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Oh people, pressure surely is up. Skyrocketing spendings on arms and warfare, a crumbling economic outlook and btw, we are burning our planet down.

There are people calling on us to pull ourselves together, become nicely compressed squares. But how can you open your arms when there's no space to breathe?

At Indiecon we raise the flag of compassion. Do we surrender? Or escape? Fight back? Or wiggle through? How do we deal with rising economic, political and societal pressure in our publishing practices?

Let's share strategies and tactics — and an outlook on what keeps us going.

Indiecon is a joint effort of independent magazine, book, art print, zine, newsletter, podcast and website publishers from all over the world. The three-day publishing festival is based at Hamburg’s Oberhafen, a former freight yard now creative quarter right in the city centre.

Founded in 2014, Indiecon has since developed into a regular platform for an international scene of publishers — and become an annual destination for visitors from media, arts, book trade and the creative industries.

In 2026, more than 130 publishers from over 15 German cities (with strong groups from Hamburg and Berlin) and from more than 25 countries — including Australia, Chile, the Philippines Ukraine, the USA, Singapore, Somalia, Hongkong, Nigeria, and many more — exhibit their work at Indiecon.

Indiecon is powered by an ever-growing community of independent publishers who participate as organisers, exhibitors, speakers or hosts for workshops and roundtables. It is put together by brueder coop, a creative cooperative for design, code and content based in Hamburg and Berlin.

We have been deeply involved in digital and printed publications for many years. If you are interested in working with us — or in becoming a supporter of Indiecon — feel free to get in touch!

Indiecon was founded in 2014 by Urs Spindler, Malte Spindler, Martin Kaumanns, Philipp Gieseler and Malte Brenneisen.