In a pre-recorded panel at the virtual Bologna Children’s Book Fair, A Decade of Diversity in Children’s Books, publishers and creators of children’s books from around the world discussed the history and future of diverse books. Featuring COO of We Need Diverse Books Dhonielle Clayton; publisher of Lee & Low Books Jason Low; author and founder of LovingKindness Boma publishing house, Cote d’Ivoire, Swaady Martin; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Settenove edizioni, Italy, Monica Martinelli; American illustrator and wirter Chris Raschka; Founding director of Rue du monde publishing house, France, Alain Serres and moderated by bookselling and international editor of Publishers […]
Post-Brexit, UK Considers Change to Copyright Laws
Now that the UK has left the European Union, the UK government must decide on its own rules for copyright exhaustion on physical books and other intellectual property. On Monday, the government opened a consultation on whether to institute parallel trade—common in pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods—which would allow for the resale of printed books across borders without publisher permission. Until the end of 2020, once a book was placed on the market in the UK and European Economic Area, the copyright was “exhausted” and authors and publishers had no control over the resale of their book in those countries. […]