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.

Brazilian Media Group Abril’s Iba E-bookstore Goes Live

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Abril’s Iba, Brazil’s newest e-bookstore, offers 25 magazines, 19 newspapers and 6,000 e-books from 170 publishers, and is focusing on tablets and PCs.

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Belgian/Aussie Agency Gives Edgy Chinese Writers a Chance

A sampling of Zeitgeist's numerous authors

Based in Brussels and Sydney, the Zeitgeist Media Group represents authors who ‘write about a China that is much stronger and faster paced…the dark side.’

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What’s Cookin’ in Cookbooks? China, Latin America and Digital

Paris Cookbook Fair

Seventy chef demonstrations, 36 wine, beer and spirit tastings and lots of trade talk are on the menu at 3rd Paris Cookbook Fair, taking place March 7-9.

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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.

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China’s Murong Xuecun: Balancing Between Censorship and Dissent

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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.

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Putin Proposes a New Russian Great Books Program

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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.

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

Kobo and Rakuten

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

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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.

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Reborn Haiti Lit Fest Promises Post-Quake Reading Revival

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

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Intrínseca, Other Top Brazilian Publishers Embrace E-books

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

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