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EBF Newsflash 257

10 May 2012
  • EU collapse is a 'realistic scenario says President of European Parliament, Martin Schulz
  • US: Authors' Guild is suing its former partner- Google - for scanning books without permission
  • Nobody Seems to Understand What Jeff Bezos is Doing. Does He?
  • LG's Flexible E-ink Screens to Show Up in Onyx Boox eReaders 
  • U.K. PA published Statistics Yearbook 2011 of publishers' sales: consumer ebook sales increased by 366% in 2011
  • EIBF  G.A. AND CONFERENCE IN FRANKFURT ON 10 & 11 OCTOBER  - BOOK THE DATES

  • COMMISSION PROPOSES NEW VAT RULES FOR VOUCHERS
    The European Commission proposed (10 May) to update EU VAT rules to ensure the uniform tax treatment of all types of vouchers across all Member States.

  • THE CASE FOR COPYRIGHT REFORM ACCORDING TO THE PIRAT PARTY
    Legalized file sharing, shorter protection times for the commercial copyright monopoly, free sampling and a ban on DRM. 

  • COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON THE DIGITISATION AND ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY OF CULTURAL MATERIAL AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION
  • UK: BA UPS E-BOOK PLATFORM TALKS
    The Booksellers Association's talks with e-book platform providers have intensified after meetings at the London Book Fair, as the trade body looks to facilitate an e-reader and e-book platform for independent bookshops. 

  • FRANCE : WHAT THE  INCOMING PRESIDENT PROMISED TO DO FOR THE BOOK TRADE
    François Hollande committed himself to bring down VAT on paper books to its previous rate, 5,5% (instead of 7%).

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Debate with Boualem Sansal, Martin Schulz, a.o

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Brussels, Centre for Fine Arts / Hall M

Europe and the Arab spring

By the time the Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in the autumn of 2011, the elation generated by the Arab Spring had already given way, in at least some Arab countries, to a certain disillusionment. The period has, nonetheless, changed how power is exercised in that part of the world and has led to an increased awareness within society of political issues. Read more »

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EBF Newsflash 256

26 April 2012
  • LATEST POSTS ON TWITTER
    EIBF Secretariat strongly encourages its Members to become followers of EIBF.
  • EIBF  G.A. and CONFERENCE IN FRANKFURT ON 10 & 11 OCTOBER  - BOOK THE DATES
    The annual conference is now taking place in turns in London (last year), Frankfurt (this year) and New York (next year).
  • ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLUCTAL PROPERTY RIGHT - REVIEW OF DIRECTIVE
    On 26 April EBF Director attended a conference organized by DG Internal market in association with the Danish Presidency on the enforcement of Intellectual Property rights.

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EBF supports the ACTA treaty

17 February 2012

Over the past two weeks, we have seen coordinated attacks on democratic institutions such as the European Parliament and national governments. As companies, associations and citizens, we stand against such attempts to silence democratic institutions. Instead, we call for a calm and reasoned assessment of facts instead of misinformation.  This considerate reaction is more important than ever at times when many outside of Europe doubt the ability of the European Union institutions and its Member State governments to act together.
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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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