IPG Partners with Batch for Books

Independent Publishers Group has partnered with Batch for Books, a payments system intended to simplify the invoicing process for indie bookstores. Moving forward, IPG will send invoices to Batch, which aggregates all invoices into a single portal. Booksellers can also make single payments through Batch for multiple invoices, and Batch will separate and send payments back to IPG and other participating distributors or publishers. The Batch portal is free for indie booksellers to use.

"It’s great to welcome IPG to Batch as part of their commitment to working with the independent bookselling community to help them to sell more books," said Fraser Tanner, CEO of Batch. "Batch is dedicated to working with bookstores and publishers to create efficiencies and reduce costs. IPG is joining the growing group of vendors who are stepping forward to improve and streamline the business of bookselling.”

"For indie bookstores, Batch streamlines invoices, reduces data entry, and frees up time for other priorities like selling books! All for free. If every bookstore signed up, then every publisher signed up, Batch could change the industry," added Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association. "There’s always a reason not to do it, but participating is a vote for the future you want to see in the industry. This is the kind of innovation, efficiency, and technology that indie bookselling needs.”

The partnership went live for mutual customers of IPG and Batch on October 1.