Tag: Middle East book fairs

The biggest book fair in the world is an Arab event in Africa. 3.5 million visitors at Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair. Publishers look the other way

by Mark Williams | Feb 7, 2020 | Africa, Book Fairs, Egypt, Global Publishing, Middle East, Morocco, Qatar, Sharjah, The global book market | 0 |

Not that you’d know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the Cairo...

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Qatar’s Doha International Book Fair pushes 2019 event back to 2020

by Mark Williams | Jun 17, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Qatar, The global book market | 0 |

Launched in 1972 as a bi-annual event, the Doha International Book Fair went annual in 2002 and...

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80,000 titles, 1.6 million books, 1,874 publishers, 77 countries and a message of intercultural tolerance. Sharjah prepares to break its 2017 record

by Mark Williams | Oct 4, 2018 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Sharjah, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) held a press conference this week to mark the countdown to the...

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ADIBF PAY app sets the scene for a digital books explosion in the Arab markets

by Mark Williams | Apr 25, 2018 | Abu Dhabi, Book Fairs, Dubai, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Iraq, Middle East, Print, Publishing Brief, Sharjah, Smartphones & Tablets, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Digital debates are nothing new at the Arab book fairs, but 2018 may prove the tipping point in...

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Middle East publishing snapshot. As millions descend on Arab book fairs, Arab publishing ups its game

by Mark Williams | Apr 22, 2018 | Abu Dhabi, Awards, Book Fairs, Children's Books, Comics, Digital Audio, Dubai, Egypt, Global Publishing, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah, Storytel, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Last month the second Saudi Arabia Comic Con took place. Numbers are just in and 25,000 people...

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