The Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (Spanish publishers association) has undertaken a survey into the country's publishing market, surveying over 300 publishing firms in order to build a comprehensive report which tracks publisher revenues, average book price, best-performing genres, share of digital and much more.
Our colleagues at the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL) have produced a comprehensive report on market conditions for publishing in Canada.
Legal deposit schemes, which require publishers to submit copies of books and journals to a national library, is considered a vital part in preserving a country's cultural heritage.
The IPA, along with the International Booksellers Federation (IBF), the International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA) and UNESCO, have awarded the title of World Book Capital 2016 to Wroclaw, in Poland.
Close scrutiny showed a more complex but also more positive answer for both the UK and US.
IPA D&I envoy, Michiel Kolman interviews Elsevier’s Simon Holt and Springer Nature’s Kirsty Bone about their experiences of having a disability and working in the publishing industry. This is a long but fascinating read.
October and the first days of November were again very busy, with visits to four different countries and three book fairs in the course of three weeks.