Today in Paris, 21 January 2015, the EIBF is launching its #mynextread campaign. Bringing together booksellers in the EU and beyond, #mynextread is a multi-faceted campaign entirely developed at the initiative of EIBF aiming to energize the retail book sector and inspire a new generation of readers. Social media are where we are. And #mynextread is where bookshops and social media meet.

“Read what you want, when you want, in whatever format you want” is the #mynextread message. The goal is to promote access, choice and sustainability within the book trade.

Booksellers and readers have been put at the heart of the campaign and #mynextread is for them.

All booksellers, on an individual basis, are invited to join the campaign. Participation is free, and EIBF provides participants with free templates and personalized bookmarks with bookshop logos, bags and
tee-shirts with the form available http://eibf-booksellers.org/links

Readers are invited to spread the word through their social media accounts.

Available on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram #mynextread accounts only ask to be fed by users’ reading experiences.

The formula is simple: take a selfie of your next read, share it online and spread the word!

So, what will be your next read? Share it on #mynextread.

The #mynextread campaign will help to equip EIBF to engage with EU decision makers in working
towards maintaining a vibrant bookselling sector in a dynamic, culturally diverse world.

Spread the word!

For further information: info@europeanbooksellers.eu
Or visit: www.mynextread.eu

La fédération européenne des libraires, – EIBF – a présenté sa nouvelle campagne #mynextread à Paris.

Fédérant les libraires de toute l’Europe et du monde entier, #mynextread est entièrement centré sur les réseaux sociaux ; la campagne est mise en place par l’EIBF afin de dynamiser l’image de la librairie et d’inspirer une nouvelle génération de lecteurs. Facebook, Twitter et Instagram offrent à #mynextread un espace où la librairie et les médias sociaux apprennent à s’apprivoiser.

“Pour que chacun puisse lire ce qu’il veut, quand il veut, dans le format de son choix “ est le message de #mynextread,

#mynextread est ouvert à tous : lecteurs et libraires sont au cœur de la campagne et invités à s’y rencontrer.

Tous les libraires de tout type et de toute provenance géographique y sont bienvenus et la participation est gratuite.
EIBF met effet gracieusement à disposition des libraires participants des modèles de marque-page, sacs et tee-shirt qu’elle se propose de personnaliser sans frais aux couleurs des librairies participantes, via le formulaire disponible sur http://eibf-booksellers.org/links

Pour les lecteurs, le principe est simple: prendre un selfie avec son livre, partager la photo en ligne et se passer le mot!

Disponibles sur Facebook, Twitter et Instagram les comptes #mynextread ne demandent qu’à vivre au travers des expériences de lecture et de partage des internautes

La campagne #mynextread se veut un outil moderne grâce auquel EIBF entend renouveler l’attention des instances européennes sur le secteur de la librairie, garant et reflet de la diversité culturelle européenne.

Alors, quel est votre prochain livre ? Partagez-le sur #mynextread.

Et surtout, passez-vous le mot!

Pour plus d’informations: info@europeanbooksellers.eu
Ou rendez-vous sur: www.mynextread.eu

John McNamee’s funeral took place today in PortLaoise in the presence of a considerable crowd.

EIBF was represented by Françoise Dubruille, Director, and Tim Godfray, CEO of the Booksellers Association of the UK & Ireland, and Member of the EIBF Executive Committee.

John was born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and moved to the Republic of Ireland early on in his career. He opened his first bookshop in Portlaoise, Laois Educational Supplies, in 1986 and a branch in Newbridge in 1988.

John won the admiration and respect of everyone with whom he worked. He was an indefatigable champion of bookselling and the promotion of reading.

In 1992 he joined the Irish Branch as a committee member and subsequently served as Secretary and Chairman of the branch. Between 2001 and 2003 he was the Irish co-ordinator of World Book Day activities and maintained his involvement in World Book Day in the years that followed.

He worked with Irish publishers on many children’s book festivals and ran a very successful children’s festival in County Laois for more than 6 years. He was involved in the launch of the “Buy a book for your local hospital” national campaign.

He was a member of the Council of the Booksellers Association of the UK & Ireland between 2002 and 2011.

John was elected President of the Laois Chamber of Commerce in 2005-2006 and in 2008, he opened the Eason bookshop in Portlaoise.

