Category: Book Fairs
Bangladesh: Amar Ekushey Boi Mela will close early as Covid-19 races out of control. Publishers that resisted digital report huge losses
We are, after all, talking here a country of 111 million internet users. But that seems beyond the...
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Bologna drops in-person event. Strengthens its digital fair. LBF keeps publishers guessing
One has to wonder if the London Book Fair as we know it even has a future, or if, like it’s US...
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Bangladesh Boi Mela lurches from crisis to crisis. Online sales soar. Pub’ Assns look the other way
“We are not sure what a virtual book fair is, but it will definitely spell trouble.”...
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UK: Scotland’s John O’Groats Book Festival goes online this year as England’s London Book Fair dithers
“Other book festivals have done similar in going digital. The organisers of the Islay Book...
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Déjà vu as London Book Fair descends into farce for second year running. Time to put 2021 on hold, ditch Reed Exhibitions, and think about the New Normal
LBF21 might just manage to hobble forward this summer, but the right thing to do is to put it out...
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India’s watershed virtual book fair moment redux. 2.8 million hits from 70 countries
Organisers of the rival Kolkata event, which early on took the decision that hell would freeze...
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Frankfurt Book Fair October 2021 will be hybrid this year as expected. Meanwhile London, June, leaves us guessing
With the continuing uncertainty about what will and will not be legally permitted in England by...
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With 749 million online, the Virtual New Delhi World Book Fair is a watershed moment in India’s digital transition
India has 437 million more people online than the USA. Against such a background it seems hard to...
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Taiwan’s Taipei International Book Exhibition offers a 4-month digital show as the live event is cancelled for second year
Typically attracting 500,000 visitors, the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) was among...
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Germany’s Leipzig Book Fair to be digital this year
For global publishing the new normal is yet to fully emerge, but we can be certain we’ll see...
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Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela set for March as govt. minister dismisses digital and urges printing more books to sustain industry
Bangladesh began 2021 with just 58.4% of its population online, which sounds pitiful until you...
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100 Publishers Account for ¾ of Iran’s book publishing by volume
At a time when many publisher representatives in the Middle East and South Asia are clinging to...
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