From the protection of copyright to censorship, taxes, custom duties, the need for digital acceleration and literacy, the association’s president surveys the conditions in which publishers are working.
Stands at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, May 24. Image: ADIBF
‘Our Future Cannot Depend on Paper Publishing Alone’
One of the most astute observers of Arab world publishing, Arab Publishers Association president Mohamed Rashad met with the Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi of Sharjah in January, on her very first official trip as president of the International Publishers Association (IPA). Al Qasimi was opening a series of conference trips that she has continued all spring, and the importance of her selection as Cairo for her first stop was clear in her comments: the challenge and promise of young readers for the international publishing industry.