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The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

by Mark Williams | Jan 5, 2020 | Africa, Aggregators, Amazon, Audible, Awards, Bangladesh, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Cambodia, Denmark, Digital Libraries, Education Publishing, Eurasia, Europe, Film & TV, Global Publishing, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Print, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Storytel, The global book market, Turkey, UK, USA | 0 |

For those who didn’t get the chance to open any or all the regular email notifications from TNPS,...

SprinNG launches new $275 prize for female Nigerian authors – not to publish, but to promote, distribute and buy an already published book

by Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2020 | Africa, Awards, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

First off, let’s get the financials out of the way. $275 may not seem like a lot in the USA or...

January 2020 Book Fair Snapshot. 8-10 million people spending millions of dollars on books in countries widely regarded as publishing backwaters

by Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2020 | Africa, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Cambodia, Comics, Egypt, France, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Qatar, The global book market, Turkey | 0 |

2020 is off to a great start on the global book fair front, but what follows should be seen as...

Video streaming service StarzPlay partners with Asiacell to target the lucrative Iraq market. Can Storytel Arabia, Booklava, Dhad and Kitab Sawti be far behind?

by Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2020 | Africa, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, The global book market | 0 |

When it comes to the Arab digital books market the field is surprisingly competitive, with Dhad,...

Nigerian aggregator Publiseer launches “publiSHEr” offering 100% royalties to female authors and artists. Aims to serve 2 million African creatives by 2030

by Mark Williams | Dec 23, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Global Publishing, Nigeria, The global book market | 0 |

Nigeria’s Publiseer is rarely out of the news, with twin brothers Chidi and Chika Nwaogu...

While western publishing parties redux. 200,000 expected at the Exhibition of the Tunisian Book during the “Holidays”

by Mark Williams | Dec 22, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |

The 2nd National Exhibition of the Tunisian Book has been happening since December 19 and will...

Sharjah International Book Fair sets new visitor record – 2.52 million – as Algiers Int. Book Fair footfall declines to “only” 1.1 million

by Mark Williams | Nov 11, 2019 | Africa, Algeria, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Sharjah, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

s Given Sharjah is also the UNESCO World Book Capital this year it perhaps won’t come as a...

Ghana’s Deborah Ahenkorah wins the Global Centre for Pluralism Award

by Mark Williams | Oct 30, 2019 | Africa, Awards, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |

Buried in the tsunami of publishing news from the Frankfurt Book Fair, this story of a Ghanaian...

“Taking Arabic titles global”, “Global Publishing: What’s next for this growing industry?”, “Publishers’ digital strategy: New ways of storytelling” – Sharjah IBF sets the pace for the next decade

by Mark Williams | Oct 27, 2019 | Africa, Global Publishing, Middle East, Sharjah, The global book market | 0 |

Sharjah’s 9th Publisher Conference, which starts today in advance of the Sharjah International...

Publish Global, the StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter for self-publishers, is hitting inboxes this weekend

by Mark Williams | Oct 27, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Algeria, Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Awards, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing, Mexico, Middle East, podcasting, Print, Self-Publishing, The global book market, Wattpad | 0 |

The first issue of the new B2B newsletter for self-publishers, Publish Global – serious...

PublisHer launches new website

by Mark Williams | Oct 23, 2019 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Publishing Controversies, Publishing News | 0 |

One of the most exciting developments in global publishing this year has been the emergence of...

Publish MENA #6 is out. The latest news and insights into Arab publishing

by Mark Williams | Oct 21, 2019 | Africa, Global Publishing, Middle East, Self-Publishing, The global book market, The New Publishing Standard | 0 |

Issue #6 of the bi-weekly StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter Publish MENA is hitting subscriber inboxes...

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The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

SprinNG launches new $275 prize for female Nigerian authors – not to publish, but to promote, distribute and buy an already published book

January 2020 Book Fair Snapshot. 8-10 million people spending millions of dollars on books in countries widely regarded as publishing backwaters

Video streaming service StarzPlay partners with Asiacell to target the lucrative Iraq market. Can Storytel Arabia, Booklava, Dhad and Kitab Sawti be far behind?

Nigerian aggregator Publiseer launches “publiSHEr” offering 100% royalties to female authors and artists. Aims to serve 2 million African creatives by 2030

While western publishing parties redux. 200,000 expected at the Exhibition of the Tunisian Book during the “Holidays”

Sharjah International Book Fair sets new visitor record – 2.52 million – as Algiers Int. Book Fair footfall declines to “only” 1.1 million

Ghana’s Deborah Ahenkorah wins the Global Centre for Pluralism Award

“Taking Arabic titles global”, “Global Publishing: What’s next for this growing industry?”, “Publishers’ digital strategy: New ways of storytelling” – Sharjah IBF sets the pace for the next decade

PublisHer launches new website

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