your library! (Airtable and CSV list on right)
Start planning your in-library display! (Marketing assets are available below)
Post your displays
Tag us on Instagram @indiepubs (tagging us in the caption copy doesn't count; we won't see the post unless you tag us properly!)
Tag the indie presses your display features (optional but advisable!)
Don’t have social? Send photos/videos of your display to indiepubsmarketing@gmail.com by March 15, 2027!
IPC is excited to celebrate our fourth-annual Indie Press Month in March 2027! We’ll be providing marketing assets for bookstores, libraries, and indie publishers to help promote indie press awareness, in addition to a list of promotional titles from IPC member presses for brick-and-mortar displays and digital promotion on websites and social media.
Display inspiration gallery
Indie Press Month is a program of Indie-to-Indie, a partnership with The Independent Bookseller.
Special thanks goes to our 2026 supporters:
