Category: Middle East
Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair pulls a disappointing crowd this year – less than half its peak one million visitors
by Mark Williams | Mar 5, 2023 | Book Fairs, Middle East, Oman | 0 |
Disappointing for the organisers, perhaps, but bear in mind that would be a top-level achievement...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia clocks 442 million #Booktok views in six months. Saudi book fairs embrace the phenomenon
by Mark Williams | Mar 5, 2023 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Social Media | 0 |
“a dedicated landing page with content by #BookTok creators from Al-Sharqiya Book Fair,...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia is developing a regional blockchain-based game publishing platform for MENA
by Mark Williams | Mar 4, 2023 | Comics, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
Think back ten years ago to the western industry’s dismissive laughter at the far-eastern...
Read More“Arabs only read for a few minutes a year” (Not my words!)
by Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2023 | Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |
Last year the UAE’s Sharjah International Book Fair saw well over 2 million visitors while...
Read MoreArab Publishing 2022 – An overview
by Mark Williams | Jan 1, 2023 | Middle East | 0 |
Digital can democratise and empower Arab publishing across the entire MENA region in a way the...
Read MoreEgypt – the Egyptian General Book Authority has released its 2022 summary
by Mark Williams | Dec 28, 2022 | Africa, Egypt, Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |
Hopefully we’ll see the EGBA – the most active Arab publishing organisation after the...
Read MoreArabs Don’t Read” Redux – International Book Fair “the biggest cultural event in Kuwait”
by Mark Williams | Nov 19, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Kuwait, Middle East | 0 |
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
Read MoreUAE – Arabs don’t read? Sharjah International Book Fair clocks 2.17 million visitors as western book fairs struggle to attract pre-Covid footfall
by Mark Williams | Nov 16, 2022 | Book Fairs, Middle East, Sharjah | 0 |
Sharjah wasn’t the biggest book fair by visitors this year – that honour went to Madrid – but it...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia – Riyadh Int. Book Fair clocks 1 million+ visitors for third time as the Arab Renaissance rebounds after Covid
by Mark Williams | Oct 10, 2022 | Book Fairs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
As we head into cooler months, and providing Covid behaves this time around, there’s every...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia – Riyadh IBF Publishers Conference shows digital embrace
by Mark Williams | Oct 5, 2022 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
A return to 1 million visitors is unlikely, but other developments are emerging, inc. an $80,000...
Read MoreKobo’s move on the Arab markets could be the game-changer Amazon walked away from. But first Kobo will need to seriously up its own game
by Mark Williams | May 31, 2022 | Ebooks, Global Publishing, Kobo, Middle East | 0 |
What we need to see next is Tamblyn at the Sharjah International Book Fair alongside Bodour al...
Read MoreQatar’s first Ramadan Book Fair underway as Arab book fair season attracts millions in Q1 2022
by Mark Williams | Apr 12, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Qatar | 0 |
It will be after the summer that we begin to put together exactly how big is the book fair...
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