Category: Middle East
“Best Arab Publisher Award” to debut at Egypt’s Cairo IBF amid a bold digital embrace with holograms, VR and an ebook sales platform
The digital embrace exemplifies a shift in digital mood in the Egyptian publishing sector that...
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Qatar’s Doha International Book Fair set to run 13-22 January 22 with USA Guest of Honour, pandemic permitting
Covid-19 precautions mean the 2022 event will be running at reduced capacity with strict...
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2021 revenue up 20%, subscribers up 22%. Storytel set to launch in Indonesia in Q1. 50,000 free subscriptions on offer in UAE
For now the Nordics region continues to provide the bulk of revenue and subscriber numbers, with...
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Qatar, Oman and Iraq Int. Book Fairs announce 2022 dates, but all too often there is a narrow focus on what reading is for that does publishing no favours
The message from so many emerging market publishing industry events is clear: reading – and by...
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From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia publishing’s “very exciting time” as CUP returns to SA and IPA President Al Qasimi talks of the Arab Renaissance
“It is a very exciting time for the kingdom and the literary and publishing sector. The theme for this year’s event, “New Destination, New Chapter”, reflects Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to elevate the...
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Riyadh International Book Fair hosts Saudi Arabia’s first ever Publishers Conference today
Having clocked 1 million visitors in 2019, the Riyadh fair was cancelled by the Pandemic in 2020,...
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Jordan’s 20th Amman International Book Fair underway
This year the fair is part of the nation’s centenary celebrations as Jordan marks one hundred...
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Storytel launches on schedule in Israel. Third new market of 2021 so far. 25 and counting…
Next in line for Storytel is the Indonesia launch, first projected last year. No timeline for that...
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Storytel launches in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Storytel MENA a “catalyst for growth and a greenhouse for opportunities and cooperation in the Arab market”
Storytel recently quietly rolled out its Saudi Arabia and Egypt platforms. Egypt started 2021 with...
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Big Bad Wolf UAE online book sale extended due to “overwhelmingly successful first days”
Big Bad Wolf has already run several successful online book sales in its other markets, and the...
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100 Publishers Account for ¾ of Iran’s book publishing by volume
At a time when many publisher representatives in the Middle East and South Asia are clinging to...
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