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The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world’s largest federation of national, regional and specialist publishers’ associations. Our membership comprises 105 organisations from 84 countries in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and the Americas.

Our vision is a world where everybody has the opportunity to create and enjoy content.

Our mission is to promote copyright and the freedom to publish globally.

Six Publishers Shortlisted for 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire

At the Festival du Livre de Paris, the International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced six publishers from Algeria, Belarus, Lebanon, Russia and the USA as the shortlist for the association’s Freedom to Publish prize, the Prix Voltaire.

Action – the watchword at London Book Fair Sustainability Panel

On day three of the London Book Fair, IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava and UN Publications Chief, Mary Glenn looked at the achievements of publishers so far in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the broader importance of publishers in fighting dis- and misinformation.

France: Authors and Publishers Unite in Lawsuit against Meta to Protect Copyright from Infringement by Generative AI Developers

IPA's French member, the Syndicat national de l’édition (SNE – French Publishers’ Association), along with the Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL – French Society of Writers) and the Syndicat national des auteurs et des compositeurs (SNAC – French Authors’ and Compositors’ Association) are taking Meta to Court (3rd chamber of the Paris Judicial Court) for the extensive use of copyrighted literary works, without their authors' and publishers' consent, to train its generative AI model.

The 35th International Publishers Congress

The Malaysian Book Publishers Association is the proud host of the 2026 International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Opinion

James Taylor

Books and Copyright

April 23, 2025

Today is World Book and Copyright Day, the UNESCO day that coincides with the death days of Shakespeare, Cervantes and Garcilaso de la Vega, and...

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, UNESCO, World Book and Copyright Day,

Opinion

Luis González Martín

Literacy: the need of a good marketing for this amazing human technology

April 22, 2025

Last November the GSR Foundation brought together a group of highly qualified experts in the field of reading and literacy. The event, held in Madrid...

GSR Foundation, Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, Literacy

Opinion

James Taylor

Day 5: How Late it Was, How Late

April 12, 2025

The last day of SCCR broke for lunch with all of the agenda business covered and negotiations over the agreed outcomes remaining. Perhaps ominously the...

Artist's Resale Right, Broadcasting Treaty, Exceptions and Limitations, SCCR 46, SCCR46, WIPO

Opinion

James Taylor

SCCR 46 Blog Day 4: Something to Answer For

April 10, 2025

Thursday re-opened in informals, with the plenary session re-opening shortly before midday. Artificial intelligence then took over the day’s proceedings with IPA’s side event followed...

Artificial Intelligence, Catriona MacLeod Stevenson, Exceptions and Limitations, Gvantsa Jobava, Peter Schoppert, PLR, Public Lending Right, SCCR, SCCR46, WIPO

Opinion

James Taylor

SCCR 46 Blog Day 3: Staying On

April 9, 2025

Limitations and exceptions to copyright were the topic for the third day of SCCR46 with discussions in plenary followed by informals. Two side events completed...

Artificial Intelligence, CISAC, Exceptions and Limitations, SAA, SCCR, SCCR46, WAN-IFRA, WIPO

Opinion

James Taylor

SCCR 46 Blog Day 2: The Sense of an Ending?

April 8, 2025

Day two of SCCR 46 was mainly spent with informal discussions over the Broadcasting Treaty. The plenary chamber finally welcomed delegates shortly after 4pm to...

Broadcasting Treaty, Exceptions and Limitations, KEI, Richard Mollet, SCCR, SCCR 46, SCCR46, WIPO

Opinion

James Taylor

SCCR 46 Blog Day 1: The Gathering

April 7, 2025

A sunny, spring morning welcomed delegates to Geneva for the 46th session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related...

African Publishers Network (APNET), APNET, Copyright News, SCCR, SCCR 46, SCCR46, Vanessa Cohen, WIPO

Opinion

Gvantsa Jobava

Celebrating International Children’s Book Day

April 2, 2025

It is wonderful for me to be here at Bologna Children’s Book Fair on International Children’s Book Day. Everywhere I look there are vibrant colours...

Bologna Children Book Fair, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna Prize for Best Children's Publisher of the Year, Freedom to Publish news, Gvantsa Jobava, IBBY, International Children's Book Day

News

IPA Editor

35th International Publishers Congress launches at London Book Fair

March 31, 2025

Congress visual identity and theme revealed at launch during the fair, with second event planned for Bologna Children’s Book Fair....

35th International Publishers Congress, Gvantsa Jobava, IPA President, london book fair

News, Uncategorized

IPA Editor

World Expression Forum announces its “most important conference ever”

March 31, 2025

The World Expression Forum (WEXFO) has unveiled the program and speakers for its annual freedom of expression conference, set to take place in Lillehammer, Norway,...

Norway, The Year of Resistance, WExFo, World Expression Forum

News

IPA Editor

UK Publishers Statement on reports of Meta using LibGen for Training

March 31, 2025

The Publishers Association (UK) issued a statement in March following the publication of an article in The Atlantic on the use of pirated books in...

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Meta, UK, UK Publishers Association

News

IPA Editor

Festival du Livre de Paris to host Prix Voltaire Shortlist

March 31, 2025

Statements from the 2009 Prix Voltaire laureate Sihem Bensedrine and her daughter will precede the shortlist announcement during the session entitled The Book: A Form...