Publishing with IngramSpark, with guest Robin Cutler

Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)

Robin Cutler, Director of IngramSpark, discusses ways that publishers can use print-on-demand technology to launch their business and achieve distribution quickly.

Topics include:

• how IngramSpark can help the small publisher manufacture and sell
• using IngramSpark and CreateSpace
• printing internationally
• indies vs the Big 5
• full-service options for advanced indies
• the state of the ebook market
• is print dead?
• short-run color printing
• what's in Ingram's future?

To find out more about IngramSpark, go to http://www.ingramspark.com/

Participants

As the Director of IngramSpark at Ingram Content Group, Robin Cutler is committed to helping independent publishers easily get their content into the hands of readers around the globe. To help make this happen, she leads the development of IngramSpark and continues to support and refine the platform to better serve independent publishers around the world. She is a leader in the independent publishing space, and when not developing new programs and services for IngramSpark, she can often be found sharing her expertise at industry events around the world.

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.