Alesha R. Brown to Present at IBPA Boot Camp for Staff of Independent Publishers
Alesha R. Brown, MBA, CEO and Founder of Fruition Publishing Concierge Services®, will present at the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Boot Camp for Staff of Independent Publishers on September 23, 2026.
Her session, “Operational AI: Four Ways to Build a Smarter, More Efficient Publishing Operation,” will move the conversation beyond simply using AI to generate content and focus instead on one of its most powerful business applications: improving the operations behind a publishing company.
Alesha will explore how independent publishers can use AI strategically to strengthen workflows, document processes, reduce repetitive administrative work, improve operational consistency, and increase organizational capacity—while maintaining the human judgment, intellectual property protections, and quality standards that professional publishing requires.
“Most businesses don’t have an AI problem first—they have an operations problem, and AI exposes it faster.” — Alesha R. Brown
What Attendees Will Explore
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify publishing workflows where AI can create meaningful operational efficiency
- Evaluate processes before automating them
- Use AI to support documentation, SOPs, administrative workflows, and internal systems
- Establish appropriate boundaries between AI-assisted work and human professional judgment
- Think beyond time savings when measuring the true return on AI implementation
Alesha’s growing work at the intersection of publishing, operational strategy, intellectual property, and responsible AI implementation is also supported by her ongoing AI consultant certification training and her experience leading a multifaceted publishing and media operation.
Her guiding principle is simple:
Give AI a job description before you give it access to your business.
The future advantage will not simply be having access to AI. It will be knowing where AI belongs, where human expertise remains essential, and how to build stronger operations around both.
Event Details
Event: IBPA Boot Camp for Staff of Independent Publishers
Session: Operational AI: Four Ways to Build a Smarter, More Efficient Publishing Operation
Speaker: Alesha R. Brown, MBA
Date: September 23, 2026
Format: Virtual
From Indie to Enterprise: Build a Sustainable Publishing Business!
Independent publishers and author-publishers often know how to produce books—but building a sustainable publishing enterprise requires more than publishing individual titles.
In this six-part online implementation workshop, publishing strategist and award-winning entrepreneur Alesha Brown will guide participants from scattered publishing activity to a clear 12-month operating plan they can actually use.
Across six live sessions, participants will clarify their publishing business model, identify revenue opportunities, uncover profit leaks, strengthen systems, and make practical decisions that support sustainable growth.
This workshop is designed for independent publishers and author-publishers who are ready to operate more strategically, improve profitability, and build a stronger publishing enterprise.
Workshop dates: Fridays, October 9–November 13, 2026
Time: 10:00–11:15 a.m. Pacific; 1:00-2:15 p.m. Eastern Standard
Investment: $299 for IBPA members | $499 for nonmembers
