Author: Mark Williams

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?

Posted by Mark Williams | Sep 19, 2018 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, Scandinavia, Sweden, The Future of Publishing, The global book market |

Forty percent of books sold in Sweden are through a subscription service. Total book sales revenue...

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Big Bad Wolf takes 3 million English-language books to Dubai next month as it debuts outside SE Asia

Posted by Mark Williams | Sep 19, 2018 | Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Dubai, Global Publishing, Malaysia, Middle East, Publishing Brief, Sharjah, The global book market |

It was back in February that TNPS broke the news that the world’s biggest book sale would be...

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In Morocco, selling pirated books “is the only way to make a living,” with the help of the Mafia

Posted by Mark Williams | Sep 19, 2018 | Africa, bookstores, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Morocco, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies, The global book market |

Like in many Arab countries, literacy rates in Morocco are not among the highest in the world, but...

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Longlist and shortlist announced for two major translation awards

Posted by Mark Williams | Sep 18, 2018 | Awards, Global Publishing, Publishing News |

The longlist for the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature has been announced. Négar...

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Israeli publisher illegally releases book of Arab women’s texts, complete with pirated cover. Calls it an act of salvation

Posted by Mark Williams | Sep 18, 2018 | Global Publishing, Israel, Publishing Controversies, Publishing News, The global book market |

You couldn’t make it up. A publisher in Israel finds a collection of texts written in Arabic by...

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