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?
by Mark Williams | Nov 30, 2023 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
In terms of visitor numbers, 2023 concludes with Kolkata as the fourth largest fair in the world...
Read MoreDigital could help reduce Nepal’s rampant book piracy problem
by Mark Williams | Aug 3, 2023 | Nepal, South Asia | 0 |
More often than not, pirated copies are poor quality, and do not represent value for money....
Read MoreIndian publishing after the pandemic – “print books have comfortably adapted to digital”
by Mark Williams | Aug 17, 2022 | Global Publishing, India, South Asia | 0 |
India is only at 54% internet penetration, so the reluctance of some publishers to embrace digital...
Read MorePakistan’s paper shortage halts text book printing as global paper crisis bites
by Mark Williams | Jun 26, 2022 | Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |
For countries like Pakistan, that have for so long eschewed any meaningful shift to digital...
Read MoreIs the “digital devil” here to stay?
by Mark Williams | Mar 25, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, India, South Asia | 1 |
India has 755 million people online, second only to China. That’s more than double the USA’s...
Read MoreIndia – Hybrid Kolkata Int. Book Fair breaks records with $3 million sales. 3.5 million online visitors outnumber footfall, but digital gets no credit
by Mark Williams | Mar 14, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, India | 0 |
The big question,: will the Kolkata Fair organisers take digital seriously in 2023 and give the...
Read MoreIndia – Chennai Book Fair clocks 1.5 million visitors, sells books worth $1.6 million. Kolkata on target for 2 million visitors
by Mark Williams | Mar 10, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, India, South Asia | 0 |
Kolkata has for the longest time resisted digital options, as TNPS regulars will know, but this...
Read MoreBehind Storytel India’s Tamil app is a bigger picture Amazon’s Audible has yet to see
by Mark Williams | Jul 27, 2021 | Audible, Global Publishing, India, Indigenous Languages, South Asia, Storytel | 0 |
For the literacy-challenged emerging markets the USP Tellander has latched on to which western...
Read MoreWith 749 million online, the Virtual New Delhi World Book Fair is a watershed moment in India’s digital transition
by Mark Williams | Mar 6, 2021 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, India | 0 |
India has 437 million more people online than the USA. Against such a background it seems hard to...
Read MoreBangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela now set for late February-early March
by Mark Williams | Jan 19, 2021 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, South Asia | 0 |
Ramadan is due to start mid-April, and after that the rains will be underway… But at the same time...
Read MoreBig Bad Wolf Myanmar starts its online mega-sale of English-language books. Publishers look the other way
by Mark Williams | Dec 22, 2020 | Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Myanmar, South Asia | 0 |
For both domestic and international publishers the event is a watershed moment, adding Myanmar to...
Read MoreSri Lanka Govt. said Colombo Int. Book Fair can go ahead, then advised the public not to attend, leaving event and exhibitors facing losses
by Mark Williams | Sep 20, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, South Asia, Sri Lanka, The global book market | 0 |
This year’s Colombo International Book Fair faces close scrutiny from health authorities to ensure...
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