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The Italian Publishers Association

Founded in 1869, AIE is the oldest Italian trade association. For more than 150 years, it has represented and protected Italian publishers of books, scientific journals and digital content at both the national and international level. It constitutes an up-to-date observatory on the panorama of reading, the publishing market, cultural and educational consumption - from school to university - essential to the country's growth. Publishers represented by AIE make up over 90% of the Italian book market.

President is Innocenzo Cipolletta, while Managing Director is Fabio Del Giudice. 

AIE is divided into four publishing groups: Trade publishing, Small publishers, Educational, Academic and professional.

AIE is one the founders of Confindustria Cultura Italia. It takes part in several committees and working groups set up by main national institutions, with the aim of enhancing book publishing, promoting books and reading, protecting copyright and triggering innovation and professional growth in the publishing market. 

At the European and international level, AIE contributed to the founding of IPA (International Publishers Association) and FEP (Federation of European Publishers), and currently plays an important role in both associations. AIE is also a member of ABPTOE, EDItEUR, EDR-Lab, ISBN International, IDF and Readium Foundation..

AIE’S SUBSIDIARIES

  • Ediser, the company providing services to the publishing industry
  • ISBN, AIE is the Registration agency for the Italian language area
  • mEDRA, European DOI registration agency
  • Giornale della libreria, the trade magazine of the Association, published both in electronic and print format 
  • #ioleggoperché, a social campaign that helps school libraries grow
  • Più libri più liberi, the national Fair dedicated to small and medium sized publishers
  • Fondazione LIA, a non-profit foundation set up by AIE with UICI - Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti that promotes the culture of accessibility in the publishing field 
  • CLEARedi, it manages some reproduction rights of works published by its member

 

Studies and Research
May 2025
The performance of the adult and children's book market in Italy in the first four months of 2025 in terms of value and copies sold in trade channels (chain bookshops and online stores, independent bookshops, large retailers), with an in-depth analysis of the best-selling genres. The data was presented at the 2025 Turin International Book Fair.
March 2025
Readers yes, but occasional, not very passionate and distracted by smartphones and tablets. In the 0-14 age group, counting both reading printed and digital books, listening to audiobooks, online storytelling platforms, apps, in Italy 99% of the population reads. Printed books alone (illustrated included) are read by 96%, a significantly higher percentage than the 68% of the Italian population over the age of 15. These are the data presented at the 62nd edition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair.
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Latest news
Figures for the first four months of the 2025 market were presented at the Turin International Book Fair.
16/05/2025
The data from the fourth edition of the AIE's Kids Observatory, dedicated to the reading habits of children and young people, was presented in Bologna.
31/03/2025
On Monday 31st March at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, AIE (Italian Publishers Association) will present the fourth edition of the Kids Observatory ‘Reading among today's 0-14 year olds’.
19/03/2025
The 62nd edition of Bologna Children's Book Fair returns to promote dialogue between the main players in the world of publishing, around the themes that most urgently demand the industry’s attention today and guide its choices.
10/03/2025
On 31st March in Bologna, AIE (the Italian Publishers Association) will present the fourth edition of the Kids Observatory on reading among 0-14 year olds today.
25/02/2025
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Our activities

AIE carries out many activities to safeguard the publishing profession and its development. More specifically:
 

Government relations

AIE represents publishers’ interests in the following areas: taxation, Copyright and other book-related legislation, and reading promotion.

AIE assists its members by providing legal and fiscal advice, drawing up agreements, and providing real-time information on relevant issues.

For over 20 years AIE has been offering courses, seminars and webinars to help publishers keep up to date with the sector’s constant evolution. It collaborates with the Master Course in Publishing of the University of Milan and Fondazione Mondadori, where it coordinates the modules on publishing industry and copyright.

AIE takes part in the most important book fairs in Italy and worldwide where it organizes collective stands. Nationally, AIE, as well as organising Più libri più liberi, has signed a memorandum of understanding with BolognaFiere and Lucca Crea and has joined the Organising Committee of BookCity Milano. Internationally, AIE collaborates with the Italian institutions to ensure publishers’ participation in the most important trade fairs abroad, as well as organises Italy’s presence as guest of honour at Livre Paris 2023 and Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024.

AIE offers its members an anti-piracy service to prevent and counter illegal use of editorial contents protected by copyright.

AIE is involved in EU policy-making on issues related to the book industry. It is a partner of Eudicom and coordinates Aldus, the European network of book fairs.

AIE periodically portrays the trends of the market and keeps its members and the media up to date on news, data, statistics and market analyses.

AIE is involved in the research and innovation of publishing technologies (standards, metadata, digital formats, web resolutions and persistent identifiers).

For years AIE has been committed to ensuring access to reading to all visually impaired people, thus promoting their social integration and active participation in the world of culture, school and work.

AIE is internationally active in the research and development of editorial standards. It is in charge of the ISBN agency for the Italian language area a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) registration agency.

AIE collects and organises data related to national textbook adoptions. It also provides all publishers with several services dedicated to the adoption of textbooks.



AIE English Courses

Courses, seminars and webinars organised by the AIE to help publishers keep up to date with the sector’s constant evolution.

More Information
Report on Publishing in Italy

Presented every year at the Frankfurt Book Fair the Report on the State of Publishing in Italy by the Research department of AIE, the Italian Publishers Association, represents the latest data, figures and trends on the Italian publishing market. The full e-book is available - in Italian only - on the major online stores.
 

 

More info on the ebook

Report 2024: Summary

See the video

 

Contact us


 info@aie.it
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