MEMBER BENEFITS

  • Join IPNE and Save $61 when you also join IBPA and SPAN!
    Annual IPNE dues are just $24 for a regular publisher member.
    When you join IBPA (formerly PMA), you get a $26 discount and you save $35 when you join SPAN.
  • MEMBER DIRECTORY: List your company in our online directory, searchable both alphabetically and by genre and linked to your homepage.
  • PRESS ROOM: Post your media releases on our press room page.
  • NEW RELEASES: Post sales flyers, cover images and release information for your new books.
  • FEATURED PUBLISHER: Each month we'll highlight a different member publisher.
  • PUBLISHER PAGES : For an additional fee of $36 per year, members can post up to five pages of product and marketing information on our web site.
  • IPNE DISCUSSION LIST: Network online with other small and independent publishers and self-published authors in your state and region on IPNE's Yahoogroups discussion list.
  • IPNE ANNOUNCEMENT LIST: Sign up to receive breaking news and updates automatically.
  • Join us in cooperative exhibiting opportunities at regional and local book shows.
  • Attend regional publisher workshops and presentations and other IPNE-sponsored meetings and events.
  • Participate in cooperative catalogs and direct mail marketing by genre.
  • Contribute to the IPNE Blog and online IPNE Newsletter.
  • Get a discount on your membership to IPNE's national affiliates, Publishers Marketing Association, the Independent Book Publishers Association (PMA), and SPAN, Small Publishers Association of North America.
  • Enjoy representation and advantages through IPNE’s official affiliations with PMA and SPAN.

JOIN IPNE

Membership Form

(Rich Text File (.rtf). Click to open or right-click to download)

Fill out the membership application and mail it with your membership dues to:

Inanna Arthen, IPNE Membership Coordinator
Independent Publishers of New England
PO Box 1233
Pepperell, MA 01463-3233

Checks should be payable to
Independent Publishers of New England.

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All Member information is confidential. IPNE does not share any members' information with non-member individuals or organizations.


RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

Did You Remember Your 2008 Dues?

The time for renewing your membership for 2008 is ending. After March 1, 2008, we will be editing the Member Directory and Publisher Pages. There are lots of reasons to renew your membership in IPNE: opportunities to network with other small publishers and attend educational workshops; cooperative exhibiting at the New England Independent Booksellers Association and the New England Library Association; representation at selected literary festivals; discounts on your PMA and/or SPAN memberships that cover the cost of membership in IPNE; free monthly live phone conferences to learn from each other and discuss what we do; information in support of regional businesses that provide products and services for small publishers; an affiliate discount to attend PMA-U and eligibility for a full PMA-U scholarship; and many more.

Annual membership dues are due in January of each year, waived for people who have joined in the last four months. To renew your membership for 2008, mail your check to:

Inanna Arthen, IPNE Membership Coordinator
Independent Publishers of New England
PO Box 1233
Pepperell, MA 01463-3233

Checks should be payable to
Independent Publishers of New England.

Renew Your Membership Online

IPNE does not presently have the staff to prorate or dun for dues or conduct membership drives. If you are interested in helping IPNE in this way or in heading up or participating in the Membership Committee, please contact Mary Ellen Lepionka, me.lepionka(at)verizon.net. We need your help in this area.




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