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Registration Open!

IBPA
Publishing University

IBPA + PubWest
Present the Premier Educational Event for Independent Book Publishers

Portland, Oregon
Thursday, May 14 – Saturday, May 16, 2026
Hyatt Regency Portland, Oregon Convention Center

Co-locating with BMI

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IBPA Publishing University logo

Be part of #PubU2026

We’re planning so much for IBPA PUBLISHING UNIVERSITY (#PubU2026) with a new theme Together We Are Stronger; a new co-locating partner, Book Manufacturers’ Institute; and all the goodness of PubWest joining forces with IBPA!
 

​WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Large Independent publishers, Independent publishers, hybrid publishers, author publishers (aka self-published authors), university presses, and association presses interested in advancing their book publishing know-how, networks, and success.

Karen Gray, Acacia Publishing

“Attending the IBPA Publishing University was worth every penny and every minute away from my office. I have learned SO much from IBPA that all I can say is that I wish I’d discovered it much sooner. A lot of wasted time and money could have been saved, and my company would be much further along in its development had I known of IBPA sooner.”

Last year we were joined by publishing industry colleagues from...

  • 18th Floor Publishing

  • AI for Editors

  • All Hands Publishing

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

  • APG Sales & Distribution

  • Art & Anthropology Press

  • Atikis Inc/ KristenWas

  • The Authors Guild

  • Association of American Publishers

  • The Audiobook Experience

  • The Author’s Pen

  • Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS)

  • Bay Feather Books

  • Bedside Reading

  • Beowulf Live Publishing

  • BlueInk Review

  • Boissevain Books LLC

  • Bookmobile

  • Book Industry Study Group

  • Book Manufacturers’ Institute

  • Books of Eden Publishing

  • Bound to Happen Publishing

  • Bowker Book2Look

  • Brands on Brands Consulting

  • Bridge Publications

  • Brigham Young University - Religious Studies Center

  • Broad Book Group

  • C&T Publishing

  • Calumet Editions

  • Capstone

  • Caravan Ink / University of St. Mary

  • Carrara Media

  • CB Messer Illustration & Design

  • Cardinal Rule Press

  • Chickasaw Press

  • Claudine Mansour Design

  • Clevo Books

  • Coastal Nonprofit Consulting

  • The Collective Book Studio

  • Color House Graphics

  • Con Todo Press

  • Created by Humans

  • Cynren Press

  • Dekker Bookbinding

  • Developmental Texts, LLC

  • DropCap

  • Duane Morris LLP

  • East West Discovery Press LLC

  • Elanders Americas

  • Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.

  • eParke Press

  • Etruscan Press

  • Familius/Judging by the Cover: A Bookstore

  • Family Foundry Publishing

  • Familyman Media

  • Firebrand Technologies

  • First Flight Books

  • The Fisher Company

  • Friesens Corporation

  • Forefront Books

  • Forest Avenue Press

  • Foreword Reviews

  • The future of agency LLC

  • Galaxy Press

  • Gamarra Media

  • Gasch Printing

  • Getty Publications

  • Gibbs Smith

  • Global Printing Solution

  • GracePoint Publishing

  • Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC

  • HF Group

  • Histria Books

  • Hobbs Printing

  • i30 Media Corporation

  • Illustrada Design

  • Independent Publishers Group (IPG)

  • Ingram Content Group

  • IngramSpark

  • Inkbloom

  • The Insightful Editor

  • International Exploration Society

  • Iskanchi Press

  • Itasca Books

  • Jagged Compass LLC

  • Jostens

  • KP Editing | The Rudy Agency

  • Kind World Publishing and Consulting, LLC

  • klopotek

  • Left Field Publishing

  • Lerner Publishing Group

  • Levine Querido

  • Loyola Press

  • Lucky Rabbit Publishing

  • Manitou & Cedar Press

  • Manuella Press

  • ​Mathxplorers

  • Mayfly Book Design + Publishing Services

  • Mayo Clinic Books

  • MetaComet Systems

  • Merrick Books

  • Midwest Independent Book Publishers Association (MIPA)

  • Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable (MBPR)

  • Monkey C Media

  • MyWord Publishing

  • NetGalley

  • New Shelves Books

  • Nord Compo

  • Norse-Gael Books

  • O’Leary Publishing

  • Pandamonium Publishing House

  • Patagonia

  • Path to Publishing/Path to Connection/PTP Press

  • Perfect Bound

  • PR by the Book, LLC

  • PTB Books

  • PubTech Consulting

  • PubWest

  • PublishDrive

  • Publish Your Gift®

  • Publishers Weekly

  • Quills and Cosmos Press

  • Racket Publishing

  • Rattling Good Yarns Press

  • Red Racer Books

  • Rockin Dog Studio

  • Sendero Press

  • Shaherazad Shelves

  • She Writes Press

  • Sheridan Books, Inc.

  • Shout Mouse Press

  • SHP Comics

  • Storywise

  • The Stable Book Group/Perfect Bound/Ulysses Press

  • STRATEGIES PR and Zoundy

  • Summer Knees Books

  • Sunrise Media Group

  • Taylor Book Production & Fulfillment

  • Tracey Yokas Creates

  • Technica Editorial Services

  • Third Rail Press

  • Thomson Reuters Core Publishing Solutions

  • Time in the Desert

  • TOKYOPOP

  • Torchflame Books

  • Total Printing Systems

  • Unsung Voices Books

  • Universal Write Publications

  • University of Arizona Press

  • The Vega Group

  • Vicks Print & Distribution

  • Vraiment Financial

  • W. Brand Publishing

  • Waub Ajijaak Press & Foundation

  • Whimpspire Books

  • Words to Ponder Publishing Company, LLC

  • ​World Changers Press LLC

  • World of Books

  • Write.Publish.Sell

  • Written Word Media

  • Wrote By Me

IBPA Publishing University 2024

We're excited to bring the #1 conference for independent book publishers in 
the United States to the Pacific Northwest and its vibrant local publishing community.

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