Tag: South Asia book market
India – Can the 2024 Kolkata International Book Fair beat 2023’s 2.6 million footfall and £4 million book spend?
In terms of visitor numbers, 2023 concludes with Kolkata as the fourth largest fair in the world...
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Digital could help reduce Nepal’s rampant book piracy problem
More often than not, pirated copies are poor quality, and do not represent value for money....
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Indian publishing after the pandemic – “print books have comfortably adapted to digital”
India is only at 54% internet penetration, so the reluctance of some publishers to embrace digital...
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Pakistan’s paper shortage halts text book printing as global paper crisis bites
For countries like Pakistan, that have for so long eschewed any meaningful shift to digital...
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Is the “digital devil” here to stay?
India has 755 million people online, second only to China. That’s more than double the USA’s...
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India – Hybrid Kolkata Int. Book Fair breaks records with $3 million sales. 3.5 million online visitors outnumber footfall, but digital gets no credit
The big question,: will the Kolkata Fair organisers take digital seriously in 2023 and give the...
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India – Chennai Book Fair clocks 1.5 million visitors, sells books worth $1.6 million. Kolkata on target for 2 million visitors
Kolkata has for the longest time resisted digital options, as TNPS regulars will know, but this...
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Behind Storytel India’s Tamil app is a bigger picture Amazon’s Audible has yet to see
For the literacy-challenged emerging markets the USP Tellander has latched on to which western...
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With 749 million online, the Virtual New Delhi World Book Fair is a watershed moment in India’s digital transition
India has 437 million more people online than the USA. Against such a background it seems hard to...
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Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela now set for late February-early March
Ramadan is due to start mid-April, and after that the rains will be underway… But at the same time...
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Big Bad Wolf Myanmar starts its online mega-sale of English-language books. Publishers look the other way
For both domestic and international publishers the event is a watershed moment, adding Myanmar to...
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Sri Lanka Govt. said Colombo Int. Book Fair can go ahead, then advised the public not to attend, leaving event and exhibitors facing losses
This year’s Colombo International Book Fair faces close scrutiny from health authorities to ensure...
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