Growth Markets

Digitization and economic trends are giving rise to growing publishing markets around the world, including Brazil, Russia, India and China. Such markets are full of new business opportunities and untapped potential.

Dynamism, Localization Typify the Developing “Digital South”

Rufoof's App Store offers options for Arabic-speaking Apple users

The latest digital publishing developments from Brazil, Africa, the Arab World, India and China indicate change and challenges for the major global players.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Africa, Amazon, Baidu, Brazil, China, E-books, India, InfiBeam, Middle East, mobile, tablets | Leave a comment

China’s Murong Xuecun: Balancing Between Censorship and Dissent

One of China’s most popular writers, Murong Xuecun began speaking out against the government a year ago after a friend was arrested, at risk of his own freedom.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged censorship, China, Chinese authors, Gallimard, London Book Fair, translation | 1 Comment

Putin Proposes a New Russian Great Books Program

Purportedly inspired by the US Great Books project of the 1920s, Vladimir Putin has proposed a 100 book canon of required Russian reading for every graduate.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Book Canon, literature, politics, reading, reading list, Russia, Russian literature | 4 Comments

Kobo Targets 10 New Countries in 2012, Japan and Brazil ‘Likely’

The acquisition by Rakuten has enabled Kobo to speed up its ambitious overseas expansion, focusing on underserved markets. Japan, Brazil ‘likely’ in 2012.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Brazil, China, E-books, e-bookstore, E-readers, e-reading, Japan, Kobo, Rakuten, Target, WH Smith | Leave a comment

Amazon One Step Closer to Brazilian E-book Launch

Mauro Widman, Amazon's new man in Brazil

Amazon has hired Mauro Widman from Livraria Cultura to develop e-book operations in Brazil, with the expectation of launching within six months.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Amazon, Brazil, e-book sales, E-books, Kindle | Leave a comment

Reborn Haiti Lit Fest Promises Post-Quake Reading Revival

Literary Festival Etonnants Voyageurs Haiti — “Astonishing Travelers Haiti” — will bring 40 authors to the island for the first time since the 2010 earthquake.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged authors, Caribbean, French, French literature, Haiti, libraries, literary festivals | 1 Comment

Intrínseca, Other Top Brazilian Publishers Embrace E-books

Some of the world’s bestsellers are finally available to Brazilian readers as e-books, just in time for Christmas.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Brazil, E-books, LeYa, Rick Riordan, Twilight | Leave a comment

How Mapin Publishing Put Indian Illustrated Books on the Map

Bipin Shah, founder of Mapin Publishing, recounts how he ventured into publishing illustrated books on India for the rest of the world and built a global brand.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged distribution, illustrated books, India, international business, Mapin Publishing, quality control | Leave a comment

What’s Hot in South America? Surveying the Bestsellers in Argentina and Chile

A look at the bestseller lists in Argentina and Chile reveal a few commonalities and many different reading preferences between the neighboring countries.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Argentina, bestsellers, Chile, fiction, nonfiction, Spanish, Spanish language publishing | 1 Comment

Sharjah Celebrates 30 Years of ‘Love of the Written Word’

A new professional program and $300,000 to support translations marked 30 years of commitment to reading and literacy at the Sharjah International Book Fair.

Posted in Growth Markets | Tagged Bodour Al Qasimi, Book Fairs, Book Prizes, book sales, distribution, Middle East, Sharjah Book Fair, UAE | Leave a comment

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