The European Commission is planning to modernize the EU copyright framework "to remove current obstacles, promote rapid digital developments and make copyright fit for the digital age".
In order to decide how to proceed, they have launched a public consultation, open until 5 March 2014.
The IPA calls on the Chinese authorities to immediately release Yao Wentian, a 73 year-old publisher who has been detained without trial since October.
We explored the conditions for publishing in South-East Asia with IPA Board Member, Trasvin Jittidecharak. As she reveals, the overall outlook is positive thanks to favourable macro-economics and demographics, however publishers are experiencing a number of challenges: piracy, threats to copyright and freedom of expression, and an infrastructure & technology shortage which hampers the development of digital publishing.
With publishers keen to boost the “discoverability” of their works and a growing realisation of the power of metadata to improve merchandising, sales and market intelligence, the International Publishers Association today officially announced its support for the THEMA scheme, a new international subject category standard for books and e-books.
Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee talks to Yannick Geens about the European project Every Story Matters.
Happy International Literacy Day!