Thank you to the team at @inspiredselection.bsky.social for this great round-up of our recent Autumn Conference #ipgac

Thanks to our friends at @plslicensing.bsky.social for this great round-up of our Autumn Conference last week #ipgac pls.org.uk/news-events-...

Here are ten of our many takeaways from last week's IPG Autumn Conference... we'd love to hear yours! www.independentpublishersguild.com/IPG/Latest/B... #ipgac

We had a brilliant day at our 2026 Autumn Conference last week... thanks again to all our fantastic speakers, chairs, delegates and supporters #ipgac

After a day of weighty topics at our Autumn Conference it's been great to end with a session on words from the brilliant @susiedentwords.bsky.social. Her word for us to take away: vellichor - the special, evocative smell of books and bookshops #ipgac

Figures on the value of the public and academic library networks from Ingram @ipsuk.bsky.social - including a healthy share of sales for independent publishers #ipgac

Inspiring speakers at our Autumn Conference this afternoon... on to the final sessions now #ipgac

One of the most insightful sessions of the day at #ipgac was an overview of the audio market given by Videl Bar-Kar and Mariana Feged of Bookwire + Matt Sweet of @elevenlabs.io ‘It’s a cultural imperative to put audio front and centre’ said Bar-Kar. The huge growth in the sector continues.

Today we’re at #ipgac and we are delighted to be a sponsor of this amazingly supportive event. So good to see a packed theatre and so many friends and colleagues. The indie publishing industry seems to be thriving! 🙌

Our #ipgac session on books and the climate emergency brings updates on important industry initiatives, including the Booksellers Association's Action Plan and the IPG's new Sustainable Business Toolkit. Members can access it on the IPG Skills Hub now

Great session on the ethics of AI from Eleanor Drage at our Autumn Conference. Top action point: we need to have robust conversations about the AI tools we use, and do proper audits of how they work #ipgac

We're sharing results of a survey of IPG members and AI at our Autumn Conference. Numbers using AI in some way have nearly doubled from 42% in 2023 to 76% now. But there's a lack of confidence and a lot of concerns and suspicion #ipgac

Terrific morning at our Autumn Conference... thanks to all our great speakers so far #ipgac

Our Autumn Conference session on global sales stresses the value of good metadata and print on demand in getting books to markets. Kelly Gallagher @ipsuk.bsky.social says reach, availability and discoverability are the three keys to sales #ipgac

Big laugh in the crowd at #ipgac about how to turn publicity into sales

Important session on AI and IP at our Autumn Conference - especially the importance of collective licensing. Tom West of @plslicensing.bsky.social - “If we want governments and regulators to support copyright, we need to show that licensing can work at scale" #ipgac

Key takeaways from Bloomsbury for their action plan: Understand what belonging and inclusion means to you in your context. Data provides focus, review it regularly, rinse and repeat! Focus on the 3 c’s - consistency, conversation and continuous improvement! #ipgac

Offer and onboarding: create an onboarding plan, ask new joiners about them to help ensure belonging from day 1 #ipgac

Interview and selection: document the interview process, make sure the interview panel is diverse - and don’t confuse competence with confidence #ipgac

On sifting and shortlisting - reviewing applications on the same criteria and better still, asking someone else to review those applications on the same criteria #ipgac