IBPA Publishing University 2026

Becky Bayne is an award-winning author and Senior Book Designer & Self-Publishing Expert with more than 30 years of design experience. She is the founder of Becky’s Graphic Design, a structured production studio that manages approximately 25–30 professional book releases annually for nonfiction authors and select children’s book creators.Her book, How to Format a Children’s Book for Self-Publishing, received First Place for Artistic & Technical Book Design from The BookFest and was named a Finalist by American Book Fest.Becky specializes in production systems for independent authors—cover development, interior formatting, metadata structure, distribution setup, and organized Advanced Reader Team execution. She works exclusively in a model where authors retain full ownership and publishing control of their work.In addition to client production, Becky oversees a YouTube educational platform serving more than 10,000 self-publishing students and designers, with technical InDesign instruction led by her studio’s Lead Formatting Specialist, Kayla Snyder.Her focus is on raising professional standards in independent publishing through disciplined production practices and scalable, ethical systems.

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Your “Ask the Experts” consult schedule is:

Fri May 15, 8:45am-9:10am                
Table 7
Group
AI in publishing
Sarah Bean, Book Launchers

Fri May 15, 2:20pm-2:35pm                
Table 6A
One-on-One
Book Reviews
Darcy Piedmonte, NetGalley and Booktrovert