The Independent Booksellers Consortium is a group of booksellers that get together and talk about how to be the best booksellers they can be. Founded in 1993, it is a self-funded, limited-membership organization devoted to sharing ideas and improving its members' business operations.
IBC's current membership consists of twenty-eight companies from across the United States. As of 2024, these stores have been in the bookselling business for a combined 1,350 years.