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Registration Open!

IBPA
Publishing University

The Leading Conference and Educational Event for Independent Book Publishers and Author-Publishers

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

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Together We Are Stronger

Join the #1 conference that celebrates independent publishing in all its diversity! IBPA PubU welcomes all independent publishers, hybrid publishers, author publishers (aka self-published authors), university presses, nonprofit and association presses.

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  • Featuring Breakout Sessions for established publishers,  newer publishers, and hot topics

  • Complimentary one-on-one "Ask the Experts" consultations

  • Choice of an in-depth workshop (or IBPA Think Tank for Established Publishers) on Thursday

  • 40+ exhibitors offer solutions in printing, design, editing, book marketing, technology, and more

  • Attend the IBPA Book Award Dinner and Ceremony (optional, extra fee)

  • Register today! First 100 people who sign up will win a copy of Donald Miller’s bestselling book, Building A StoryBrand 2.0.​

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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.”

Join your publishing industry colleagues from...

  • 1 Plus Publishing & Consulting Company

  • African American Literature Book Club

  • Adaptive Press

  • AdventureKEEN Publishing

  • Agate Publishing

  • AI for Editors

  • All Hands Publishing

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC

  • Antithesis Press

  • Atticus Publishing

  • The Audiobook Experience

  • Audio Sensei

  • APG Book Sales and Distribution

  • Bard Press

  • Bay Feather Books

  • Beth Iler Editing Services

  • BlueInk Review

  • Blue Morning Books

  • Blue Star Press

  • BookBub / Chirp Books

  • BookLaunchers

  • Book Industry Study Group (BISG)

  • Book Manufacturers' Institute (BMI)

  • Books International

  • Books of Discovery

  • BookSpring

  • BookVault

  • Bowker Book2Look

  • Breathe The Change Press

  • Brown Books Publishing Group

  • Buddoo Books

  • C&T Publishing

  • Calizendo

  • Cardinal Rule Press

  • Central Avenue Publishing

  • Chickasaw Press

  • Claudine Mansour Design

  • Color House Graphics

  • Collective Book Studio, The & Tiny Torch Books 

  • ​Contrarian Publishing

  • Courtney Kelly Books

  • CraveBooks

  • Crescent Ridge Oregon Publishers

  • Crucial Entertainment

  • Curveball Press

  • Cynren Press

  • Damonza

  • Dayelight Publisher

  • Dekker Bookbinding

  • Developmental Texts

  • DropCap

  • DUKEScomics

  • Equanimity Publishing

  • EveryoneCounts.World

  • Exhibitors WINH

  • Fair Moon Publishing

  • Fair Share Publishing

  • Fifth Avenue Press at Ann Arbor District Library

  • Firebrand Technologies

  • First Flight Books

  • Fisher Company, The

  • Fleet of Geniuses

  • Forefront Books, LLC

  • Foreword Reviews

  • Friesens Corporation

  • Fruition Publishing Consierge Services ™

  • FSB Associates

  • Gasch Printing

  • GeniusLink

  • Geological Society of America

  • Gibbs Smith

  • Glass Onion/Bibliomax

  • Global Christian Family Books & Teleion Books

  • Golden Acorn Press

  • GracePoint Publishing

  • Grand Canyon Conservancy

  • Greight Company Limited LLC

  • Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC

  • GPS Group

  • Harvest Creek Publishing & Design

  • Histria Books

  • i30 Media & Lean Media Consulting

  • Imprint Group

  • INaudio

  • Inclusive Media Solutions LLC

  • Independent Publishers Group (IPG)

  • Indigo River Publishing

  • Ingram Content Group

  • Ink & Ivy Press, LLC

  • Inked Elephant Publishing House

  • Insightful Editor, The

  • Iska Press

  • ISTE

  • Jostens

  • KellerINK

  • Kingbird Press LLC

  • Kingery Printing

  • Koehler Books

  • Kuwento Co.

  • Leap Forward Publishing, LLC

  • Legacy Book Press LLC

  • Liberté Press

  • Limestock Press

  • Linden Street Press

  • ​Lucid House Publishing LLC

  • Lulu

  • LMBPN Publishing

  • Mad Cave Studios

  • Madrone Editorial

  • Manuella Press

  • Mark Victor Hansen Library

  • Maple Press

  • Marquis Book Printing

  • MetaComet

  • Microcosm Publishing/WorkingLit

  • Mid-Continent Public Library/Woodneath Press

  • Midas, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Bristol University Press

  • Midwest Independent Booksellers Association

  • Monkey C Media

  • Mynd Matters Publishing

  • Nemaha Ridge Publishing Group, LLC

  • New Harbinger

  • NetGalley

  • NielsenIQ BookData

  • Nine Ten Publications

  • Northern Gate Publishing

  • Northwest Editors Guild

  • O’Leary Publishing

  • Oceanview Publishing

  • Octane Press

  • Olivia Croom Hammerman Design, LLC

  • Olo

  • OnPress Book Printing

  • Ooligan Press

  • Palavie Tapestry

  • Patagonia

  • Path to Publishing

  • Path to Connections/PTP Press

  • Perfect Bound

  • Planting People Growing Justice Press

  • Plumb Creative

  • Podium Entertainment

  • Portland State University/Ooligan Press

  • Powell’s Books Inc.

  • Power Lion Books, LLC

  • Prairie Oak Publishing & Consulting

  • Pro Audio Voices Inc.

  • Protestant Church-owned Publishers Association (PCPA)

  • PublishDrive

  • Publishers Weekly

  • Publishing Partner

  • Publishers Storage and Shipping

  • PubTech Consulting

  • Quills and Cosmos Press

  • Rabata Cultural Center

  • Rattling Good Yarns Press

  • R & R Bindery

  • ReaderBound

  • Red Racer Books

  • Red Wheel/Weiser

  • RPI Print

  • Sambasivan & Parikh

  • She Writes Press

  • She Writes Press & Midnight Editors

  • Shelf Life

  • Sheridan Book Printing

  • Shimmr

  • Skinny Brown Dog Media

  • Sloan-Hoffman Books

  • Soqratic

  • Stafford House Books, Inc.

  • Staircase Press

  • Stillwater Books

  • Stories by Leia

  • Spoken Press

  • StoryBrand and Coach Builder

  • STRATEGIES PR and Zoundy

  • Talkbox Productions

  • Taylor Street Press

  • Technica Editorial

  • Third Coast Publishing Group

  • Thomson-Reuters Core Print Solutions

  • Together Mapalus Press

  • TOKYOPOP

  • Torchflame Books & Top Reads Publishing

  • Total Printing Systems

  • Trajectory Publishing LLC

  • University of Arizona Press

  • University of CA Agriculture & Natural Resources

  • Unfurling Wings Media, LLC

  • Ursa Major Publishing

  • Veromundo

  • Versa Press

  • W. Brand Publishing

  • Waldenhouse Publishers

  • Water Sign Press

  • Waub Ajijaak Press & Foundation

  • Weigley Publications, Inc.

  • Western National Parks Association

  • Whimspire Books

  • Wolfram Media

  • Wondering Willow Books

  • Words to Ponder Publishing Company, LLC

  • World of Books

  • Yorkshire Publishing

    Last update: Apr 14, 2026

Why IBPA Publishing University is Worth Your Time: Hear Three Case Studies from First-Time Attendees

Undecided if you should attend IBPA Publishing University? In this webinar, three indie publishers and first time PubU 2025 attendees, share their publishing journeys and their honest impressions on attending PubU for the first time, what they took away from the sessions and tips for other first timers.  Click to watch!

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