Arab book fair and book festival visitor numbers easily exceeds 10 million in an unexpectedly quiet year. Who says Arabs don’t read?
“The Western reader devotes 200 hours of his time each year to reading, while the Arab...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Dec 16, 2023 | Algeria, Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
“The Western reader devotes 200 hours of his time each year to reading, while the Arab...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2023 | Africa, Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Gambia, Global Publishing | 0 |
This is a vast continent of 54 countries and more languages than you can begin to count. And a...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2023 | Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Arab publishing | 0 |
The global book market is way bigger than we think. And we only have to look at the 2.7 million...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 31, 2023 | Africa, Algeria, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services | 0 |
YouScribe, already with over 1 million subscribers in Africa, launches in Algeria. France-based...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 2, 2022 | Africa, Algeria, Book Fairs, Global Publishing | 0 |
Running March 24 through 31 the eight day event averaged over 160,000 in-person visitors per day....
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 21, 2022 | Africa, Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Book Fairs, Global Publishing | 0 |
Just maybe it would be better if emerging markets fair organisers simply encouraged people to enjoy books because books are so enjoyable.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Aug 19, 2020 | Africa, Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
The loss of the in-person event has been described as “a catastrophe” for Algerian publishers who...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 16, 2019 | Algeria, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah, The global book market | 0 |
As the northern hemisphere’s summer fades away so the warm-climate countries say goodbye to the...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Oct 26, 2019 | Algeria, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Dubai, Egypt, Global Publishing, Middle East, Sharjah, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
This year Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates, is UNESCO World Book Capital. Which means the...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Oct 20, 2019 | Africa, Algeria, Book Fairs, Egypt, Global Publishing, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Middle East, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah, Sudan, The global book market | 0 |
“Open Books Open Minds” is the theme for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, an event...
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