Welcome to ISD
ISD is dedicated to providing expert, full-service distribution and marketing services for publishers of scholarly and specialist books and journals. We combine sales, marketing, fulfillment, print knowhow, metadata expertise, customer support, and market intelligence to connect scholarship with readers, libraries, booksellers, and institutions throughout North America and beyond.
We are uniquely engaged with the sales and marketing of the books, eBooks and journals that we handle, and we are constantly refining and developing how we approach the market. All major selling outlets are well covered and our conference exhibit and marketing outreach is second to none. ISD’s friendly and knowledgeable team maintains regular contact with customers, client publishers and service partners.
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Selected titles from ISD
Technical Studies of Asian Art
Proceedings of the Seventh Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
Images of Anonymous Women
A Semiotic Approach to Image-Text Relations in Interpretation of Ancient Near Eastern Art and the Hebrew Bible
Volume 310
2 parts
Catuvellaunia and Rome: Economic and Political Relations during the Final Decades Pre-conquest
The Role of Grain from Southeastern Britain and Its Potential for Maintenance of the Roman Military along the Frontier on the Rhine
Making and Meaning in the Bronze and Iron Ages
Chronology, Landscapes and Societies across Europe. Proceedings from the METALAGES2024 Colloquium (Florence, 23 October 2024)
Archaeological Excavations at Irmis Rka: An Investigation of a Multi-Layered Settlement in Southwest Georgia
Results from the 2020 Season: Early Bronze Age to Medieval Occupations
Seeking Wisdom, Embracing Compassion
A Philokalic Commentary on Tsong kha pa’s ‘Great Treatise’
Volume 11
Leaflets & Catalogues
Forthcoming Conferences
October 29 - October 31, 2026
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference 2026
Venue: Chicago, ILNovember 18 - November 21, 2026
ASOR Annual Meeting 2026
Venue: Chicago, ILNovember 21 - November 24, 2026
Middle East Studies Association 2026
Venue: Boston, MANovember 21 - November 24, 2026
AAR / SBL Annual Meetings 2026
Venue: Denver, CODecember 20 - December 22, 2026
Association of Jewish Studies Annual Meeting 2026
Venue: Philadelphia, PAJanuary 7 - January 10, 2027
Archaeological Institute of America / Society of Classical Studies 2027
Venue: Boston, MAFebruary 2 - February 5, 2027
American Psychoanalytic Association National Meeting 2027
Venue: Washington, DCMarch 4 - March 8, 2027
American Society for PreModern Asia 2027 Annual Meeting
Venue: Chicago, ILMarch 11 - March 13, 2027
Renaissance Society of America 2027 Annual Meeting
Venue: Philadelphia, PAMarch 18 - March 21, 2027
Association for Asian Studies 2027 Annual Meeting
Venue: Boston, MAApril 7 - April 11, 2027
Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting 2027
Venue: Indianapolis, INApril 16 - April 18, 2027
American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting 2027
Venue: Baltimore, MDMay 2 - May 8, 2027
American Institute of Conservation 2027 Annual Meeting
Venue: Albuquerque, NMMay 13 - May 15, 2027
International Congress on Medieval Studies 2027
Venue: Kalamazoo, MIJuly 5 - July 9, 2027
Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 2027
Venue: Sofia, BulgariaJuly 18 - July 23, 2027
International Congress of Egyptologists 2027
Venue: Paris, FranceNews from ISD
Spring Conference Season Highlights
: June 20, 2026
This spring, the ISD team exhibited at six major scholarly conferences across North America, connecting with librarians, faculty, researchers, conservators, and publishing partners across a wide range…
ISD Welcomes Regions in Flux
: May 15, 2026
ISD is pleased to welcome Regions in Flux to our growing community of scholarly publishers. Regions in Flux is dedicated to documenting and promoting some of Egypt’s lesser-known archaeological and he…
ISD Welcomes The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society
: May 1, 2026
ISD is pleased to announce a new print and digital distribution partnership with The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society (MIAS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the study and understanding of…
