José Manuel Anta

He has a degree in Economics by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master in Foreign Trade by CEOE and Postgraduate Course in Market Research at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Since 1997, performs the work of Managing Director of the Federation of National Associations of Distributors (FANDE) www.fande.es organization in Spain that joints about 200 companies engaged in the distribution of books, magazines, newspapers and digital contents. Since 2015 he is also the Managing Director of the International Publishing Distribution Association (IPDA) www.ipdaweb.org the international umbrella organization for the associations and companies that develop its activity in the field of publishing distribution

(books, magazines, newspapers… both on print and digital versions)

He participates as speaker at various conferences and seminars on the field of books and media trade: Congreso Interamericano de Editores (Bogota 2005), Congreso Iberoamericano de Libreros

(Buenos Aires 2009)

Annual Conference of the Russian Press Distributors Association (Moscow 2006), Editech (Milano 2011), Pira International Executive Retreat (Nice 2011), Foro Editoriale Salone del Libro (Torino 2017), Foro Internacional de Edición de la Feria del Libro de Guadalajara (México), Frankfurt Supply Chain Specialist Meeting, Scuola per Librai Umberto ed Elisabetta Mauri (Venezia), Distripress Congress, Congreso Nacional de Libreros, Jornadas LIBER, Foro de la Asociación de Editoriales Universitarias, European Press

Distribution Round Table, etc…

He is the coordinator of several international projects and initiatives in the Publishing and Media sectors: the International Digital Distributors Meeting in collaboration with Reimagine, the International Press Distribution Round Table in collaboration with Distripress and the International Publishing Distribution Forum in collaboration with the Frankfurt Book Fair.

As a writer, he has published articles in Spanish and foreign publications related to the distribution sector of cultural and leisure products. Articles published in FutureBook, El País, Delibros, Distripress Gazette, Intermedios Comunicación, Trama y Texturas…