LIBER to look at how to leverage technology and innovation in the marketing of Spanish books
LIBER 2025 will take place from 7 to 9 October at the Recinto Ferial of IFEMA MADRID.
The Federation of Publishers’ Guilds of Spain (FGEE) is reorganising its professional conference around four major themes: innovation, professional training, marketing, and sustainability, with more than 70 activities featuring the participation of national and international experts.
The emergence of new technologies and innovation may pose risks, but it also represents an opportunity for the book industry. The LIBER 2025 Professional Conference will address this and other issues in across over 70 lectures and round-table discussions analysing both the main challenges facing the sector and the new developments that will shape book publishing over the coming years.
Organised by the Federation of Publishers' Guilds of Spain (FGEE), the LIBER 2025 professional conferences have been restructured around four major thematic blocks for the main challenges currently facing the book sector in general and the publishing industry in particular: innovation, professional training, sustainability, and marketing.
Within the innovation block, LIBER 2025 will analyse the latest trends conditioning the reality of the book sector, especially in relation to the use of technologies and their application to the creation, production, publication and marketing of books. The challenges and opportunities posed by technology for the sector for the development of subscription models and the development of Artificial Intelligence-based tools for activities like the management of contracts and rights and promotion.
Marketing and training
The marketing and training blocks will include conferences and round-table discussions that will address both the search for models to improve distribution and sales in the current market context, and the skills that professionals in the sector need to acquire in order to tackle the current situation in the sector. Issues such as the analysis of emerging audiences, new marketing tools, and the use of AI will also be discussed.
Sustainability: economy, environment and society
The European Union defines sustainability as “the ability to meet current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” To achieve this goal, it is necessary to find a balance between economic, environmental, and social dimensions, and that is precisely what this block focuses on. It will look at the contribution of the publishing industry to the economy and the effects of piracy and the impact of the European Green Deal beyond the EUDR. In addition, it will address the importance of education, the promotion of reading, and biodiversity as pillars of a democratic society.
The LIBER 2025 professional conferences are complemented by an extensive program of activities involving the various countries, institutions, and international companies that will be present at this edition. Highlights include the 6th Religious Book Conference; an analysis of European regulations on deforestation; and a meeting between publishers and the US Librarians Mission, as well as opinion leaders of priority interest to Spanish publishers. The Map of Colombian Literature will also be presented, the situation of the book market in Ukraine will be analysed, and book translation programs in countries such as the Czech Republic and Greece will be unveiled.
Guest country of honour: Chile. Land of poets and creators
Within the programme of activities, as guest country of honour at LIBER 2025, Chile will offer an extensive series of activities Highlights will include the presence of Chilean creators in poetry, fantasy fiction, and children's literature, who will address issues such as publishing abroad and the creative capacity of regions like Valparaíso. The principal figures include poet and musician Mauricio Redolés and writer Cristian Geisse. There will also be interviews and meetings with authors that invite us to rediscover the passion and origins of Latin American literature, reaffirming Chile as a country of poets.
See the programme here
About LIBER 2025
The 43rd edition of LIBER, established as the biggest business platform dedicated to Spanish-language publishing and one of the most prominent events in Spanish-language publishing. Organised by IFEMA MADRID and promoted by the Federation of Publishers' Guilds of Spain, LIBER 2025 is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Sport, ICEX - Invest in Spain, the Region of Madrid, Madrid City Council, and the Spanish Reproduction Rights Centre (CEDRO). LIBER also enjoys the collaboration of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Madrid Publishers Association.