Egypt – Cairo International Book Fair Hit 3.5 million Visitors As Of Friday. A New Record Likely!
Just take a moment to try even imagine almost five million people attending a book fair.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Feb 2, 2025 | Egypt |
Just take a moment to try even imagine almost five million people attending a book fair.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Feb 2, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Africa, Arab publishing, Egypt, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates |
Increasingly at these book fairs, the line is being blurred between “public facing” and “professional”, and in increasing numbers the industry names and faces we are all used to seeing at the big western publishing events are lining up to be at these emerging market events, at the same time as regional players are upping their game.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2025 | Book Fairs, Dubai, Egypt, MENA publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates |
Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation engagement at Cairo underscores CIBF’s growing significance as a hub for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and industry advancement.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2025 | Bangladesh, Censorship, South Asia |
I’m sure the newly-seated IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, will be addressing this development, that impacts more than 170 million people in this wonderful South Asian country.
Read MorePosted by Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2025 | Audiobooks, Digital Libraries, Ebooks |
A few days ago TNPS reported on the latest numbers from OverDrive, as record were broken yet again, with 366 million ebook downloads blowing a gaping hole in the preferred industry narrative that ebooks are out of fashion.
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