Category: Middle East
Kobo’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
What we need to see next is Tamblyn at the Sharjah International Book Fair alongside Bodour al...
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Qatar’s first Ramadan Book Fair underway as Arab book fair season attracts millions in Q1 2022
It will be after the summer that we begin to put together exactly how big is the book fair...
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Confusion at Bologna over Arabic language and digital books compatibility amid a wider piracy problem
It was one year ago this month that Amazon launched in Poland, amusingly selling Kindle devices...
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Egypt’s “High-Tech” Cairo Int. Book Fair clocked 91,000 visitors and 44.5 million online hits on first day
This year the Cairo event finally embraced digital fully, with a hybrid in-person and online fair,...
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“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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