“Develop a book culture first and then the retail culture”
Hachette India’s Managing Director, Thomas Abraham, wrote the fifth of our edited extracts from Publishers on Publishing, which was released during the IPA Congress in New Delhi earlier this year. He talks about disruption and evolution in Indian trade publishing.
IPA in North America
IPA’s President, Vice President and Secretary General followed up on their Asian tour of August with a trip to North America in September. The review of the Canadian Copyright Act, a meeting with senior representatives of IFLA, attending the AAP’s General Assembly plus the SDG Book Club were all on the agenda.
IPA in Japan, South Korea and Singapore
At the end of August, IPA’s President and Vice President continued their tour of Asia with visits to IPA members in Japan and South Korea with IPA’s Secretary General going to Singapore..
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.
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.
Indian Publishing: An Insider’s Perspective
The IPA is very happy to publish a third extract from the book Publishers on Publishing, which was published during the IPA Congress in New Delhi earlier this year.
UAE’s publishing industry: a vision of an avant-garde nation
By Bodour Al Qasimi
When I spoke at Frankfurt Book Fair in October I wanted the audience to understand the core of publishing in the United Arab Emirates and what it means to be an industry leader. But more importantly, I wanted the publishing world to understand UAE publishers and our vision for the future of publishing in our country.
IPA country report: Saudi Arabia
In August 2015 the IPA General Assembly, comprising representatives from across the IPA membership, granted full member status to the Saudi Publishers Association (SPA). This step, according to SPA chief executive officer, Abdulrahman Alhamdan, immediately gave the SPA greater clout at home, and gave fresh impetus to its interactions with the Saudi government — particularly over freedom to publish.
IPA country report: Bangladesh
In October 2015 the IPA General Assembly voted to grant the Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh (ACPAB) IPA membership. It was a move that took the IPA’s reach deeper into Asia via a country where language and the written word underpin the very identity of the nation.
New frontiers
from The Bookseller by Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi. I have always believed in the positive impact that dialogue has on narrowing divides and bringing about sustainable change, and it is for this reason that the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) sought full membership in the International Publishers Association (IPA) soon after its creation.