The Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) is an association set up to support independent publishers in the UK and Ireland. It has more than 600 members sharing annual turnover of more than £1bn."Records of the Independent Publishers Guild", Special Collections, University of Reading.Natasha Onwuemezi, "IPG membership soars in 2016", The Bookseller, 19 September 2016."Independent Publishers Guild" at the London Book Fair."About the IPG", IPG website. The IPG is a not-for-profit limited company and has a non-executive board of directors."The IPG Board", IPG. The chief executive is Bridget Shine."Bridget Shine, Executive Director – Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)" (interview), FirstyNews.
History Founded in 1962, the organisation was originally known as the Independent Publishers Group until in 1966/67, it became the Independent Publishers Guild."History of the IPG", IPG.
The IPG's activities include conferences, the annual IPG Awards, which recognise the achievements of individuals and companies within the UK industry, and collective stands at the London Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair.Alison Jones, "Episode 77 – The Independent Publishers Guild with Bridget Shine" (interview), The Extraordinary Business Book Club, 4 September 2017."LONDON BOOK FAIR GETS UNDERWAY", Montcalm, 16 April 2012.
In 2015, the IPG became a member of the Publishers Licensing Society, now known as Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS),Natasha Onwuemezi, "IPG becomes member of PLS", The Bookseller, 24 September 2015. an organisation owned and managed by the four main trade associations, the others being the Publishers' Association (PA), the Professional Publishers Association (PPA), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)."Publishers' Licensing Services Is new name For Publishers Licensing Society", Copyright Licensing Agency, 10 October 2017.
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External links Official website