New edition of EIBF Insights
Winter 2022 edition of EIBF Insights now available Welcome to a new edition of EIBF Insights, our quarterly newsletter dedicated to sharing news from the EIBF world and the wider bookselling industry.
EIBF: The voice of booksellers
The European and International Booksellers Federation is excited to reveal new logo and branding, highlighting the organisation’s commitment to its members and the sector
LIBER: A joint effort to boost Swiss bookshops’ sales
Patrick Schneebeli, President of the LIBER Association, spotlights a recent initiative from the Swiss book trade: LIBER bookshop vouchers
Despite challenges, French booksellers mark one of the best year in sales
EIBF co-President Jean-Luc Treutenaere and EIBF Board members Anne Martelle and Nina Stavisky explore the opportunities and challenges on the French bookselling market in 2021
Launch of the SDG 15 reading list
Discover the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Book Club recommendations on SDG15, focusing on sustainably managing forests, combatting desertification, and reversing land degradation SDG15: Life on Land
Central European Bookselling Markets: what we can learn from 2021 figures
Analysing the preliminary sales figures from the past 12 months, we take a closer look at nine bookselling markets in the central Europe
EBF contribution to the European Green Paper on the Future of VAT
EBF believes that any reform of the VAT system should take into account the following principles:
Contribution of EBF to the consultation regarding the application of the Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
Although booksellers are not usually the rights holders, they support the concept of the enforcement of copyright as passionately as authors and publishers. Furthermore, in reason of the shift to digitization and new digital business models, booksellers will de facto guarantee the proper enforcem
Copyright – EBF Statement of Principles
Although booksellers are not usually the rights holders, they support the concept of copyright as passionately as authors and publishers.
Joint EBF and FEP Contribution to the European Commission Consultation on the future EU Culture Programme
Joint EBF and FEP Contribution to the European Commission Consultation on the future EU Culture Programme
EBF Contribution to the Consultation on Future EU Culture Programme
In its contribution, EBF underlines that booksellers are both commercial entities, employing over half a million people in Europe, and cultural agents, providing the public with unbiased, reliable and informed advice and promoting literacy and reading – the funda
CAMPAIGN AGAINST CULTURAL FLAT RATE
A proposal to apply what its sponsors called a “cultural flat rate” was defeated recently in the European Parliament.