South Asia’s Invisible Book Markets – Pakistan’s 10th Gwadar Book Fair Has A Message For Western Publishers
Gwadar’s 10th book fair challenges the myth that Pakistan lacks readers, celebrating pleasure reading alongside academic gain.
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Pakistan – Punjab University 3-Day Book Fair Sold 100,000+ Books. 300,000 Visitors Had Been Expected
An impressive turnout, as we come to expect at Pakistan’s book fairs, but the books vs technology dichotomy seems sadly still to prevail.
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400,000 expected at Pakistan’s Karachi International Book Fair amid a shift to an international focus, but digital embrace not in evidence
In Pakistan, where internet penetration is still at just 44.7%, it’s easy to lose sight of the...
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400,000 expected at Karachi Int. Book Fair but global publishers still treat Pakistan as a publishing backwater. Can digital revive Pakistan’s publishing fortunes?
One might think a country of 204 million people, with English as an official language, would be a...
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While publishers look the other way Big Bad Wolf takes 1 million English-language books to Pakistan
Big Bad Wolf has already shipped millions of English language books this year for its 24/7 11 day...
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600,000 visitors at Pakistan's Karachi IBF, but publishers and IT Minister do not yet see digital as a way forward in a country with more people online than Spain
With visitors averaging 120,000 a day the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers’ Association (PPBA)...
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