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FEP and other international book organisations sign an appeal to promote reading among young people

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair: the global book community appeals to international institutions: "Let’s join forces more than ever to promote reading among young people: it is vital to democracy" (…)

FEP Statement - European book publishers condemn the exclusion of three German bookshops from the German Bookshop Award

11 March 2026

The Federation of European Publishers joins the International Publishers Association, our member, the German Booksellers and Publishers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) and the (…)

Press release - Creative sectors need less good sentiments and more enforcement against generative AI

The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) notes the adoption of the non-legislative report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright by the European Parliament today.
The report recognises (…)

FEP statement on the launch of the Digital Education Content Guidelines

The Federation of European Publishers welcomes the launch of “Making informed choices on digital education content: EU guidelines for teachers and educators”, the EU guidelines designed for (…)

PLR International mourns the passing of founder of the PLR International network Jim Parker

The international association Public Lending Right International (PLRI) has heard with great sadness the passing away of the founder of the PLR International network in 1995, Jim (James) Parker. (…)

Press release | The 2025 European Authors Day ends with a record number of 6573 events in 34 Creative Europe countries

From Sweden and Finland to Tunisia and Turkey, from Ukraine and Latvia to Portugal and Italy – an amazingly international celebration of human creativity and reading, live and for real, gathered (…)

Press release | Books and other printed products excluded from EU Deforestation Regulation

Brussels, 17 December 2025
On 17 December, the final act of the European Union Deforestation Regulation was played in the Strasbourg plenary session of the European Parliament. Members of the EP (…)

Press release | FEP among the founding organisations of Public Lending Right International (PLRI)

Geneva, Switzerland, Monday 8 December 2025
On 2 December, Public Lending Right International (PLRI) was established as an international association to bring together lending rights stakeholders (…)

Press release | FEP welcomes the political agreement that excludes books from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament recognised the need to prevent unjustified disruption for the book sector

Brussels, 5 December 2025
FEP welcomes the Council’s and the European Parliament’s representatives for reaching yesterday a provisional political agreement on a targeted revision of the EU (…)

Press Release | FEP welcomes the result of the vote on the EUDR in the EP plenary

The legislators recognised the disproportionateness of the inclusion of books in the scope of the Regulation

Brussels, 26 November 2025
FEP welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the amendment removing all printed products (books, newspapers and magazines) from the scope of the (…)