COVID19

A blue sky welcomed back delegates to Geneva for the first face to face WIPO SCCR since 2019....
By signing the International Sustainable Publishing and Industry Resilience Charter, signatories from across the publishing ecosystem – including publishers, booksellers, authors, educators, bookfairs, international reading...
Addressing global stakeholders of children’s publishing, the IPA President commits to prioritise efforts to strengthen culture of reading and support the book industry. ...

The 41st session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place in hybrid format from 28...

The International Publishers Association General Assembly on Monday 23 November was marked by the results of the association’s elections but also featured the publication of...

On the occasion of IPA's 2020 General Assembly, the IPA releases a new report From Response to Recovery: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Global...

On 16 October 2020, the IPA Secretary General José Borghino participated in a panel discussion during the Seoul International Book Fair’s Rights Center’s opening seminar. 

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The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged the book industry worldwide, slashing revenues by up to 80% in some markets.* The easing of restrictions in places has...