We explored the conditions for publishing in South-East Asia with IPA Board Member, Trasvin Jittidecharak. As she reveals, the overall outlook is positive thanks to...
With publishers keen to boost the “discoverability” of their works and a growing realisation of the power of metadata to improve merchandising, sales and market...
The IPA spoke with Peter Phillips, Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, about the current upheaval in academic and educational publishing, trading conditions worldwide, the...
Hungary's Parliament has adopted a law to nationalize the school textbook market. From 1st September 2014, a state-owned body will create and publish school books...
As WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights met in Geneva to discuss exceptions for libraries and archives, the International Publishers Association's Secretary General,...
It isn't easy being a science-fiction publisher in one of the most conservative societies in the world.
...In a bid to bolster the province's book industry, Quebec's Minister of Culture has proposed to table a bill for a fixed book price (FBP)...
IPA Executive Committee members Ana María Cabanellas and Hugo Setzer and IPA Policy Director José Borghino attended the latest meeting of the Grupo Iberoamericano de...
On 2nd December, Turkey's government introduced a law bringing VAT on e-books into line with print.
...IPA participated in and jointly funded a November 14-15 conference in Lima, Peru entitled "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age:...
The IPA Freedom to Publish Prize is awarded every 2 years for exemplary courage in upholding freedom of expression and freedom to publish.
...The IPA's latest Global Publishing Statistics reveal that readers spend an estimated €114 billion on books per year, with the six largest markets (US, China,...
The French Publishers Association (SNE) has produced a comprehensive economic study of the French publishing market, available to view <a title="French publishing market study" href="http://prod.internationalpublishers.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/statistiques-2013-france-marche-2012.pdf"...
Ola Wallin, the IPA's new Freedom to Publish Committee Chair, has highlighted Turkey's failures to protect freedom of expression and freedom to publish, calling attention to...
This year meeting was moderated by Graham Taylor, Chair of the IPA's Educational Publishers Forum.
...This year Anti-Piracy Breakfast, hosted by the International Publishers Association, the Association of American Publishers and The Publishers Association (UK) was moderated by Jens Bammel,...
Delegates to the IPA General Assemby elected Richard Charkin (Executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK) as Vice-President for a one-year term.
...IPA President Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi spoke about the transformation of the e-book market at the 79th IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Singapore.
...Incheon was named as the "World Book Capital 2015" at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting, which as held recently at UNESCO's Paris headquarters.
...The WIPO Marrakesh Treaty references many other WIPO treaties and principles that have long been established and are hereby strengthened.
...The International Publishers Association (IPA) has published a policy paper outlining the publishing industry perspective on Open Educational Resources (OER).
...At the latest hearing of the trial of Ragip and Deniz Zarakolu, which concluded on 7 June, no defendants was released.
...IPA organised its first ever international education conference in conjunction with the London Book Fair, on 17 April 2013.
...From 18 to 28 June 2013, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will negotiate an international copyright treaty to improve access to books for persons...
Book lovers all over the world will celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April.
...The 2014 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize will be awarded during the 30th IPA Congress to be held in Bangkok on 25-27 March 2014.
...In Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, the US Supreme Court decided on 19 March 2013 that the "first sale" doctrine applies to copies...
IPA found widespread censorship in Nigeria, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. In submissions to the UN Human Rights Council, the IPA recommended ways to support the governments...
IPA recognizes EPUB 3 as a preferred standard format for representing HTML and other web content for distribution as single-file publications.
...President Zuma has withdrawn his claim for compensation and an apology against cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”).
...IPA launched from Frankfurt on 10 October 2012 the 2012 Global Map of Publishing Markets to visualize how publishing markets outside of Europe and North...
Launched in November 2010, the TIGAR Project continues to accelerate. The aim of the TIGAR project is to increase the number of accessible books available...
Port Harcourt was named as the "World Book Capital 2014" at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting, which was held on 5 July 2012...
Yerevan was named as the “World Book Capital 2012” at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting, which was held on 2 July 2010 at...
On 14 June 2012 the 29th IPA Congress ended with a celebration of freedom of expression by the 2012 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize winner...
The same day, IPA's LIBS Committee launched the third edition of its annual global survey on VAT on books and e-publications.
...Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro ("Zapiro") has been named the recipient of this year's IPA Freedom to Publish Prize for his exemplary courage in upholding freedom to...
Book lovers all over the world celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April.
...Joint Press Release of the International Publishers Association and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association Publishers Strike Major Blow against Internet Piracy Geneva, 15 February...
At the end of the IPA Board Meeting held at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva on 23rd January 2012, IPA President YoungSuk "Y.S." Chi announced that...
On 18 January 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Golan v Holder, a key public domain case, questioning whether the US Congress had acted...
In its first report on the freedom to publish conditions in Vietnam, IPA concludes that the screening of books is a complex, opaque, at time...