Pakistan’s Government asked to intervene to combat falling sales. But National Book Foundation’s Javed says “Books do sell well in Pakistan”
With imported paper costs rising, and book piracy rife, Pakistan’s Government is being urged to...
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Month: September 2018
Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival kicks off with record advance ticket sales
I usually tend to shy clear of US and Uk book festivals, which get plenty enough coverage...
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Amazon to invest $1 billion in Indonesia but once again books and ebooks are not on the agenda
First Singapore, then Vietnam, now Indonesia. Amazon continues its move into SE Asia. But once...
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Kuala Lumpur to be UNESCO World Book Capital 2020
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has picked Malaysia’s...
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Four in ten books sold in Sweden are through a subscription service. But might both print and ebooks be the casualties of the great Scandinavian experiment?
Forty percent of books sold in Sweden are through a subscription service. Total book sales revenue...
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