Publishers, booksellers, authors and researchers from 15 countries met in Oslo on 5-6 March 2015 to explore national experiences with fixed book price systems. A summary paper presents the main talking points and conclusions.
A crucial part of IPA's mission is to inform member associations and the wider global publishing community about breaking developments which will impact publishers. We do this through a number of channels. the IPA website, our monthly e-newsletter, press releases and the IPA's dedicated social media feeds.
At the conclusion of the 30th Congress of the International Publishers Association in Bangkok, IPA Secretary General Jens Bammel announced the following resolutions
Salman Rushdie slams critics of PEN's Charlie Hebdo tribute (27.4.2015)
Amos Yee: YouTube star, teenager, dissident (10.4.2015)
Japan reviews history textbooks for its schoolchildren, and riles its neighbours (10.4.2015)
Naomi Wolf: The fastest way to spread extremism is with the censor's boot (7.4.2015)
Book publishers warn of censorship in Hong Kong (30.3.15)
Clean Reader app, which filters/changes "offensive" language, backs down after writers protest. (30.3.15)
Amos Yee, 17 year-old YouTuber, arrested in Singapore for posting criticism of Lee Kuan Yew (30.3.15)
Smashwords founder Mark Coker explains why the success or failure of subscription services like Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, Scribd and Oyster will have considerable implications for the future of publishing.
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James Taylor
17 March 2023
The chair opened the last day of SCCR43 noting the sense of excitement in the room and the ‘spicy’ discussions around exceptions and limitations.
James Taylor
16 March 2023
Education and research was the opening topic for discussion on day 4 of SCCR 43 with a Presentation on cross-border issues concerning education and research.
James Taylor
15 March 2023
Day 3 of the SCCR was dedicated to the discussion around exceptions and limitations focusing mainly on the preservation toolkit.
James Taylor
14 March 2023
Day 2 picked up from where day 1 left off with Member States asking questions of the facilitators of the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty.
James Taylor
13 March 2023
Hot on the heels of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a different kind of gathering for IPA - the 43rd sitting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in a fine, but cl...
Ana María Cabanellas
27 February 2023
IPA past President, Ana María Cabanellas, shares her first post for the IPA's literacy working group within the Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee.
Karine Pansa
03 February 2023
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.
Karine Pansa
24 January 2023
The theme for UNESCO’s 2023 International Day of Education is ‘to invest in people, prioritize education’. I know what UNESCO Is getting at, but I would argue that their statement could easily be turned around: ‘in order to prioritize education we ne...
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