The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) is an independent, non-commercial umbrella association of book publishers associations in the

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. FEP represents 29 national associations of book publishers of the European Union and of the

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. FEP is the voice of the great majority of publishers in Europe. The FEP Secretariat is located in

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. The book is the first cultural industry in Europe ( EU and EEA) with an annual sales revenue of book publishers of approximately € 22.4 billion according to a survey conducted by FEP for the year 2019. A total of about 605,000 new titles were issued by publishers in 2019 and approximately 130,000 people are employed full time in book publishing. These figures show the importance of publishing industry in terms of innovation, growth and employment in Europe. The book industry is a key player in the knowledge society and economy and contributes actively to achieve the

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goals.

History

Founded on 19 January 1967 (then called ''Groupement des éditeurs de livres de la Communauté'' - GELC), FEP deals with European legislation and advises publishers’ associations on copyright and other legislative issues. Timeline: 1958 First consideration about monitoring European matters. 1967 GELC (Groupement des éditeurs de livres de la Communauté) founded by Belgian, French, Italian, Dutch and German Publishers Associations. 1973 British, Danish and Irish Publishers Associations join GELC as their countries become member of the European Community. 1981 Greek Publishers Association joins GELC as its country becomes member of the European Community. 1984 GELC secretariat is reorganised to give it a permanent representative with EC officials and directorate generals. 1986 Spanish and Portuguese Publishers Associations join GELC as their countries gain membership of the European Community. 1990 The Federation of European Publishers (FEP)/ la Fédération des Editeurs Européens (FEE) becomes the umbrella organisation representing European book publishers associations, Luxembourg Publishers Association joins FEP. 1992 Austrian and Finnish Publishers Associations join FEP. The Norwegian association also adheres, even though a referendum rejects Norwegian EC membership. 1996 FEP drafts new statutes designed to ensure that candidates associations from Central and Eastern Europe could become members. 1997 FEP 30th anniversary 2002 Hungarian, Cypriot, Czech and Slovenian Publishers Associations join FEP 2003 Lithuanian Publishers Association joins FEP 2004 Polish, Estonian and Icelandic Publishers Associations join FEP 2006 Bulgarian Publishers Association joins FEP 2007 FEP 40th anniversary 2011 Romanian Publishers Association joins FEP 2013 Serbian Publishers & Booksellers Association joins FEP 2014 Latvian Publishers Association joins FEP 2017 FEP 50th anniversary

Membership

The Federation of European Publishers has members from 29 national associations: Austria: Belgium (French): Association des Editeurs Belges Belgium (Dutch): Vlaamse Uitgevers Vereniging (VUV) Bulgaria: Bulgarian Book Association Czech Republic: The Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers Denmark: Estonia: Estonian Publishers' Association Finland: France: Germany:

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (English: ''German Publishers and Booksellers Association'') is a trade association of the German publishing industry, based in Frankfurt. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1948, and merged in 1991 with a simil ...

Greece: Hellenic Federation Publishers and Booksellers Hungary: Hungarian Publisher's and Bookseller's Iceland:

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Ireland: Irish Book Publishers’ Association Italy: Latvia: Latvian Publishers’ Association Lithuania: Lithuanian Publishers association Luxembourg: Fédération Luxembourgeoise des Editeurs Netherlands: Norway: Norwegian Publishers Association Poland: Polish Chamber of Books Portugal: Romania: Federation of Publishers in Romania Serbia: Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Serbia Slovakia: Association of Publishers and Booksellers of the Slovak Republic Slovenia:

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Spain: Sweden: United Kingdom: The Publishers' Association

FEP Board

Mr Peter Kraus vom Cleff, ''President'' CFO of Rowohlt (Germany) Mr Ricardo Franco Levi, ''Vice-President'' President of the Italian Publishers Association (AIE - Associazione Italiana Editori) Mr Benedikt Föger, ''Treasurer'' Managing Director of the Austrian Publishing House Czernin Verlag President of the Austrian Publishers Association (Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels). Ms Catherine Blanche, ''Board Member'' Counsellor International Policy at the French Publishers Association (SNE - Syndicat National de l’Edition) Mr Sakari Laiho, ''Board Member'' Director at The Finnish Publishers Association (Suomen Kustannusyhdistys) Mr Michiel Kolman, ''Board Member'' Publishers delegate at De Mediafederatie (The Netherlands)

List of FEP Presidents

1990-1992: President Alain Gründ 1992-1994: President Pere Vicens 1994-1996: President Volker Schwarz 1996-1998: President John Clement 1998-2000: President Ulrico Carlo Hoepli 2000-2002: President Michael Gill 2002-2004: President Anton Hilscher 2004-2006: President Arne Bach 2006-2008: President Jonas Modig 2008-2010: President Federico Motta 2010-2012: President Fergal Tobin 2012-2014: President Piotr Marciszuk 2014-2016: President Pierre Dutilleul 2016-2018: President Henrique Mota 2018-2020: Rudy Vanschoonbeek 2020- ongoing: Peter Kraus vom Cleff

References

External links

* Publishing-related professional associations {{publishing-stub