His European career took off in 2004, when he very successfully organised the memorable joint EBF-IBF conference in Killarney. He was then elected President of the European Booksellers Federation in 2005, a
position that he held until April 2014.  As president of the EBF, John never spared his energy in promoting the interests of booksellers and championing the role of the bookshop in the local community.  He made representations on behalf of the bookselling community in many European countries and beyond, including the US and Australia.  John McNamee will be remembered as a dedicated bookseller and dynamic advocate of the bookselling trade.

He was someone who was determined to make a difference and who inspired his colleagues with his
professionalism and enthusiasm.

EIBF director Françoise Dubruille said:

John McNamee led with passion, energy, and infectious commitment. He is a great loss to our industry. I have received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls in the last two days expressing the sadness and sympathy felt by so many who worked with him over the years. These messages are greatly appreciated by the bookselling community and we hope that they will bring some consolation to his family. Everybody misses a valued colleague and a good friend. We will cherish his memory and, in the sorrow of his passing, we take solace in recognising the contribution that he made to the business that he loved

It is with deep sorrow that Kyra Dreher, Fabian Paagman and Jean-Luc Treutenaere, Co-Presidents of the European & International Booksellers Federation
– EIBF – announce the sudden death, on 4.01.2015, of John McNamee, past President.

John Mc Namee was President of the European Booksellers Federation from 2005 to April 2014.

In that time he won the admiration and respect of everyone with whom he worked. He was an indefatigable champion of bookselling and the promotion of reading.

John was involved with World Book Day over many years and worked tirelessly to bring children to the joy of reading.

A local developer, he connected with people and organisations right across the community from schools to sports clubs to retirement homes, and beyond. He believed in the power of entrepreneurship and in the vital importance of engaging in the life of local society. This vision is what drove him.

Those who worked with him quickly knew that here was someone determined to make a difference.  As president of the EBF, John never spared his energy in promoting the interests of booksellers and championing the role of the bookshop in the local community. John McNamee will be remembered as a dedicated bookseller and dynamic advocate of the bookselling trade.

EIBF director Françoise Dubruille said:

John Mc Namee led with passion, energy, and infectious commitment. He is a great loss to our industry. I shall miss him not only as a valued colleague but as a dear friend.

The EIBF community extends its deepest sympathy to his wife Betty, his son Eoin and family and his daughter Mary.

We will cherish his memory and, in the sorrow of his passing, we take solace in recognising the contribution that he made to the business that he loved..

C’est avec un profond chagrin que Kyra Dreher, Fabian Paagman et Jean-Luc Treutenaere, co-présidents de l’European & International Booksellers Federation doivent vous annoncer le décès soudain, le 4 janvier 2015, de John McNamee, le précédent Président.

John McNamee a été président de l’EBF, European booksellers Federation, de 2005 à Avril 2014.

Pendant toute cette période, il a gagné l’admiration et le respect de tous ceux avec qui il a travaillé. C’était un défenseur infatigable de la librairie et de la lecture.

John a été impliqué pendant des années dans le World Book Day et a inlassablement œuvré à faire connaître les joies de la lecture à tous les enfants.

En tant qu’entrepreneur local, il était en relation avec les équipes et les organisations de toute sa communauté, des écoles aux clubs sportifs, jusqu’aux maisons de retraite et bien au-delà ! Il croyait aux
valeurs de l’entreprise et à l’importance vitale de l’engagement dans la vie civile. Cela a toujours été son principal moteur.

Tous ceux qui ont travaillé avec lui ont rapidement compris et apprécié sa détermination à faire la différence. En tant que président de l’EBF, John a toujours dépensé une énergie folle pour défendre les intérêts des libraires et promouvoir le rôle des librairies dans les communautés locales.
John McNamee restera dans nos mémoires comme un libraire impliqué et un soutien dynamique au commerce du livre.

La directrice de l’EIBF, Françoise Dubruille a déclaré :

John McNamee était un meneur d’hommes plein de passion, d’énergie et complètement impliqué dans ce qu’il faisait. C’est une grande perte pour notre industrie, il me manquera, non seulement en tant que collègue, mais aussi en tant qu’ami.

Jean- Luc Treutenaere, co-président a rajouté :

John était non seulement un grand connaisseur de tous ses dossiers, mais c’était aussi quelqu’un qui mettait de l’humain dans toutes ses actions et qui ne perdait jamais le sens de l’essentiel : pour lui, le livre n’était pas qu’un métier, mais aussi un moyen de rendre les hommes meilleurs. Je suis fier d’avoir été son collègue et son ami.

Tous les membres de l’EIBF se rejoignent pour exprimer leur profonde sympathie à son épouse Betty, son fils Eoin et sa fille Mary.

