The International Publishing Association released data indicated the UK lead the world in new titles published per capita and export revenue in 2013.
Q&A with Richard Charkin, Future IPA President
Richard Charkin, CEO of Bloomsbury and future president of the International publishers association, on copyright, authors and international rights.
“The Majority Do Not Know What Publishers Actually Do”
The 2013 PA International Conference in London lamented the general lack of appreciation for the role of publishers and lauded the revival of indie booksellers.
A True Princess of the Publishing Industry
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded the Emirates Publishers Association and pushed for it to become a full member of the IPA. Here, she explains it was so important.
Kiwis Consider Future of Publishing, US is But One Template
Our report from Publishing for the Future”PANZ conference in Auckland demonstrates how digital disruption has left no part of the globe untouched.
Vietnam’s “Scrap Paper” Publishing House Wins IPA Freedom to Publish Award
By Edward Nawotka Today at the Buenos Aires Book Fair, the IPA Freedom to Publish Committee and the Board of the IPA have named Bui Chat, a poet and leader of Giay Vun Publishing House (Giay Vun translates as “scrap” or “waste” paper), as winner of the 2011 Freedom to Publish Award. Bui Chat is the pen name of Bui Quang …
IPA and Egyptian Publishers Assoc. Call for Authorities to Respect Freedom to Publish
By Edward Nawotka The Board of the International Publishers Association (IPA) met in Paris yesterday and together with the 423-member strong Egyptian Publishers Association (EPA), issued a joint declaration calling on Egyptian authorities “to respect freedom to publish, to investigate the murder of journalist and publisher Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, and to allow the establishment of an independent Cairo book fair, …
Do Books Need a Warning Label to Ward Off Pirates?
By Edward Nawotka In our lead story today about the IPA Copyright Symposium held in Abu Dhabi this past Sunday and Monday, Marybeth Peters, register of copyrights, Library of Congress in the United States said that public perception of copyright is eroding and that publishers need to “engage” readers so that “copyright is seen as a good thing” and “not …
Strengthening Copyright Protections in the Middle East
By Edward Nawotka ABU DHABI: “Copyright is the legal principle that expresses society’s respect for authors and publishers, and protects the commercial interest in their creation,” said, Herman P. Spruijt, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA), at the IPA Copyright Symposium which took place this past Sunday and Monday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “It is at the …
IPA Freedom to Publish Chair on China
On Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Norwegian publisher Bjorn Smith-Simonsen, in his capacity as chair of the International Publishers Association’s Freedom to Publish Committee, suggested that one of the first potential steps toward resolving the issue of censorship in China was to encourage the Publishers Association of China [PAC] to join the IPA: “They [PAC] could eventually become a …