Presentation by Tim Godfray at the Economic and Social Committee

12 December 2011

Issues at stake for booksellers, Presentation by Tim Godfray, C.E.O. of the B.A. of U.K and Ireland, on behalf of EBF

Hearing on Digital Publishing, Economic and Social Committee, 30 November 2011

EBF Newsflash 245

8 December 2011
  • Communication from the Commission on the future of VAT - some cautious progress on VAT for e-books
  • EBF visit to Cabinet of Commissioner Nelly Kroes on 28 November
  • EBF presentation at the Social and Economic Committee on 30 November on publishing in the digital age
  • Dinner with British MEPS and booksellers association of the UK and Ireland on 30 November
  • Antitrust investigation: Commission opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books
  • Highly successful event for the book trade at the award for European Union Literature Prize on 28 November

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EBF Newsflash 244

19 November 2011
  • Resolution on the modernisation of VAT on cultural digital goods voted by the European Parliament
  • Arrow on the recommendation on digitisation and digital preservation
  • Law on fixed prices for e-books published in French official journal
  • British Booksellers and Publishers Associations launch a shadowing scheme
  • New contact details for the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland
  • Special offer by Nielsen to EIBF members

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EIBF Business Dinner at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: 
Marriott Hotel, Frankfurt

EIBF business dinner took place on Wednesday 12/10 from 7 pm to 10.15 pm in a private room of the Marriott Hotel in front of the Fair Ground.

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EBF contribution to the European Green Paper on the Future of VAT

31 May 2011

EBF believes that any reform of the VAT system should take into account the following principles:

  • The specific identity of the book, both commercial and cultural item, independently of its format
  • The fact that VAT should be neutral in the cost structure of any business and be charged according to EU and national rules
  • The necessity to implement tax policies supporting the ambitious objectives of the Digital Agenda and the EU 2020 strategy.

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EBF, FEP and EWC organised a reading at the European Parliament with the support of Hungarian MEP Edit Herczog

25 May 2011

On 24 May, EBF, FEP and EWC organized a reading in the library of the European Parliament with Noemi Szecsi, one of the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature 2009. Read more »

Professor Hargreaves’s report “A review of Intellectual Property and Growth” correlates the EBF Statement of Principles on Copyright

23 May 2011

The Booksellers Association (BA) of the U.K. & Ireland today welcomed the conclusions and recommendations of Professor Hargreaves' report, Digital Opportunity - A Review of Intellectual property and Growth, which correlates with the BA and the European Booksellers Federation's Statement of Principles on Copyright.
The full report can be found on http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf

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