Press Releases

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

Press Release from our member in the UK and Ireland

4 October 2011

BA urges government action to protect bookshops

04.10.11 | Lisa Campbell

High street bookshops need help from the government if their presence there is to continue, the c.e.o. of the Booksellers Association has said. Read more »

Nielsen special offer to EBF and IBF Full and Associate Members

14 June 2011

Nielsen Book is a key supplier to booksellers around the world providing one consistent source of data for English-language books. The  range of information services that Nielsen offers is : Read more »

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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EBF/IBF Annual Conference in Brussels and Antwerp

21 June 2010

Brussels, 18th June 2010 – 45 Booksellers and representatives of Booksellers’ Associations’ from the 5 continents met during the past 2 days in Brussels to discuss trends in the book industry, to exchange views on the adaptations made necessary by digitisation, to hear how other industries were coping with new business models and to learn how to play an active role in the EU decision-making process. Read more »

EBF part of consortium selected to organise European Union Prize for Literature 2010

6 January 2010

PRESS RELEASE

Brussels, 06.01.2010

The European Booksellers Federation (EBF), the European Writers' Council (EWC) and the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) are delighted to announce that they have been re-appointed by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, as the consortium to organise the European Prize for Literature (EUPL) to be awarded in November 2010 to emerging authors from 11 countries participating in the EU Culture Programme.
The countries selected for 2010 are: Read more »