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Caribbean Publishing and the COVID-19 Pandemic

At 1pm CEST on Tuesday 7 July, IPA Vice-President, Bodour Al Qasimi talks to Latoya West-Blackwood, Chairman of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected publishers in the region and what the future might hold.

Publishing in Australia and New Zealand: two cases, one region

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On Thursday 2nd July at 1pm CEST, IPA President talks to Lee Walker, President of the Australian Publishers Association and Julia Marshall, President of the Publishers Association of New Zealand about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected publishing in the two countries.

STM Publishing during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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On Wednesday 1st July at 1pm CEST, former IPA President, Michiel Kolman talked to Ian Moss, CEO of STM – the global voice of scholarly publishing – about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected STM publishers and what STM and its members have done to support governments around the world.

African Publishing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

IPA Vice President, Bodour Al Qasimi talks to the Chair of the African Publishers Network (APNET) about the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on publishing in Africa and what the future might hold.

ASEAN publishing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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IPA President, Hugo Setzer, talks to Trasvin Jittidecharak, Secretary General of the ASEAN Book Publishers Association, and founder of Silkworm Books in Thailand, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected publishers in the region and what the future may hold.

Publishing in the USA during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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At 1pm CEST on Thursday 18 June 2020, watch IPA President, Hugo Setzer, talk to Maria Pallante, CEO of the Association of American Publishers about how publishers have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are looking to the future.

From Author to Bookshop: Coronavirus and the Publishing Chain

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the book sector around the world. The Presidents and Chairs of international organisations for authors, publishers and booksellers talk to Publishing Perspectives’ Editor in Chief, Porter Anderson about the impact of the pandemic on the whole chain.

The current situation for publishing in Latin America

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IPA Vice President, Bodour Al Qasimi leads a conversation with José Ignacio Echeverria, President of the Grupo Iberoamericano de Editores about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and what publishers in Latin America are doing to overcome the challenges they face.

IPA in conversation with …

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IPA is launching a new series of interviews with its members and others connected to the publishing industry about the challenges the sector is facing in different regions and what the future might hold.