Polish Publishers Reveal Lessons Learnt on the Road to EU Membership and Beyond

On the 4th of December SUPRR joined forces with the Polish Chamber of Books in co-hosting a two and a half hour webinar for Ukrainian Publishers called Patterns and Practices of Publishing Activities from Inside the EU – Experiences form Poland The meeting brought Ukrainian and Polish publishers together to discuss what changes the Ukrainian publishing sector might want to undertake as it falls in line with EU practices.

The topics covered by five representatives of the Polish book sector, Sonia Draga, Grzegorz Boguta, Maria Deskur, Magdalena Dębowska, Piotr Dobrołęcki, included legal issues, competition rules, taxes and business practices, copyright laws, licenses and contractual practices; how cooperative promotions can help increase the size of the book market and the role of the media in the book sector.

The webinar was kindly opened by with introductions for Olexsandr Afonin, President of the Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association and Olexandra Koval, Director of the Ukrainian Book Institute.

Eighty nine Ukrainian publishers registered and nearly all attended.