Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre signs MoUs with music streaming platform Anghami and audiobook provider Iqraaly
Anghami, with a catalogue of 57 million songs and 200,000 podcasts, is the first to sign up.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Jun 13, 2024 | Arab publishing, Audiobooks, Middle East, United Arab Emirates |
Anghami, with a catalogue of 57 million songs and 200,000 podcasts, is the first to sign up.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Jun 13, 2024 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Morocco, United Arab Emirates |
The Sharjah International Book Fair can attract over 2 million visitors in a good year, and is one of the few Arabic book fairs that gets wide international coverage, so being a SIBF Guest of Honour is a coveted prize.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Jun 10, 2024 | Belgium, Europe |
“The problem with this Gfk report is that it reflects only print sales from selected consumer avenues, namely 75 (of 335) bookstores reporting cash turnover at the till. Digital sales, which by some estimates total 25% of the market, are therefore excluded.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Jun 3, 2024 | AI, The Future of Publishing |
Just as AI is not to be afforded copyright protection by human law, nor is it to be afforded the assumption of innocence until proven guilty in the court of human opinion. At least, not by writers who think their job is above the law of Darwinian natural selection and survival of the fittest.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | May 21, 2024 | Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks |
The total sum paid out to self-publishers and small presses so far this year is $205.8 million, putting ebook unlimited subscription service Kindle Unlimited on target to pay out $620m in royalties in 2024.
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