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WORLD BOOK DAY BOOK BAZAAR AND COPYRIGHT CHALLENGE 2021 SBPA organised an entirely virtual World Book Day Book Bazaar 2021 from Friday 23 April to Tuesday 2 May 2021, with the strong partnership of GoGuru.sg as the main e-commerce provider. 15 publishers participated in this book bazaar. They are: Alkem Company, Asiapac Books, Casco Publications, Cengage Learning Asia, English Corner Publishing, Experiences and Experiments Books, JSIM Education, Kitaab International, Marshall Cavendish International (Asia), Pustaka Nasional, Shing Lee Publishers, Storytel Singapore, Taylor and Francis Asia Pacific and World Scientific. Six virtual halls were available on bookbazaar.sg, which were Bookstore, Event, Webinar, Promotion, Audiobook and Academy. More interesting webinars were organised, including on protecting publishers’ copyright in the digital age, an introduction to New interactive Media solutions, book presentations from The Rights Solutions, a group of UK Rights Agents, and how to design a virtual booth at a virtual international trade fair.
The Copyright School Challenge 2021 is jointly organised by SBPA and the Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore (CLASS) Limited, a video competition which aimed to promote the message of copyright to schools. CLASS organised a series of webinars to educate students about copyright and the finale was a virtual awards ceremony on 1 October. SBPA is proud to support this initiative by CLASS and looks forward to more collaborations in the future.