Articles

Production · Article | 08.04.23 How Accessibility Can Benefit Both Children and Publishers
by Richard Rieman

I’m proud to be on the IBPA DEI Committee and involved in the overall work IBPA is doing...

Legal · Article | 08.04.23 Digital Rights Management Revisited
by Kirk Biglione

In the early days of e-books, digital rights management (DRM) emerged as a controversial...

Production · Industry News · Article | 01.01.19 The Flattening Wave of Digitizations
by Kelly Peterson

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 by Kelly Peterson, Director of Client Services, INscribe...

Production · Article | 01.01.18 The New Frontier of e-Books: c-Books
by Elsa Evripidou,Nick Fletcher

PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 by Elsa Evripidou and Nick Fletcher, Monsoon Tide -- ...

Distribution · Article | 05.01.17 Creating an e-Book Bestseller in 4 Steps
by Kelly Peterson

PUBLISHED MAY 2017 by Kelly Peterson, Director of Client Services, INscribe Digital (a division...

Design · Production · Article | 05.01.17 Down and Dirty with Digital Publishing
by Alexa Schlosser

PUBLISHED MAY 2017 Compiled by Alexa Schlosser, Managing Editor, IBPA...

Distribution · Article | 05.01.17 The Ins and Outs of e-Book Distribution
by Jim Azevedo

PUBLISHED MAY 2017 by Jim Azevedo, Marketing Director, Smashwords Jim Azevedo In this...

Distribution · Article | 12.29.14 Tips for Better Metadata
by Betty Kelly Sargent

Metadata matters—it matters a lot. Defined as data about data, it is information about...

Production · Article | 08.04.14 Make Your Kindle Book Look the Way It Should: Preview, Proof, and Test
by Aaron Shepard

If you’re publishing on Kindle, chances are you want your book to look good on it. But...

Production · Article | 03.06.14 Why I Think Vellum Is Great for Cross Platform E-book Editing and Generation
by Rick Hubbard

If you are committed—as I am—to quickly and easily generating readable e-books for...

Production · Article | 07.02.13 How to Identify E-Books and Other Digital Products
by Phil Madans

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, new platforms with new capabilities debut, and new...

Business Operations · Article | 12.31.11 DRM Decisions: Analyzing the Business Case / Why I Don’t Use DRM


When the phone rings in the IBPA offices, it’s often a call from a member who’s...

Production · Article | 08.01.11 E-Book Conversion: When It Makes Sense and What Your Options Are
by Linda Nix

“How should I handle e-book conversion?” In one form or another, I hear that...

Production · Article | 05.01.11 Don’t Turn Off a Major Market
by Cathi Stevenson

People past the age of 40 almost always need reading glasses. Around then, most can read...

Production · Article | 05.01.02 The Economics of eBooks: What You Save, What You Stand to Gain
by Rich Elwood

Comparing eBooks with bound books in terms of costs and benefits is a bit like comparing apples...