Category: S.E. Asia
Mapping the New Normal: As Big Bad Wolf announces its debut Thailand online sale, global publishing faces a watershed moment
Such demand for English-language books in one-city events where prospective visitors are limited...
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Malaysia’s largest magazine publisher looked the other way as digital arrived. When Covid-19 arrived it paid the ultimate price
This past week the coronavirus crisis saw the closure of Malaysia’s largest magazine publisher,...
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Down but not out. Big Bad Wolf launches its first online event as Covid-19 puts the world’s biggest books sale on hold. Could the future of Big Bad Wolf be digital?
Since the launch of TNPS one of the regular features of our global publishing industry coverage...
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Malaysia: 2020-21 UNESCO World Book Capital ceremony postponed due to coronavirus
April should have seen a glorious ceremony in the Malaysian capital as the UAE’s Sharjah...
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Big Bad Wolf heads to the Philippines. 2 million books in a 24/7 11-day mega-sale
The Big Bad Wolf events in Myanmar and Cambodia are both set to finish today. We know that 50,000...
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Cambodia Book Fair sees record attendance. Needs bigger venue for 2020. English-language sales soar
It only lasts three days, but the Cambodia Book Fair, which was debuted in 2011 by the by the...
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The TNPS Week In Review: December 8-14
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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China Radio International enters publishing partnership with Malaysia’s Institute of Language and Literature
Those familiar with the Malaysian literary scene will know Mandarin Chinese is very much the...
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Mediacorp and Wattpad partner to develop a Wattpad series for Singapore TV
Wattpad has long since been active in the Philippines TV arena, but today comes news Wattpad has...
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Harry Potter heads for Storytel Brazil; India's Bengaluru Comic Con; Charlotte's Web tops the China charts again
We Start the Day Global today in Cambodia, where the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia has gifted 500...
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South East Asia Book Fair underway in… South Korea
The South East Asia Book Fair is underway, running September 18-22 at the Convention and...
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25 million books sold to 3 million visitors across 25 cities, and it’s only August. Big Bad Wolf shows us the global demand for affordable English-language books
One would think a country like Indonesia, not noted for its reading reputation, might soon get...
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