book publishing in indonesia
Law No.3/2017 on book system (system perbukuan) and its implementing regulation, Government Regulation No. 75/2019, determines among other that: publisher is either a government or private institution which engages in publishing activities; and that publishing means all process of activities starting from (i) editing, (ii) illustrating, and (iii) book designing.
Under this Law, based on its content and format, a book is classified into 2 types namely, based on its content a book is categorized as either educational book (books used in schools/universities/education institutions), or a general/non-educational book; and based on its format, a book is regarded as either book in print format (buku cetak) or book in electronic/digital format.
Indonesia Business classification/KBLI year 2020 allocates book publishing business under KBLI Number 58110. This group includes the activities of publishing books in print, electronic (CD, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), audio or on the internet. Its business activities include publishing books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing dictionaries and encyclopedias, publishing atlases, maps and graphics, publishing books in audio form and publishing encyclopedias and others on CD-ROM and other publications. Including electronic publishing.
Since year 2021 under the List of Investment Business Sectors year 2021 and based on the Ministry of Investment/Head of BKPM Circulation Letter No. 17/2021, book publishing business is allocated for a small and middle size company; A big scale business including a foreign investment is not allowed.
Publishing activity by a foreign party (foreign citizen or foreign entity) in Indonesia must be through a cooperation with a publishing company established and owned by Indonesians.
A publisher is subject to some mandatory obligations as stipulated under Law No.3/2017; they among other are: (i) to provide compensation to the author/holder of copyright for it to get the license to publish from the author (ii) to provide an accurate, actual and periodical data and information regarding book sales to the author/holder of copyright; (iii) and to affix the code number of International Standard Book Number (ISBN) on a book being published.
As stipulated under the Copy Right Law No. 28/2014, the author is the holder of copyright which includes the right of publishing, reproduction, distribution, translation, and adaptation. Hence a book publisher needs to have a prior approval and get the license/permission from the author to allow it to publish, reproduce, distribute, and sell the books, normally in print (hardback, paperback) and electronic format. To have legal basis an agreement should be made between them including for example to publish the book in other languages, to convert the content into a TV series and movies etc.
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Under this Law, based on its content and format, a book is classified into 2 types namely, based on its content a book is categorized as either educational book (books used in schools/universities/education institutions), or a general/non-educational book; and based on its format, a book is regarded as either book in print format (buku cetak) or book in electronic/digital format.
Indonesia Business classification/KBLI year 2020 allocates book publishing business under KBLI Number 58110. This group includes the activities of publishing books in print, electronic (CD, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), audio or on the internet. Its business activities include publishing books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing dictionaries and encyclopedias, publishing atlases, maps and graphics, publishing books in audio form and publishing encyclopedias and others on CD-ROM and other publications. Including electronic publishing.
Since year 2021 under the List of Investment Business Sectors year 2021 and based on the Ministry of Investment/Head of BKPM Circulation Letter No. 17/2021, book publishing business is allocated for a small and middle size company; A big scale business including a foreign investment is not allowed.
Publishing activity by a foreign party (foreign citizen or foreign entity) in Indonesia must be through a cooperation with a publishing company established and owned by Indonesians.
A publisher is subject to some mandatory obligations as stipulated under Law No.3/2017; they among other are: (i) to provide compensation to the author/holder of copyright for it to get the license to publish from the author (ii) to provide an accurate, actual and periodical data and information regarding book sales to the author/holder of copyright; (iii) and to affix the code number of International Standard Book Number (ISBN) on a book being published.
As stipulated under the Copy Right Law No. 28/2014, the author is the holder of copyright which includes the right of publishing, reproduction, distribution, translation, and adaptation. Hence a book publisher needs to have a prior approval and get the license/permission from the author to allow it to publish, reproduce, distribute, and sell the books, normally in print (hardback, paperback) and electronic format. To have legal basis an agreement should be made between them including for example to publish the book in other languages, to convert the content into a TV series and movies etc.
Disclaimer: This article is intended as general information only and it does not constitute a legal advice. We accept no responsibility for any loss that may arise from reliance on this information. Please contact us if you need full legal advice.