On Wednesday 16 November, in federal court in Brooklyn, USA, an indictment and a complaint were unsealed charging Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering for operating Z-Library, an online e-book piracy website.
On 27 November, the Latin American arm of the IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum held a meeting in Mexico during the Guadalajara Book Fair.
On 17-18 November, IPA’s Portuguese member, APEL, hosted a physical meeting of the EPF which attracted 30 people from over 10 countries including Brazil, Poland, Norway, the UK, Hungary, Spain and France.
In the aftermath of the IPA Congress, on 12 November, a selection of IPA members gathered near the Congress venue in central Jakarta.
Two years ago, on this sad day, our publishing colleague, Lebanese publisher, Lokman Slim was assassinated. Lokman co-founded Dar Al-Jadeed publishing house in Lebanon with his sister, Rasha Al Ameer.
