India – Confusion over New Delhi World Book Fair numbers as conflicting reports emerge. Could I million be 2 million?
This being India, both numbers are entirely credible, but clearly one or both is inaccurate....
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Author: Mark Williams
India – Almost 1 million visitors, but sales disappoint at the New Delhi World Book Fair
While one million visitors may sound impressive, it barely matches other provincial book fairs in...
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Canada’s De Marque is acquiring 2,000 digital books in the Ukrainian language to meet significant demand
But I have to say that at a broader level it’s a shame it’s taken a war to get Ukraine...
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Pakistan – restricted book imports, spiralling prices and economic chaos. Not a good time to be a publisher
It’s the classic digital books chicken and egg conundrum. Publishers do not produce digital...
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Bangladesh – 6 million visitors spent $4.4 million on books at the world’s biggest book fair
…But when we consider Bangladesh has literally twice as many internet users as the UK,...
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