Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) and the 17000 Pulau Imaji Foundation (YTPI) in Indonesia organized the first Jakarta Content Week (Jaktent) which brought together different creative sectors: publishing, literature, film, intellectual property, design, artificial intelligence, music, culinary, and many more. Jaktent was scheduled to take place in Jakarta, from 11-15 November 2020. While this event had […]
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The Singapore Book Bazaar 2020 would be officially launched on Friday 27 November at 12:00pm with the event streamed live on SBPA’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/sbpa.sg), with an opening speech by Mr Max Phua, SBPA President and Managing Director of World Scientific. During the launch event, there will be a joint book launch by two publishers: […]
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The 2020 IPA Congress that was supposed to be in Lillehammer was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPA has decided that the congress will be held again in 2022. Jakarta was announced to be the host. Read the article from Publishing Perspectives here: https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/09/international-publishers-association-names-jakarta-its-33rd-congress-city/?fbclid=IwAR3fcSPmoo9Tj0DOAdW-4XXVu3HMIehDc2JF8Yc6hwldiKv7joS9PIniseA#.X1lnF8BP8st.facebook
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian publishers have come out strongly against e-book piracy, which they say is becoming very widespread on e-commerce platforms. The Malaysian Book Publishers Association said it had received many reports from publishers that their books, magazines and comics were being pirated and sold online. “This is very damaging to authors and publishers. We […]
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International Publishers Association (IPA) President, Hugo Setzer, talks to Trasvin Jittidecharak, Secretary General of the ASEAN Book Publishers Association, and founder of Silkworm Books in Thailand, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected publishers in the region and what the future may hold. Trasvin talks to Hugo about the extremely diverse nature of the 10-country […]
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