E.U. Regulations for the North American Book Supply Chain
By now, EAA, EUDR, and GPSR are probably part of your vocabulary, whether they directly affect your business or not. But the recent and upcoming European directives that impact the book industry don’t end there.
Laetitia Reynaud, Senior Policy & Economic Advisor at Intergraf, and Graham Bell, Executive Director at EDItEUR, will share an overview of addtional, lesser-known legislation that members of the North American book supply chain should keep an eye on.
Featured Speakers
LAETITIA REYNAUD is Senior Policy and Economic Advisor at Intergraf, the European Printing Federation. Intergraf represents the interests of the European graphic industry in Brussels. Laetitia manages the advocacy of Intergraf on policy issues impacting the printing industry, including economic and sustainability aspects. She is also responsible for the economic and statistical information. Laetitia is French and holds a university degree in Economics and a master’s degree in European Economics. Before joining Intergraf in 2012, she held a similar position for 10 years at the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services.
GRAHAM BELL is Executive Director of EDItEUR and is responsible for the overall development of EDItEUR’s standards and the management services it provides on behalf of other standards organizations (ISNI International Agency and the DOI Foundation). He joined EDItEUR as its Chief Data Architect in 2010, focusing on the continuing development and application of ONIX for Books, Thema, EDItX, and on other EDItEUR standards for the global books and serials sectors. Graham is an experienced trainer and speaker. He previously worked for HarperCollins Publishers in the U.K., where most recently he was Head of Publishing Systems.
Presented by BISG, and BookNet Canada's TECH FORUM
Tech Forum, hosted by BookNet Canada, provides educational opportunities for the publishing industry that focus on technology, data-driven approaches, and collaboration in the book industry. Free, live webinars are scheduled monthly from September to June. The recordings from over 15 years of Tech Forum sessions, both from in-person conferences and online webinars, have been compiled in an easy-to-search repository.
BookNet Canada is a non-profit organization that develops technology, standards, and education to serve the Canadian book industry. Founded in 2002 to address systemic challenges in the industry, BookNet Canada supports publishing companies, booksellers, wholesalers, distributors, sales agents, industry associations, literary agents, media, and libraries across the country.
BookNet Canada’s services and research help companies promote and sell books, streamline workflows, and analyze and adapt to a rapidly changing market. BookNet Canada sets technology standards and educates organizations about how to apply them, performs market research, and tracks 85% of all English-language Canadian print book sales through BNC SalesData.
BookNet Canada is industry-led and partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
