The battle of the giant book fairs
2024 is looking likely to break book fair records around the globe.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 4, 2024 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, Egypt, India | 0 |
2024 is looking likely to break book fair records around the globe.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 21, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
Congratulations to the CIBF organisers on keeping the online presence up to date throughout each day, for the benefit of those unlucky enough not to be there in person.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2024 | Comics, Film & TV, India | 0 |
“It isn’t simple so much as it is elegant: to localize an internationally recognized intellectual property to bring in more fans.”
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
Last year the fair pulled in 2.6 million visitors that spent the USD equivalent of $4 million.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
500,000 visitors spent $600,000 at Vijayawada last year.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
“We were not even aware of manga until last year, when many people came requesting them. Now about 85% of our sales are in manga.”
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 7, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
The thing with India is, it’s a big country with over a billion people, which means big book fairs can be happening at the same time. And I do mean big.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2024 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
The global markets do not care about our western publishing calendar. It’s business as usual...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 2, 2024 | Book Fairs, India | 0 |
300,000 visitors, $240,000 sales. So a pretty middle-range fair by Indian book fair standards. Not...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Dec 20, 2023 | India, South Asia | 0 |
“The experience goes beyond the numbers. It’s about building a tradition of shared stories and...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Dec 16, 2023 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
Kolkata, which will be back in 2024 as early as January 18, was the fifth largest book fair in the...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 30, 2023 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
In terms of visitor numbers, 2023 concludes with Kolkata as the fourth largest fair in the world...
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