Category: Algeria
Let the lion not sleep tonight. Africa’s publishing opportunity redux
This is a vast continent of 54 countries and more languages than you can begin to count. And a...
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Algeria – Algiers International Book Fair the world’s third largest book fair in 2023
The global book market is way bigger than we think. And we only have to look at the 2.7 million...
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YouScribe launches in Algeria
YouScribe, already with over 1 million subscribers in Africa, launches in Algeria. France-based...
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Algiers Int. Book Fair clocks 1.3 million in-person visitors and a digital success too
Running March 24 through 31 the eight day event averaged over 160,000 in-person visitors per day....
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Algeria’s biggest cultural event, the Algiers Int. Book Fair, returns in March
Just maybe it would be better if emerging markets fair organisers simply encouraged people to enjoy books because books are so enjoyable.
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Algeria’s Algiers International Book Fair (SILA) to be held online this year. Catastrophe or opportunity?
The loss of the in-person event has been described as “a catastrophe” for Algerian publishers who...
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The Jeddah International Book Fair hopes to top a half million visitors this year, but censorship remains a concern
As the northern hemisphere’s summer fades away so the warm-climate countries say goodbye to the...
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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new visitor record – 2.52 million – as Algiers Int. Book Fair footfall declines to "only" 1.1 million
s Given Sharjah is also the UNESCO World Book Capital this year it perhaps won’t come as a...
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Publish Global, the StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter for self-publishers, is hitting inboxes this weekend
The first issue of the new B2B newsletter for self-publishers, Publish Global – serious...
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UNESCO says Arabs read for just 6 minutes a year. So why will more than 4 million Arabs be heading for MENA book fairs next week?
This year Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates, is UNESCO World Book Capital. Which means the...
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38th Sharjah International Book Fair announces Arab author guest list
“Open Books Open Minds” is the theme for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, an event...
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In Algeria the biggest cultural event is a book fair. Will the Algiers IBF break its 2.3 million visitor record this year with its focus on young authors?
In Algeria the 24th Algiers International Book Fair gets underway at end October, running parallel...
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