In nine months, the new international SDG Publishers Compact has attracted its first 100 commitments to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Italy Published 7,289 Kids’ Titles in 2020
The Association of Italian Publishers participates in Monday’s Bologna Book Plus conference and shares 2020 book publishing and rights sales data from Italy.
Richard Charkin: The International Publishers Association’s 125 Years
‘As we become ever more interdependent,’ Richard Charkin writes, the IPA is uniquely positioned to ‘protect, support, and nurture’ publishing.
WIPO Will Present Its 2021 Accessible Publishing Award at Frankfurter Buchmesse
In its new partnership with Frankfurt, the World Intellectual Property Organization will award its Accessible Publishing honor on October 20.
The UK’s Publishers Association Releases Its New Diversity Report
The fourth annual diversity survey of British publishing shows progress in women’s leadership, slower movement in BAME employment.
Exclusive: A New Year Opens With Bodour Al Qasimi’s IPA Presidency
This week, Bodour Al Qasimi begins her term as the second woman president of the International Publishers Association in more than 50 years.
Exclusive: Wiley’s Jay Flynn on the Hindawi Acquisition
Wiley announces a head-turning $298 million acquisition of Hindawi that Jay Flynn says can help ‘drive the global research community forward.’
IPA’s Hugo Setzer on His Term as President: ‘So Many Different Viewpoints’
The outgoing president of the International Publishers Association talks about the completely unexpected second half of his term.
Coronavirus Worklife: Elsevier’s Michiel Kolman in Amsterdam
Since the COVID-19 onset, Michiel Kolman says, Elsevier’s workforce has found a new sense for its work’s importance–and for belonging.
International Publishers Association Events at the 2020 London Book Fair
The International Publishers Association is engaged in several presentations at London Book Fair on diversity, copyright, and the freedom to publish.