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Nigeria’s October Ake Arts & Book Festival shifts online in face of coronavirus

by Mark Williams | Apr 13, 2020 | Africa, Book Fairs, Coronavirus, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

In a bold move the Ake Art & Book Festival scheduled for October 22-25 in the former Nigerian...

The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

by Mark Williams | Jan 5, 2020 | Africa, Aggregators, Amazon, Audible, Awards, Bangladesh, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Cambodia, Denmark, Digital Libraries, Education Publishing, Eurasia, Europe, Film & TV, Global Publishing, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Print, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Storytel, The global book market, Turkey, UK, USA | 0 |

For those who didn’t get the chance to open any or all the regular email notifications from TNPS,...

SprinNG launches new $275 prize for female Nigerian authors – not to publish, but to promote, distribute and buy an already published book

by Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2020 | Africa, Awards, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

First off, let’s get the financials out of the way. $275 may not seem like a lot in the USA or...

Nigerian aggregator Publiseer launches “publiSHEr” offering 100% royalties to female authors and artists. Aims to serve 2 million African creatives by 2030

by Mark Williams | Dec 23, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

Nigeria’s Publiseer is rarely out of the news, with twin brothers Chidi and Chika Nwaogu...

Nigeria’s Copyright Commission calls on schools to avoid buying pirated text books

by Mark Williams | Sep 2, 2019 | Africa, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

The Nigerian Publishers Association and the Nigerian Copyright Commission organised a meeting at...

A dystopian short story wins the 2019 Caine Prize

by Mark Williams | Jul 9, 2019 | Africa, Awards, Global Publishing, Nigeria, Publishing News, The global book market | 0 |

Nigerian-American author Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 20th edition of the Caine Prize for...

Nigeria’s booksellers promise vibrant trade, but casting social media as the enemy is not the way to make that happen

by Mark Williams | Jun 2, 2019 | Africa, bookstores, Global Publishing, Nigeria, Publishing Controversies, The global book market | 1 |

Nigeria’s Booksellers Association (BAN) has fresh blood after recent AGM elections, and BAN’s new...

Nigeria International Book Fair kicks off today with a mission to make digital reading acceptable

by Mark Williams | May 6, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Nigeria, Publishing Brief, The global book market | 0 |

The 19th Nigeria International Book Fair got underway today. I’ll report on the event further as...

“Reaching the World Book Market through Effective Book Distribution Networks” is the Ghana International Book Fair’s 2019 theme as Google opens an AI facility in Accra

by Mark Williams | Apr 22, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Ghana, Global Publishing, Indigenous Languages, IPA, Kenya, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

Global publishing is a holistic affair and increasingly tech-driven at every level. The news that...

Spotlight on Africa: Nigeria's Clever Clogs Books and the Akada Children’s Book Festival

by Mark Williams | Apr 20, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Children's Books, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

With the International Publishers Association’s second African Seminar just two months away, TNPS...

Optimising New Technology in Book Development and Distribution – Nigeria’s International Book Fair embraces the future

by Mark Williams | Apr 18, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

Organised by the Nigeria Book Fair Trust, the 18th Nigerian International Book Fair in Lagos will...

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

by Mark Williams | Apr 3, 2019 | Africa, Algeria, Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, D.R. Congo, Ebooks, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Global Publishing, Italy, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Senegal, South America, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, The global book market, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 0 |

At the IPA Africa Seminar in Lagos in 2018 it was reported that the African book market was worth...

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Nigeria’s October Ake Arts & Book Festival shifts online in face of coronavirus

The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

SprinNG launches new $275 prize for female Nigerian authors – not to publish, but to promote, distribute and buy an already published book

Nigerian aggregator Publiseer launches “publiSHEr” offering 100% royalties to female authors and artists. Aims to serve 2 million African creatives by 2030

Nigeria’s Copyright Commission calls on schools to avoid buying pirated text books

A dystopian short story wins the 2019 Caine Prize

Nigeria International Book Fair kicks off today with a mission to make digital reading acceptable

“Reaching the World Book Market through Effective Book Distribution Networks” is the Ghana International Book Fair’s 2019 theme as Google opens an AI facility in Accra

Spotlight on Africa: Nigeria's Clever Clogs Books and the Akada Children’s Book Festival

Optimising New Technology in Book Development and Distribution – Nigeria’s International Book Fair embraces the future

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

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