Start The Day Global with a Muslim superhero; Trinidad & Tobago’s Carifesta; The Philippines Comic Con; and Barnes & Noble’s reputation
Marvel has confirmed a Muslim superhero named Ms Marvel – Pakistani-American teenager Kamala...
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Category: Philippines
25 million books sold to 3 million visitors across 25 cities, and it’s only August. Big Bad Wolf shows us the global demand for affordable English-language books
One would think a country like Indonesia, not noted for its reading reputation, might soon get...
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As Big Bad Wolf South Korea winds up, BBW is already live in the Philippines, and will be in Indonesia and Pakistan this month
Big Bad Wolf’s debut event wound up in South Korea yesterday. No news yet on how many turned out...
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Big Bad Wolf takes millions of English-language books to Taiwan, Myanmar, Indonesia and Pakistan as publishers look the other way
Big Bad Wolf took 2 million English-language books to Taiwan this month for its second Big Bad...
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StreetLib partners with Singapore-based STARY’s Dreame and FicFun mobile reading apps
Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has partnered...
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Big Bad Wolf plans for 1 million visitors at its Indonesia book sale of 5.5 million books
When Big Bad Wolf debuted in Indonesia in 2016, regional organiser Uli Silalahi of PT Jaya Retail...
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StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents
When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function...
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Big Bad Wolf debuts in Myanmar, announces first of year’s Philippines and Malaysia dates. For 10th anniversary BBW will ship 60 million books to 30 cities in 14 countries
The world’s biggest book fair is happening right now in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar. In...
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Looking Ahead: The Manila International Book Fair September 2019
I frequently hear from TNPS readers that they wish they’d known about a particular book...
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Big Bad Wolf preps for third Philippines run. Aims for 30 cities in 2019
There are three contenders for “the” global publishing story of the year here at TNPS, and...
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As PRH announces planned expansion into 8 SE Asia countries, TNPS looks at the digital prospects in a region of 380 million internet users
Back in December 2017 TNPS ran with the headline, S.E. Asia online economy growing faster than...
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While publishers limit their reach with archaic C20 territorial rights, Big Bad Wolf shows us the global demand for English-language books
With a population of 20 million Sri Lanka is bigger by population than all but eight countries in...
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