| |  | Publishers Welcome Court's Affirmation on Case Against Internet Archive Court upholds judgement finding Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement, rejecting Archive's fair use arguments. Read more. | |  | French Court Blocks Z-Library Domains In September 2024, the Paris judicial court ordered the blocking by ISPs of some 98 domain names for the Z-Library website, which contains millions of pirated books and copyrighted articles from across all publishing sectors. Read more. | |  | E-Lending Has a Negative Effect on Book Sales, Study Shows A study was done on behalf of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) in their pursuit of fair conditions for e-lending in libraries. This research filled an important gap relevant to discussing the matter with empirical evidence. Read more. | | |  | Januškevič Publishing House Receives AAP International Freedom to Publish Award Belarusian publisher, now operating from Poland, recognised for courage defending freedom of expression. Read more. | |  | Booksellers research paper focuses on Bookshops, Censorship and Freedom of Expression On 15 September, International Day of Democracy, the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) published their RISE Industry research paper, with this edition focused on Bookshops, censorship and Freedom of Expression. Read more. | |  | Association of American Publishers (AAP) file amicus brief on Sexual Content Law Six associations filed an amicus biref on Sexual Content Law, challenging Texas' House Bill 1181, pointing to the negative effects for booksellers and libraries. Read more. | | | | |  | Register Now! IPA Copyright Webinars Series of webinars features high-level expert speakers and includes two sessions on artificial intelligence with another on enforcement. The webinars are open to IPA members and their members. Read more. | | | IPA signs MoU with Latin American Development Bank (CAF) to support reading At the Sao Paulo International Book Fair, IPA signed an agreement with the Development Bank for the Caribean and Latin America (CAF). The initiative will work on initiatives to promote reading as part of an Ibero-American movement. Read more. | | | IPA Announces Shortlist for the 2024 IPA Innovation in Publishing Award Four-strong shortlist includes innovations in sustainability, sector start-up programmes, marketing and recruitment, with the winner to be announced at the 34th International Publishers Congress in December 2024. Read more. | | | IPA President Highlights at the São Paulo International Book Fair IPA President, Karine Pansa, was involved in a number of sessions during the professional days prior to and during the São Paulo International Book Fair. Highlights included sessions on literacy, sustainability and diversity as well as meetings delegations from Canada and China. Read more. | | | IPA Secretary General in Berlin for Arab Book Fair From 30 August to 1 September, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino participated in the second annual Arab Book Fair in Berlin, Germany. Read more. | | | Sheikh Zayed Book Award Welcomes Applications for Translation Grant The award, one of the world's leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture, is now welcoming applications from international publishers for its Translation Grant scheme. This initiative facilitates the translation and publication of award-winning Arabic literature into any language. Read more. | | | IPA Secretary General at International ISBN Agency's Annual General Meeting in Paris. On 23 September, IPA Secretary General José Borghino participated in a meeting of the International ISBN Agency's Board. Read more. | | | EDItEUR Series: Metadata meeting new business challenges EDItEUR's Graham Bell looks at how the ONIX framework can get extended to meet new business challenges. Read more. | | | IPA Member SBVV celebrates 175th anniversary IPA's Swiss German member, the Schweizer Buchhandels- und Verlags-Verband (SBVV) celebrated on Saturday 21 September 2024 its 175th anniversary in the Swiss city of Winterthur. Read more. | | | Congress Countdown – Engaging on Literacy Gwantsa Jobava: IPA's President recently signed an MoU with the Latin American Development Bank (CAF) to increase reading and literacy in the region. Reading is a huge part of the 34th International Publishers Congress taking place in Guadalajara from 3-6 December, where you can learn more about different initiatives around the world. Read more. | | | Congress Countdown – Publishers Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals through 1000 Actions Hugo Setzer: The United Nations General Assembly is in full swing with Member States discussing the Summit of the Future, and challenging each other on how they can re-ignite the drive towards the 2030 target for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more. | | | Act now: SDGs in the spotlight in the countdown to the IPA Congress Rachel Martin: As heads of state from the 193 members of the United Nations gather for the UN's General Assembly (UNGA) the focus is firmly on sustainable development. But these aren't just discussions for world leaders in New York, publishers can also play their part. Read more. | | | Australian Publishers Association Releases Sustainability Survey Results Rachel Martin: The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has published the findings of its inaugural Sustainability Survey, offering insights into the environmental practices of the publishing industry. Read more. | | | From January 2025, Gvantsa Jobava and Giovanni Hoepli will take office as president and vice-president of the IPA respectively. Several media have covered the election results such as ActuaLitté, Publishers Weekly, Giornale della Libreria, Ansa, Publishing Perspectives, Rynek Ksiazki, Publish News, Il Libraio and Nasher News.
IPA announced its 2024 Publishing Innovation Award shortlist, as covered by Publishing Perspectives. The winner will be announced during the 34th Congress in Mexico.
Melissa Fleming, United Nations under-secretary-general for global communications, will participate as a Keynote speaker at IPA's congress in Mexico. It is hoped that the insights from the congress will be brought to the upcoming UN Summit of the Future. Publishing Perspectives reports.
IPA's statement on the Internet Archive Case was included in an article published by Publishing Perspectives.
IPA was quoted in an article by Publishing Perspectives covering Censorship and Book Bannings in the USA.
Richard Charkin, former IPA president, wrote an article on the upcoming 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair from October 16-20. IPA will be present.
Bodour Al Qasimi, former IPA president, was mentioned in an article by Publishing Perspectives. Her initiative, PublisHer, announced the planning of a first North American event. | | | The latest edition of our Spanish newsletter, covering January - June 2024, is out! Our Arabic and French newsletters will be out soon. Check your subscription preferences to make sure you're subscribed! | | | 2024 October
1 - 3 October: LIBER Feria Internacional del Libro, Barcelona
16 - 20 October: Frankfurt International Book Fair, Germany
November
6 - 7 November: Fifth Annual Tokyo Rights Meeting, Japan
15 Nov: Deadline for Fellowship Program in Thailand
27 Nov - 1 December: Salon du Livre de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
29 Nov - 8 December: Kochi International Book Festival, India
30 Nov - 8 December: Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico
December
3 - 6 December: 34th International Publishers Congress
2025
January
20-21 January: Educational Publishers Forum Meeting, London
23 January TBC: Cairo International Book Fair
February
1 - 9 February: New Delhi World Book Fair, India
March
11 - 13 March: The London Book Fair, London, U.K
27 - 30 March: Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
31 March - 3 April: Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
See our full book fair listing on our site here. | | | | |
