Revenue disappoints, visitor numbers uncertain at this year’s Bangladesh Ekushey Boi Mela
Did the Dhaka event pull in more than Cairo 2024, which this year clocked a record 4.6 million visitors?
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Tag: bangladesh publishing
Bangladesh – 7th Non-Fiction Book Fair ends 2023
But something the western publishing industry has done in the past couple of decades is to make an...
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India and Bangladesh to hold a joint book fair in Bangladesh in July amid prospects of a Dhaka Int. Book Fair in 2024
But isolated instances aside, we’re still a long way from seeing Bangladeshi, let alone Pakistani,...
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Bangladesh – 6 million visitors spent $4.4 million on books at the world’s biggest book fair
…But when we consider Bangladesh has literally twice as many internet users as the UK,...
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Bangladesh – can the book fair beat $10 million in book sales next month?
Come March, as the Boi Mela book-buying bonanza fades away, it will be time for Bangladesh...
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As printing costs soar in Bangladesh, few publishers seem aware there are 130 million people online
The tragedy is many publishers will fail this coming year as print prices for consumers spiral out...
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Books worth over $6.1 million sold at Bangladesh Book Fair as the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela finally got a website
It seems to have taken a pandemic to finally get the message across, but we’re off to a good...
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India’s Kolkata Int. Book Fair confirmed for Feb 28 despite 800 daily Covid fatalities
Two missed years have severely impacted Kolkata publishers who rely on the event for a substantial...
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Bangladesh – Children’s books on traditional games launched by Unesco, The Asia Foundation, in print and digital formats
In a move somewhat at odds with standard publishing practice in Bangladesh, e-book versions of the...
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