With competitive bookstores, strong sales and three major languages – Hebrew, Arabic and Russian – Israel’s small but vibrant publishing industry is on the rise.
Why Opportunities in the BRIC Countries May Be Overstated
China, India, Russia and Brazil have been ballyhooed as large potential markets for foreign publishing companies, but reality clouds some of this optimism.
Publishing in India Today: Growing Imports/Exports, Territoriality, Piracy and Digital
As India gains exposure to the international book markets, it challenges to copyright law, faces piracy issues and begins to add e-books.
Focus on the Digital at the Sparks Stage in Hall 8.0
As part of its Sparks initiative, the Frankfurt Book Fair is hosting three days of events focusing on all things digital at the brand new Sparks Stage (8.0 P 923). Come listen to discussions and interviews with leaders in the digital publishing field, and learn about the future of the industry. Sparks Stage Schedule of Events: Wednesday, October 6 10:30-11:00am …
Krauss Leads Abu Dhabi Book Fair into a New Era
By Chip Rossetti In 2009, when Monika Krauss took the position of General Manager of KITAB, the organization that manages the annual Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), she was coming full circle. Although born in Iraq to a German father and an Iraqi mother, Monika Krauss had spent most of her life somewhere else, having been raised in Nigeria …