Inspiring Words from Industry Leaders: Interview with Hugo Setzer, The International Publishers Association
Inclusive Publishing has embarked on a series of interviews with industry leaders and their approach to accessibility. In August 2018 they interviewed IPA VP and Manual Moderno CEO, Hugo Setzer.
Global Copyright Enforcement Forum
Following a successful rebrand last year, the Global Copyright Enforcement Forum returns to Frankfurt Book Fair.
IPA Freedom to Publish Focus at Göteborg and Frankfurt Book Fairs
IPA will keep the spotlight on the Prix Voltaire in the coming months partnering an event at Göteborg Book Fair in September and with our own panel at Frankfurt Book Fair in October.
Beijing International Book Fair Report
IPA’s Vice-President, Hugo Setzer, attended the Beijing International Book Fair, on a trip where he will also travel to Seoul and Tokyo to catch up with IPA’s President, Michiel Kolman, and join him visiting our members there.
IPA President and Secretary General attend IFLA World Congress
IPA President, Michiel Kolman, and Secretary General, José Borghino, attended the 84th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) of the International Federation of Library Organisations and Institutions (IFLA).
Ghosh: Publishers have the role of an educator
Asoke Ghosh, The IPA’s longest serving Executive Committee member, wrote the fourth of our edited extracts from Publishers on Publishing, which was released during the IPA Congress in New Delhi earlier this year. A founder member of the Federation of Indian Publishers, he shares his views on the future of the Indian publishing industry.
Freedom to Publish in Malaysia: IPA Secretary General kicks off seminar series in Kuala Lumpur
On 27 August, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, was invited to headline the inaugural event in a seminar series on the subject of Freedom to Publish for the IPA’s Malaysian member, the Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA).
Publishers at WIPO seminars at Lima Book Fair and in Kuala Lumpur
Over the summer WIPO held seminars in Peru and Malysia. IPA helped ensure publishers were present to discuss ‘Managing Copyright in the Publishing Industry in the Digital Age’ and the ‘Marrakesh Treaty’.
Pierrat: Fake news laws are the latest to restrict freedom of expression
IPA interviewed Emmanuel Pierrat, a French lawyer specialising in freedom of expression and President of the French PEN Club about his book Codification of Freedom of Expression (Code de la liberté d’expression, Anne Rideau Editions), released in France in April 2018. We talked to him about the book and the links between well-intentioned laws and restrictions on freedom of expression.