| |  | | Copyright Round-up:
USA, UK, EU Copyright exhaustion, eLending and the future of platform responsibility in the EU have all been in the news this last month. We have a quick look at the stories and reactions. Read more. | | |  | IPA launches call for nominations for 2022 IPA Prix Voltaire On 11 January 2022, the IPA launched its call for nominations for the 2022 IPA Prix Voltaire for exemplary courage in upholding the Freedom to Publish and enabling others to exercise their freedom of expression. Deadline for nominations is 27 March 2022. Read more. | | | | | International Publishers Association Backs Peruvian Publisher in Defamation Case The IPA supports Penguin Random House Peru, its CEO, Jéronimo Pimentel and the author Cristopher Acosta, following a chilling defamation judgement on Monday 10 January sentencing all three to US$ 100,000 fines, and the CEO and author to suspended two-year prison sentences. Read more. | | | The Freedom to Publish (part 2) In August 2020, French historian Jean-Yves Mollier spoke to us about his book « Interdiction de Publier ». With an award and new Farsi translation in 2021 we caught up with the author and two publishers, Etienne Galliand of Double Ponctuation and Azadeh Parsapour of Nogaam. Read more. | | | SDG Book Clubs continue to grow Earlier this month, the UN Sustainable Development Goals Global Book Club announced the reading lists for SDG 15: Life on Land while the African Chapter announced its lists for SDG 5. Read more. | | | APIF: New podcasts Find out more about the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund with our new podcast series of interviews with some of the recipients. The first two episodes are available to hear and watch. Read more. | | | IPA Annual Report 2021 IPA has published its annual report covering our activities in 2021. From the work of our Committees to the Prix Voltaire, the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, InSPIRe and the preparations for the 33rd International Publishers Congress in Jakarta. Read more. | | | Accessibility: Börsenverein publishes first accessibility guides and launches webinar series The German Booksellers and Publishers Association, in cooperation with Fondazione LIA and the German Central Library for the Blind (DZB Lesen), has published guides on accessibility and announced a series of webinars. Read more. | | | IPA Secretary General addresses Indian book publishing students On Sunday 30 January, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino gave a guest lecture entitled 'Publishing Across the World: A Panoramic View' as the culmination of a three-month long, online course for students from across India, organized by the National Book Trust of India with the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergargh. Read more. | | | IPA takes part in the 'Copyright Roundup' at Mid-Winter Meeting of Association of Canadian Publishers IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke to over a hundred Canadian publishers on 27 January, during the 'Copyright Roundup' session of the annual Mid-Winter Meeting organized by the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP). Read more. | | | IPA Blog: International Day of Education – Publishers constantly adapting to transform education Stephan de Valk, Chair of the IPA's Educational Publishers Forum: The theme for UNESCO's fourth International Day of Education is Changing course, transforming education and the last two years have shown how educational publishers have been able to pivot quickly, changing course, to keep pupils learning. Read more. | | | | On 15 June 1896, the first International Publishers Congress was held in Paris. The International Publishers Congress would later become the International Publishers Association. You can find biographies of past Presidents, an IPA timeline, podcasts and a beautiful mini-documentary as well as a centenary book on our anniversary website: | | IPA in the news President of the IPA, Bodour Al Qasimi, shared her vision for the future of the book industry in a message to publishing colleagues in Turkey, as reported in an article.
The IPA's statement condemning the legal action taken by Peru against the director-general of Penguin Random House Peru, Jerónimo Pimentel, and author and journalist Christopher Acosta, was covered by The Bookseller, Publishing Perspectives, among others.
The launch of the call for nominations of the Prix Voltaire was picked up in Publishing Perspectives, Actualitté, and PublishNews.
The participation of IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi at the Cairo International Book Fair, as well as her meeting with the Arab Publishers Association (APA) and the Egyptian Publishers Association (EPA), was covered in an Sharjah24. Gulf Today covered IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi's meetings with the Association of Slovenian Publishers and the National Book Agency of Slovenia in Ljubljana.
WIPO's Accessible Books Consortium featured a post co-authored by Dr. Michiel Kolman, past President of the IPA and current Chair of its Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, and Rachel Martin, Global Director of Sustainability at Elsevier, highlights their experiences implementing greater accessibility at Elsevier.
Dr. Kolman was also featured in two interviews talking about diversity and inclusion - by Publishing Perspectives on diversity in STM publishing and by Every Effort Matters where he shared his experience and ideas about diversity and inclusion in the publishing sector.
You can read IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi's, latest Medium post on the future of book fairs in English and Arabic. | | We have started trialling biannual newsletters in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to our regular monthly English newsletter. Our second edition will be out this week so sign up for the language edition of your choice by updating your language preferences: https://international-publishers-association.mailchimpsites.com/manage/preferences?u=914a89e2e13ccd381d1c47e5d&id=fc11f8b022&e=d44a4dc75d&c=305febf8f5
The second editions are available here:
Copyright
WIPO - Non-fungible tokens and copyright
Publishers Weekly - Illinois, Rhode Island Introduce New Library E-book Bills
Freedom to Publish
AFP - One year on, justice on hold for slain Lebanese activist Lokman Slim
New York Times - Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.
AFP - Swedish publishers demand China free jailed bookseller
Martin Ennals Award - Pham Doan Trang one of 3 laureates
Industry
Turkish Publishers Association - An Urgent Call for 2022 from the World of Books
Accessibility
Inclusive Publishing: 2021 Annual Review
Sustainable Development Goals
CANIEM: ¿Qué es el Pacto de Editores para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)?
Statistics:
Publishing Perspectives: AAP StatShot: The United States' Publishing Industry Gained 12.2 Percent in 2021
Publishing Perspectives: Italian Trade Jumps 16 Percent in 2021: Fourth Strongest Gain in Europe
Börsenverein: Book Market 2021 Achieves Turnover Growth: "Books are crisis-resilient".
ADEB: Le marché du livre en hausse
Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels : Österreichischer Buchmarkt 2021: Buchhandel setzt erfolgreich Online-Strategie ein! | | February
17 February: InSPIRe Symposium
18 February: EPF 'Virtual Africa'
22 February: APNET Workshop
March
21-24 March: BB Plus and Bologna Children's Book Fair
April
5-7 Aprli: London Book Fair
21 - 24 April: Festival du Livre, Paris
23 April: World Book and Copyright Day
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day - IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future
September
29 September: IPA General Assembly
October
19-23 October: Frankfurter Buchmesse
November
2-13 November: Sharjah International Book Fair
10-12 November: IPA International Publishers Congress in Jakarta
26 November - 4 December: Guadalajara International Book Fair
See our full book fair listing on our site here. | | | | |
