We explored the conditions for publishing in South-East Asia with IPA Board Member, Trasvin Jittidecharak. As she reveals, the overall outlook is positive thanks to favourable macro-economics and demographics, however publishers are experiencing a number of challenges: piracy, threats to copyright and freedom of expression, and an infrastructure & technology shortage which hampers the development of digital publishing.
The IPA spoke with Peter Phillips, Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, about the current upheaval in academic and educational publishing, trading conditions worldwide, the future for open access, new customer expectations and the market outlook for 2014 and beyond.
It isn't easy being a science-fiction publisher in one of the most conservative societies in the world.
IPA President Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi spoke about the transformation of the e-book market at the 79th IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Singapore.