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FEP co-signed open letter: Cultural sectors call on European governments to...
FEP joined a group of 110+ pan-European networks in signing the second open letter to reiterate their call to the national governments and the European Commission to "Make culture central in the EU...
View ArticleOne Year After: FEP published a new report on effects of the pandemic on...
On Friday, 26 March, FEP published a new report on the consequences of the Covid-19 crisis for the book market in Europe, giving insights into the situation one year into the pandemic. The report is...
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FEP at Börsenverein's Woche der Meinungsfreiheit
In the framework of Börsenverein's Woche der Meinungsfreiheit, FEP partners up with the initiative and FEP President Peter Kraus vom Cleff will interview MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Group of the...
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Upcoming webinar: Text and data mining – is the answer to the machine in the...
Date: 3rd June from 11.00 to 12.30 CESTOrganised by FEP and EDRLab, with the participation of the European Commission and the European Parliament, this webinar will discuss the challenges to provide a...
View ArticleEUPL 2021 laureates have been announced
On 18 May the 13 new laureates for the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) have been announced! This year, the participating countries are Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Iceland,...
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FEP open position paper on technical specifications for ebooks for the...
The Federation of European Publishers represents 29 national publishers' associations, gathering books, learned journals and educational content, in all formats. FEP is the voice of European...
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FEP-IFRRO-EWC-EVA event on digital education on 16 June
Together with IFRRO, EWC and EVA, FEP is organizing an event on digital education on 16 June from 10-11:30 CEST.In this second edition of the Re:Start Conversations session the focus will be on...
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International support for Hungarian publishers facing new censorship
Ahead of the General Affairs Council meeting on 22 June, which will review what is the status of “the values of the Union in Hungary”, IPA, FEP and EIBF have jointly written to Commission President von...
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FEP joins EIBF to ask for a more ambitious Digital Markets Act (‘DMA')
FEP joins EIBF to ask for a more ambitious Digital Markets Act (‘DMA')FEP has partnered with EIBF The European and International Booksellers' Federation for the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA') proposal for...
View ArticleCopyright
FEP is active on European initiatives and discussions related to copyright, which is core to publishers' activities and to the sustainability of the overall publishing sector. The protection of...
View ArticleEducation
FEP follows initiatives and discussions that affect the educational publishing sector. Though education is an area in which the EU has no legislative power, modernisation of education is high on the...
View ArticleTaxation
After the Directive (EU) 2018/1713 entered into force at the end of 2018, a wave of adoption of reduced rates of VAT on digital publications followed across Europe; made possible by the Directive. Up...
View ArticleAccessibility
Offering the chance to all citizens to have access to the books we publish is now made easier by appropriate technology developed together by representatives of the Visually Impaired Persons' community...
View ArticleTrade
The EU is a major trade power due to the importance of the European Single Market and therefore concluded, or is negotiating, trade agreements with countries and regions all around the world. These...
View ArticleGeo-blocking
FEP closely follows the discussions around geo-blocking, as it directly impacts the commercial sustainability of European publishers. Geo-blocking primarily designates the practice of limiting access...
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FEP annual Rendez-Vous at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021
As every year, FEP organised its traditional Rendez Vous at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The event took place on the 21 October 2021, from 12.30 till 14.30.Peter Kraus vom Cleff, FEP President, introduced...
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Press Release: FEP “back together” at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Last year, at lunch time on the Thursday of Frankfurt Book Fair, FEP members and colleagues sat in their “home offices” as the annual Rendez-Vous of the Federation of European Publishers took place as...
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Book's Face 15
Welcome to Book's Face! You will here discover the world of publishing through our various portraits.Below is the fifteenth issue, introducing Niels 't Hooft, Co-founder of Tech startup Immer and...
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Press Release: Council reaches political agreement on VAT rates reform – All...
The Federation of European Publishers wishes to warmly welcome the General Approach reached today by the ECOFIN Council on the proposed Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards rates of...
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