30 December 2013
The 2013 PA International Conference in London lamented the lack of appreciation for the role of publishers as gatekeepers and lauded the revival of indie booksellers.
LONDON: Publishers the world over face an image problem, according to YS Chi, Chairman of Elsevier and President of the International Publishers Association (IPA). "We are perceived as relics from another era, as dinosaurs," he told delegates at the UK Publishers Association's International Conference in London last week. "We are not seen as the guardians of culture, but the greedy gatekeepers of knowledge. The majority of people do not know what publishers actually do."
