Peru – Lima International Book Fair (FIL LIMA) clocks 430,000 visitors that spent $5 million
Sadly the event has yet to return to its pre-pandemic glory. In 2019 FIL Lima clocked 590,000...
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Category: Social Publishing
The parallel publishing universe that is online reading continues its exponential rise as mainstream western publishing looks the other way
Add the 70 million readers on Pratilip, the 49 million for China Literature outside China and the...
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Georgia’s publishers make 6,000 digital titles available free to help contain the coronavirus
Even in countries where measures have not yet been as drastic as closing shops and stores,...
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Asia Foundation launches Let’s Read Project in Myanmar
Let’s Read is an initiative by the Asia Foundation to bring the joy of reading to children across...
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IPA and Dubai Cares sign MoU to support African publishing, committing $800k over four years
Dubai Cares will be no stranger to those that follow global education initiatives. Part of the...
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Vietnam’s Unexploded Bombs have killed 40,000. Now 3,000 comic books will help educate kids about the dangers. But could Vietnam do more by digitising?
A common theme in modern-day western children’s publishing is reflecting social issues and...
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Strengthening Aotearoa’s literary landscape – Mātātuhi Foundation to offer writing, reading, literacy grants
New Zealand’s Auckland Writers Festival (AWF), intent on “strengthening Aotearoa’s literary...
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World’s largest collection of Tibetan Buddhist literature is now online
Hat tip to @PaulkBiba for this – the most complete record of the words of the Buddha, plus...
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7 million users in the Philippines as Wattpad’s Tencent-backed Asia plans step up a gear
The Philippines has long been one of Wattpad’s strongholds, but this month comes news from Manila...
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Brazil's slavery history exposed in graphic novel format
In the dark history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade few can be unaware of the “golden...
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OverDrive supplies the UAE's first digital library
Back in May Book Expo New York hosted an event titled Reaching the Arab World – the New...
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Storymoja – a book in every hand
Kenya’s Daily Nation weekend lifestyle section carries an interview with Abukakar Adam...
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