Books are often a child’s first glimpse of the outside world. It is undeniable that every child should be able to benefit from the power of reading. Later the same month Qasimi addressed “The role of publishing in the global refugee crisis.”Īs the present global refugee crisis continues to outpour, with migrants fleeing war from across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, it is safe to say that another-equally damaging crisis-has also been quietly unfolding especially for children refugees a crisis of literacy. I have tremendous faith that it is only a matter of time until the populations and economic trends in emerging markets will change the face of the global publishing industry as we now know it.Ĭan Emerging Markets be the Answer to Global Readers’ Quest for New, Fresh Content? Just a decade ago, emerging publishing markets, such as the Middle East, Africa and Asia, have played a relatively modest role in the global publishing industry, especially in terms of content. Today, and thanks to the growth in both translation and technology, I can see the potential for them to occupy a much more important one. In early September Qasimi wrote a post on Nasher titled, “Can Emerging Markets Be The Answer To Global Readers’ Quest For New, Fresh Content?” I’ll do so with reference to two recent articles by Qasimi on the Arab publishing news site Nasher. Check out this recent IPA interview with Setzer by way of example.įor that reason, and with no disrespect to Setzer, I propose to focus here on Bodour Al Qasimi, as the lesser-known name outside of the IPA, to show why I’m excited by what the IPA will achieve over the next five years. Hugo Setzer brings a Latin American perspective to the IPA, and his track record speaks for itself. Progress can’t happen without you, and I look forward to discussing how we can work together to move the IPA and the publishing industry forward.Īt which point let’s lay the press release to one side and consider the bigger picture. There are emerging industry issues that need to be addressed, freedom to publish injustices that deserve our collective attention, and publishers requiring our support to uphold their intellectual property rights. I have never been more hopeful about our industry than I am today and what can be achieve together with IPA member support tomorrow. It is my mission to make sure IPA brings that message to policy makers worldwide. We entertain, we educate, we bring curated scientific information to those who need it. ![]() We work to make a better world by bringing the creations of countless authors to as many readers as possible. It is a great privilege for me to be elected as President of the International Publishers Association. Kolman’s presidency has seen remarkable strides by the IPA to embrace diversity, equality and to shift the IPA focus away from the safe houses and towards the much-neglected emerging markets, and we see some of that in the official statements of the two successors. It is important that IPA’s leaders will now be gender balanced and show off the diversity of our organisation. Their commitment to IPA’s pillars, Freedom to Publish and Copyright, have been proven again and again. These are two people from different regions with great experience of the industry as publishers and within national, regional and international associations. The election of Hugo Setzer and Bodour Al Qasimi as President and Vice President of the IPA is great news for the future of IPA. The event will mark only the second women VP in the IPA’s history, and the first Arab tenureįor the IPA, outgoing president Kolman said, The International Publishers Association met at Frankfurt this week to appoint the next president and vice president of the organization.Ĭurrent IPA president Michiel Kolman ends his two year tenure on December 31 and will be succeeded by current vice president Hugo Setzer, who will hold the post for two years until December 31 2020, at which point it’s a given Bodour Al Qasimi will succeed to the IPA throne and a new VP will move into her seat.
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