Nous gardons sa mémoire et, dans le chagrin de son départ, le souvenir de son action nous éclaire encore.

Françoise Dubruille
Directrice

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Google, Amazon, and Apple are among the least transparent multinationals in the world, worse than Russian state-owned energy companies Gazprom, and Rosneft, according to a report published today (5 November) by anti-corruption campaigners.

The US tech giants scored less than three out of a possible ten in the Transparency International ranking, which rates the 124 firms on the Forbes list of the world’s largest publicly traded companies.

Transparency International, an influential, global civil society organisation, said 90 of the companies on the list do not disclose taxes paid in foreign countries. 54 of the multinationals, together worth more than US$14 trillion (about €11.2 trillion), give no information on their revenues in other countries. The information is needed, especially in developing countries, to ensure companies are paying the taxes they should, where they should.

Multinationals are marked on their reporting of overseas financial information, data about their subsidiaries and holdings, and disclosure of their anti-corruption measures. The final score is an average of the three factors taken into account.

Seven of the best performing multinationals are from Europe. Italian oil and gas company Eni came top with 7.3, followed by the UK’s Vodafone (6.7). The worst are from China, with the Bank of China propping up the list with a single point.

IBM got 2.9, with Apple taking 2.7, the same as Visa, Petrochina and US banking and financial services corporation Citigroup.

Google scooped just 2.2 out of ten. But Amazon had with just 2 points, putting it on a par with the communist-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Shenhua Energy Company.

That was still better than the lowest ranked US multinational, Berkshire Hathaway. The holding company,
whose CEO and largest shareholder is Warren Buffett, scored just 1.6 points.

Russian oil behemoth Rosneft nabbed a comparatively respectable 4.2, while Gazprom got 3.5, the same
score as Microsoft.

In the chart below, showing the 13 worst performers, the first coloured column represents anti-corruption programmes, the second organisational transparency and the third country-by-country reporting.

Read the report on Euractiv here

The European and International Booksellers Federation held its statutory General Assembly at the Frankfurt Book Fair today.

As announced in London in April  and further to the resignation  of John Mc Namee as President, the European and International Booksellers Federation held elections and elected Dr. Kyra Dreher, Managing Director of the Retail Booksellers Committee, Boersenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (DE), Fabian Paagman, CEO of boekhandel Paagman in the Hague (NL) and Jean-Luc Treutenaere, President of the SDLC – Syndicat des distributeurs de produits culturels and Director of External Affairs at Cultura (F)  as  Co-Presidents of the EIBF.

Said Kyra Dreher:  “I am confident that our triumvirate is a winning formula: at a time where the book industry is undergoing spectacular changes, we need all energies and skills available for looking after booksellers’ interests. I am really thrilled to work with Fabian and Jean-Luc as two professional and successful booksellers.”

Fabian Paagman declared “With Kyra and Jean-Luc, we represent three strong book markets in Europe.  This is very positive for the EIBF to have access to such rich know-how coming from different book markets and varied sales channels.”

Jean-Luc Treutenaere added: “I am convinced that the diversity of our backgrounds and the richness of our respective experiences is an asset for EIBF. I feel strongly committed to the task I am undertaking with Kyra and Fabian and I have no doubt we will be a dream team.”

Oren Teicher, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, remains Vice-President in charge of International Affairs.

Matthieu  de Montchalin, owner of “L’armitière” in Rouen (F) and President of the French Booksellers Association (SLF) as well as Jane Streeter, owner of The Book Case,  Lowdham, UK,  and former President of the BA U.K & Ireland, have been elected Members of  the Executive Committee”

For further information, please contact EIBF Director Fran Dubruille on +32 475 40 32 34

There is nothing more important for everyone in the book industry than to continually broaden consumer access to books – in whatever format readers choose. In a world that is changing rapidly – all of us – authors, publishers, booksellers, distributors, agents, librarians, etc. – have an obligation to work together to ensure that nothing interferes with the ability of consumers to read what they want, when they want, in whatever format they want. At the same time, it is important to recognise and to acknowledge that despite all the quantum leaps forward in technology, physical places – bookstores and libraries – remain the best places for consumers to discover books.

The Book Charter sets out the fundamental principles guiding our policy objectives and priorities, along with two indispensable principles to be remembered always: Public funds need to be used to continue the support of public libraries, and public policies need to promote a competitive business environment.

Read and download The Book Charter in attachment.