Author: Mark Williams

Dhaka Book Fair organisers in High Court over Bkash monopoly

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 13, 2018 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, The global book market |

The world’s longest duration book fair, the month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, is mired in legal...

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The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first February 2018 edition

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 11, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies, Self-Publishing, The Hot Sheet |

The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter...

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Arab Renaissance 4: Saudi Arabia’s first Arts Book Fair is underway as Casablanca IBF opens and Cairo IBF closes. Publishers look the other way

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 10, 2018 | Bangladesh, Global Publishing, Middle East, Publishing Brief, Saudi Arabia, The global book market |

Reading the Anglophone publishing industry blogs one might think there are only a handful of...

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Arab Renaissance 3: Baghdad’s Al Mutanabbi Book Street thrives again

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 10, 2018 | Global Publishing, Iraq, Middle East, Publishing Brief, The global book market, Uncategorized |

After a devastating car-bomb attack in 2007 Baghdad’s famous book street, Al Mutanabbi, has...

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Arab Renaissance 2: Eager readers buy books by the suitcase at the Cairo International Book Fair

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 10, 2018 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Morocco, Publishing Brief, Saudi Arabia, The global book market, Uncategorized |

After falling visitor numbers in recent years due to the devaluation of the Egyptian pound,...

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