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IPA at London Book Fair 2025

The International Publishers Association will be at London Book Fair holding committee meetings and participating in panel discussions.

IPA Annual Report 2023-24

The IPA has published its annual report covering its activities to the end of 2024.

IPA welcomes new Committee members and new Committee Chair

Catherine Blache (SNE, France) to Chair the IPA Membership Committee, John McKay (AAP, USA) replaces Matt Stratton (AAP, USA) on the Freedom to Publish Committee, and Paulo Oliveira (Porto Editora, Portugal) to succeed Pedro Sobral (Leya, Portugal) on the IPA Executive Committee following his tragic passing in December.

The 34th International Publishers Congress

The Mexican Publishers Association (CANIEM) is the proud host of the 2024 International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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IPA Editor

UK Creative Industries Campaign Ahead of AI Consultation Deadline

February 27, 2025

Creative industries campaign includes newspapers Make it fAIr front pages, a silent album and more as the head of the Publishers Association declares: The great...

Artificial Intelligence, Catriona MacLeod Stevenson, Consultation, Copyright, Dan Conway, UK

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IPA Editor

IPA At Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025

February 27, 2025

IPA is delighted to be part of a number of sessions at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a patron member of IPA since 2024....

BCBF, Bologna Children Book Fair, Gvantsa Jobava, IBBY, SDG Book Club, Sustainability Summit, women in publishing

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IPA Editor

Democracies Depend on Reading Project Gathers Stakeholders

February 27, 2025

At a meeting in Mainz, Germany on 18 February, the partners of a new project Democracies Depend on Reading, or DemRead, brought together a broaders...

Democracy Depends on Reading, DemRead, Kristenn Einarsson, Ljubljana Manifesto, WExFo

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IPA Editor

Germany: 5th Edition of Freedom of Expression Week

February 27, 2025

Running from 3-10 May 2025 under the motto ‘Argue? Absolutely! The week will see events held across the country with many organised by publishers, bookstores...

freedom of expression, Freedom to Publish, Freedom to Publish news, Germany, Peter Kraus vom Cleff

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IPA Editor

World Expression Forum confirms speakers

February 27, 2025

The 4th edition of the World Expression Forum (WEXFO) has announced renowned lawyer and Muslim feminist Seyrna Ates, Charlie Hebdo editor Gérard Biard, award-winning documentary...

2025 IPA Prix Voltaire, Democracy Depends on Reading, DemRead, Kristenn Einarsson, WExFo

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IPA Editor

W3C – Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0

February 27, 2025

The Accessibility task force of the W3C Publishing Community Group has presented the third draft of the “Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0”...

A11y, Accessibility, Accessibility News, EDItEUR, Metadata, ONIX, W3C

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IPA Editor

Madrid Withdraws the Royal Decree on AI Licenses

February 25, 2025

The Spanish government announced on 28 January it was abandoning its project of implementing an extended collective licence scheme for AI training purposes....

AI training, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Copyright News, Royal Decree, Spain

Opinion

James Taylor

Interview with PASA on SDG Publishers Compact

February 25, 2025

In this interview with the Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA), Sustainability Sub Committee chairperson of PASA, Rob Laing, shares its commitment to sustainability and...

PASA, Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA), SDG, SDG Publishers Compact, south africa, Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion

James Taylor

Signing the SDG Publishers Compact – Princeton University Press

February 18, 2025

I was very happy to be able to ask new IPA Executive Committee member, Christie Henry of Princeton University Press (PUP) about why PUP had...

Christie Henry, IPA Executive Committee, IPA SDG Dashboard, Princeton University Press, PUP, SDG, SDG Publishers Compact, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals

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IPA Editor

IPA Reaction to Attack on publisher and author at Amar Ekushey Book Fair

February 14, 2025

10 February attack on publisher Sabyasachi's stand took place at Bangladesh's biggest book fair due to presence of books by author Taslima Nasrin....

Amar Ekushey Book Fair, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Creative Publishers Association:, Freedom to Publish news, Kristenn Einarsson

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IPA Editor

IPA statement following AI Action Summit

February 12, 2025

The AI Action Summit took place in Paris, France on 10-11 February 2025. Following the publication of the closing Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial...

AI Action Summit, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Copyright News, Intellectual Property, Paris

Opinion

Hugo Setzer

The Trinity of Freedoms

February 11, 2025

Liberté, egalité, fraternité. It is France’s national theme, attributed to Maximilien de Robespierre, at the end of the French Revolution, when the French people sought...