IBF Newsflash 70

20 October 2011
  • EIBF General Assembly in Frankfurt - Business dinner , statutory meeting and Google on e-books as a speaker
  • Oren Teicher elected as IBF vice-president in Frankfurt - new council members
  • EIBF conference in 2012 in Frankfurt - book the dates right now: 10 & 11 October 2012

America

  • American Booksellers Association plans its own e-book reader

Europe

  • Uk and Ireland : B.A. starts a campaign in favour of high street booksellers

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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 »

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