Category: Middle East
Arabs Don’t Read” Redux – International Book Fair “the biggest cultural event in Kuwait”
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
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UAE – Arabs don’t read? Sharjah International Book Fair clocks 2.17 million visitors as western book fairs struggle to attract pre-Covid footfall
Sharjah wasn’t the biggest book fair by visitors this year – that honour went to Madrid – but it...
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Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Int. Book Fair clocks 1 million+ visitors for third time as the Arab Renaissance rebounds after Covid
As we head into cooler months, and providing Covid behaves this time around, there’s every...
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Saudi Arabia – Riyadh IBF Publishers Conference shows digital embrace
A return to 1 million visitors is unlikely, but other developments are emerging, inc. an $80,000...
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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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