IPA January 2025 Newsletter

IPA NEWSLETTER January 2025 View this email in your browser IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, shares her message for IPA members and the book sector for the year ahead. Read more. Like Follow Instagram LinkedIn Subscribe Copyright Lui Simpson and Catriona MacLeod Stevenson to co-chair IPA Copyright Committee Lui Simpson (AAP, USA) and Catriona MacLeod Stevenson (Publishers Association, UK) succeed Jessica Sänger (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Germany) as co-chairs of the International Publishers Association's Copyright Committee. Read more. Freedom to Publish IPA launches call for nominations for 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire The Geneva-based International Publishers Association (IPA) today launches its call for nominations for the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire for exemplary courage in upholding the Freedom to Publish and enabling others to exercise their freedom of expression. Read more. Cairo and Copyright On 27 January, an IPA team delivered a successful Copyright Seminar at the 2025 Cairo International Book Fair. Read more. IPA at LBF The International Publishers Association will be at London Book Fair holding committee meetings and participating in panel discussions. Read more. IPA Educational Publishers Forum meets in London On 21 January 2025, the IPA's Educational Publishers Forum (EPF) met in London on the fringes of the BETT conference with updates from Korea, the UK and Spain, covering a range of developments including AI and open educational resources (OERs). Read more. WIPO Update: Toolkit, IP Day, Awards, Committees The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has kicked off 2025 with the launch of an updated CMO Toolkit, news about World IP Day 2025, the call for nominations for the WIPO Global Awards and its Committee schedule is also underway. Read more. French Sustainability Drive with 'Responsible Chapters' The Syndicat national de l'édition (SNE) is strengthening started 2025 with a new program for sustainable publishing, based on three concrete and innovative measures. Read more. Spotlight on Gerbera Ediciones of Argentina, Winner of the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) recently sat down with Gerbera Ediciones, the recipient of the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, in the "Publisher" category. Read more (WIPO). Blog Posts The Age of Disinformation Oxford defines the term "Brain rot," which was named the word of the year by the prestigious university, as "The supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging." Behavioural neuroscientist Dr Kyra Bobinet explains the consequences of brain rot as follows. Read more. International Day of Education – appreciating the scale of change At an IPA Educational Publishers Forum meeting on the eve of the 2025 International Day of Education, the diverse range of topics discussed reflected an education environment potentially undergoing its biggest revolution since the introduction of printed schoolbooks. Read more. The Age of Discord I borrowed the title for this article from the illustrious Mexican historian, writer and publisher Enrique Krauze, who delivered the opening keynote address during the 34th International Publishers Congress, held last December in Guadalajara, Mexico. Read more. IPA in the News IPA President Gvantsa Jobava was interviewed by the Syndicat national de l'édition. She was also mentioned in an article by Publishing Perspectives on Book Fairs in Italy and India. Former IPA President Karine Pansa was interviewed by All About Book Publising on her vision and role at IPA. On SDG17 (Partnerships for the Goals), the UN mentioned the SDG Book Club, which is co-organised by IPA. Publishing Perspectives wrote an article on the new co-chairs of IPA's Copyright Committee. This was also covered by The Bookseller. Publishing Perspectives further reported on IPA's Call for the 2025 Prix Voltaire Nominations. IPA's member SNE's new initiative'Responible Chapters' was covered by Publishing Perspectives. Our translated newsletters will be out soon. Check your subscription preferences to make sure you're subscribed! To Come 2025 January 24 January-6 February: Cairo International Book Fair 28 January-9 February: Kolkata Book Fair, India  February 1 - 9 February: New Delhi World Book Fair, India 5-9 February: Lahore International Book Fair, Pakistan March 11 - 13 March: The London Book Fair, London, U.K 19-23 March: Salon du Livre, Switzerland 27 - 30 March: Leipzig Book Fair, Germany 27 March-7 April: Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand 28-29 March: Bangkok Rights Fair, Thailand. 31 March - 3 April: Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy April 11 - 13 April: Festival du Livre de Paris, France  25 April - 11 May: Tunis International Book Fair, Tunisia 25 April - 11 May: Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá, Colombia 26 April - 5 May: Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE Seoul International Book Fair (18-22 June) exhibitors registration open, early bird closes 5 February. See our full book fair listing on our site here. IPA's websites CONTACT US: International Publishers Association 23 Avenue de France CH-1202 Geneva Tel: +41 22 704 1820 www.internationalpublishers.org   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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