The Booksellers Association has spoken out on the issue of e-books, DRM and a healthy marketplace, following the launch of a lawsuit by independent booksellers in the US.
Three US independents have launched a case against Amazon and the six major publishers, claiming the use of DRM on the publishers’ e-books is specifically designed to limit the use of digital content to Kindle devices.
The Selection Committee of the World Book Capital 2014, made up of the representatives of the International publishers Association (IPA), the International Booksellers Federation (IBF), the International Federation of Library associations and Institutions (IFLA) and UNESCO, met on 5 July 2012 under the chair of Alexis Krikorian (IPA), in order to examine the applications for the nomination of the World Book Capital 2014, in accordance with Resolution 31 C/29, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 2 November 2001.
The city of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) was nominated as World Book Capital 2014 on account of the quality of tis programme, in particular its focus on youth, and the impact it will have on improving Nigeria’s culture of books, reading, writing and publishin to improve literacy rates.
Report to the mission on how to support the French bookselling sector, at the initiative of former Minister for Culture, Frédéric Mitterand (in French).
Soutenir la librairie pour consolider l’ensemble de la chaîne du livre : une exigence et une responsabilité partagée.
On Monday 21st of May, Ari Doeser outgoing Director of the Royal Dutch Booksellers Association (Koninklijke Boekverkopersbond), outgoing Member of the board of EBF and IBF, received the prestigious Donner Prize 2012.
This Prize is awarded every five years to a personality who proved outstanding dedication to the book sector in the Netherlands.
Ari Doeser was selected in reason of his long and successful career as Director and Member of the Board of the Dutch BA, the Dutch book token association and the Service and consultancy office for bookshops, and for his commitment to the book sector as a whole.
and in memory of Jan Hendrik Donner who was the first president of the BA.