IPA Newsletter July 2023 - Frankfurt, Book 2.0, Accessibility and more

Find out about IPA's events at Frankfurt, our participation at Book 2.0 in Lisbon, an accessibility focus celebrating 10 years of Marrakesh & more

IPA NEWSLETTER July 2023 View this email in your browser IPA Schedule at Frankfurt Book Fair IPA has published its provisional schedule of events for Frankfurt Book Fair - Sustainability Summit, Open Educational Publishers Forum and more already confirmed.  Read more. IPA partners Book 2.o #The Future of Reading IPA is proud to be a partner of the 1st edition of Book 2.o #The Future of Reading, organised by the Portuguese Publishers and Booksellers Association (APEL). Read more. Like Follow Instagram LinkedIn Subscribe Accessibility Focus 10th Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated at WIPO July 12th, 2023 marked the 10-year anniversary of the landmark Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. Read more. IPA Publishes Spanish Translation of Guide to Marrakesh Treaty for Publishers To mark the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty the International Publishers Association has published a Spanish translation of its guid to the Treaty for publishers. Read more. Call for Nominations: Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023 Publishers demonstrating exceptional leadership and accomplishments in promoting the accessibility of commercial e-books to be recognised. Read more. Tata Consultancy Services signs agreement with ABC Following the agreement with the Accessible Book Consortium, IPA spoke to the Head of the Accessibility Center of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, Dr Charudatta Jadhav, about TCS' commitment to accessibility and the new relationship between TCS and the ABC. Read more. Accessibility Blog Posts 10 years of Marrakesh Hugo Setzer writes this post while returning home from a board meeting of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and the celebration of the Marrakesh Treaty's 10th anniversary at the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, in Geneva. Read more. Supporting an industry-wide shift towards universally accessible reading experiences Arthur Thompson and Martin Klopstock of Kogan Page share their thoughts on the evolution of accessibility following the publication of EPUB3.3. Read more. EDRLab: A digital innovation laboratory for the publishing industry The European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab) is a digital innovation laboratory by and for the publishing industry. We are an international, non-profit development laboratory, working on the deployment of an open, interoperable and accessible digital publishing ecosystem, worldwide. Read more. Informing print disabled readers of ebooks accessibility features Books are playing a major role in spreading ideas, enriching the culture and turning our democracies into flourishing debated places. Informing readers about accessibility features of ebooks is not an easy question to solve. Read more. Other News Booksellers, Authors and Publishers Challenge New Censorship Law in Texas On 25 July, a broad book sector coalition filed suit in Texas, challenging a new law that would require bookstores, book publishers and other vendors to rate millions of books according to vague labels dictated by the state without any process for judicial review. Read more. Book sector metadata – Updates to EDItX Metadata is an important part of the publishing sector. Graham Bell, Executive Director of EDItEUR will share updates on their work on standards. Find out more about the organization and the standards they manage. Read more. Are book returns essential to the book business or is it time to rethink? No one gets to net zero by themselves. We all recognize the need to work together across the entire book value chain to make our processes more efficient, to reduce waste and recycle and reuse. Yet, one curious area of the book business are book returns. Read more. Submissions open for Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023 Submissions are now open for the 18th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Across a range of prizes, the Award celebrates literary, nonfiction and academic works in the fields of humanities and social sciences that engage with Arab civilisation and culture. Read more. Now available for all IPA members and their members on the IPA Academy. Contact your publishers association for your access code. IPA in the News The International Publishers Association and its strong support for the Marrakesh Treaty were mentioned in this article by Publishing Perspectives, covering the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the Marrakesh Treaty held at WIPO. The article also shares the speech delivered by former IPA President Hugo Setzer at the celebration, which is also addressed in this article by Yo También. The IPA and its relationship with WEXFO were mentioned in this interview with WEXFO Director General Kristenn Einarsson by Syndicat national de l'edition. The IPA and the SDGs Publishers Compact were mentioned in this article by University World News. The IPA was also mentioned by AkooBooks Audio's Ama Dadson in an interview with Actualitté. IPA President Karine Pansa's call for upgraded and harmonized data in world publishing is mentioned in this article by Publishing Perspectives. IPA Vice president Gvantsa Jobava's attendance at the Kyiv Book Arsenal was covered in this article by Publishing Perspectives. Former IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi's appointment as the Sharjah Book Authority Chair was covered in this article by Zawya. In Case You Missed It The latest edition of our Spanish newsletter came out in July covering January - June 2023. Arabic and French to come out soon. Make sure you're subscribed! Accessibility PublishNews : Once and ANELE continue adapting textbooks for the visually impaired Booksmarts Podcast: Episode 34: Laura Brady on Accessibility   Copyright Publishing Perspectives : Canada's Crisis Triggers Downsizing at Access Copyright The Guardian: Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully 'ingesting' their books   Freedom to Publish BBC: Met Police's arrest of French publisher abused anti-terror powers - report The Guardian: A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it Barack Obama: Thank You to America's Librarians for Protecting Our Freedom to Read   Statistics Börsenverein : The Book Market in Germany 2022/23: Book industry committed and self-confident in the face of a challenging world and economic situation   Sustainability Scholarly Kitchen: Leadership and Accountability Matter for a Sustainable Publishing Ecosystem PublishNews: AI and sustainability in the publishing sector to be debated at LIBER 2023   Education: The Guardian: 'Put learners first': Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools   Industry FEP: Publishers welcome the balanced assessment and recommendations of the Culture and Education Committee for the European book sector EIBF: RISE Industry Insights research paper on culture vouchers WIPO: The 2023 WIPO Global Awards for SMEs: Winners from China, France, Kenya, Mexico, Singapore, and Slovenia PublishNews: Meet the first LIBER Awards PLS: Tom West Appointed New PLS Chief Executive Wired: Why Generative AI Won't Disrupt Books   Ukraine Velocity of Content: A Book Festival That Matters in Kyiv Börsenverein: Funding project to strengthen cooperation between German and Ukrainian book industries To Come August  Arab Publishers Training - catch up on previous sessions and check for future sessions 4 August: Deadline for nominations - WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023 11-12 August: Indian Publishers Conference, celebration of 50th Anniversary of the Federation of Indian Publishers  30 August - 1 September: Book 2.0 in Portugal   September 4 - 6 September: Forum Edita, Barcelona 12-14 September: PLR International Conference 20 – 22 September: Babelica - international online book fair of independent publishing 27 September: Launch of WIPO 2023 Global Innovation Index 28 Sept. - 1 Oct.- 28th International Book Festival Budapest  October 2 - 5 October: IFRRO World Congress 2023, Reykjavík, Iceland 4 – 6 October: Liber, Madrid 18 - 22 October: Frankfurt Book Fair November 1-2 November: Tokyo Rights Meeting (TRM) 6 – 8 November: WIPO SCCR 44 8-9 November: Kansai Rights Meeting 21 November: IPA General Assembly See our full book fair listing on our site here. IPA's websites About the IPA Established in 1896, the International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world's largest federation of publishers associations. The IPA is an industry body with a human rights mandate, whose mission is to promote and protect publishing and raise awareness of publishing as a force for economic, cultural and social development. Working in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and other supranational bodies, the IPA champions the interests of book and journal publishing at national and supranational level. Internationally, the IPA actively opposes censorship and promotes copyright, freedom to publish (including through the IPA Prix Voltaire), and literacy. CONTACT US: International Publishers Association 23 Avenue de France CH-1202 Geneva Tel: +41 22 704 1820 www.internationalpublishers.org

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