World Book Day: leveraging the power of books and reading
Ahead of the World Book Day on 23 April, we are spotlighting national reading initiatives – from long standing ones to recent ones launched during the Coronavirus outbreak – follow #EIBFreads
Bookselling in times of health emergencies
Recent health emergency has prompted policymakers around the world to provide recommendations on how to best protect ourselves from the COVID-19 pandemic – maintaining strict hygiene, limiting unnecessary travel and time spent outside, as well as banning public gatherings.
EIBF appeals to governments worldwide to protect the bookselling industry in these challenging times
The European and International Booksellers Federation issues a following statement:
“Amazon’s market dominance is not a technological problem, but a political one”
EIBF co-President Fabian Paagman participates at the first ever European Book Conference in Brussels
In response to the proposed savings on culture by the Flemish Minister for Culture
Joint statement from the European Writers’ Council, the Federation of European Publishers, the European and International Booksellers Federation, and the European Council of Literary Translators' Associations
EIBF APPLAUDS TRADE UNIONS FOR RALLYING LEADING ADVOCATES AT THE AMAZON SYMPOSIUM
On Monday, 2nd December 2019, the European & International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) was delighted to participate in the first-ever “Symposium on Amazon’s unchecked power”.
Book manifesto published by EWC, EBF and FEP for the European elections 2014 available in German
Manifest für die Europawahlen 2014
EBF, FEP et EWC publient un Manifeste en vue des élections européennes de 2014
Les livres font circuler les idées, nourrissent l’esprit et favorisent la liberté d’expression. Les citoyens
EWC, EBF and FEP publish a book manifesto for the European elections 2014
MANIFESTO FOR THE 2014 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
Licences for Europe- Stakeholders Dialogue, Final Plenary Session
Joint Statement by the European Booksellers Federation, the European Publishers Council, the European Writers Council, the Federation of European Publishers & the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers
On the interoperability of e-books formats
The study was conducted by Professor Christoph Bläsi and Professor Franz Rothlauf of Johannes Gutenberg University, who said: “There is no technical or functional reason not to use and establish EPUB 3 as an/the interoperable (open) ebook format standard.
EBF Contribution to the unfair Trading Practices in the B2B Food and Non-Food Supply Chain in Europe
The full statement can be found in attachment.