Archie Comics a hit in India. Latin America next?
“It isn’t simple so much as it is elegant: to localize an internationally recognized intellectual property to bring in more fans.”
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Tag: India publishing
India Briefing – Kolkata Int. Book Fair expands small-publisher access
Last year the fair pulled in 2.6 million visitors that spent the USD equivalent of $4 million.
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India Briefing – Vijayawada Book Festival concludes
500,000 visitors spent $600,000 at Vijayawada last year.
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India Briefing – Historical novels and manga a huge hit at Chennai Book Fair
“We were not even aware of manga until last year, when many people came requesting them. Now about 85% of our sales are in manga.”
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8 million people will spend $10 million on books at India’s incredible book fairs Jan-Mar
The thing with India is, it’s a big country with over a billion people, which means big book fairs can be happening at the same time. And I do mean big.
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India – the Assam Guwahati Book Fair is underway, and will run through until January 9 2024
The global markets do not care about our western publishing calendar. It’s business as usual...
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India – 42nd Agartala Book Fair announced for February 21 through March 5
300,000 visitors, $240,000 sales. So a pretty middle-range fair by Indian book fair standards. Not...
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India – 13th Dibrugarh Book Fair underway
Kolkata, which will be back in 2024 as early as January 18, was the fifth largest book fair in the...
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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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Kobo makes a device push into India, but content and accessibility are not keeping up
If, as it seems, you need to be able to read English in order to navigate the Kobo site to find...
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India – Kolkata International Book Fair 2024 dates set for early start to embrace public holidays
Weekends and public holidays see substantial increases in visitor numbers, so the two additional...
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Rise of translated Indian literature
India Today carried an insightful article on translations on the subcontinent. Excerpts:...
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