Arab Hero, a new comic book start-up based in Cairo aims to create Arabic comic books featuring Arab heroes, written by Arab writers, and illustrated by Arab artists.
Following Recent Events, Will You Explore the Mid-East and North Africa for Opportunities in 2011?
The landscape for publishers to explore the Middle East and North Africa for opportunities has never been better. By Edward Nawotka Earlier this month on Publishing Perspectives Egyptian e-book publisher Ramy Habeeb argued that Western publishers had a responsibility to bring “pluralism” to the Middle East publishing community, something they can do by participating in the rebirth of the free and open …
Arab, Western Publishers Have a Responsibility to Egypt
By Edward Nawotka For obvious reasons, if you want customer service this week from Kotobarabia, Egypt’s predominant e-book store, you’re out of luck. The lifting of censorship will bring a flood of new books, but it’s up to Arab and Western publishers to ensure there’s a pluralism of views. Ramy Habeeb, founder and CEO of Kotobarabia, who spoke to us from …
The Digital Innovators: Iain Millar of Quercus
Ian Millar of Quercus features the latest installment of our profiles of digital innovators from the UK.
The Digital Innovators: Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions
Here, Peter Collingridge discusses his career, his outlook for Enhanced Editions, and his vision for the future of the ebook.
LBF Digest: Tales of the “Hero Fair Goers”
By Ramy Habeeb, founder and CEO, Kotobarabia.com I think one of the most depressing things that a truly committed publisher can see are empty bookshelves. And that certainly was the case at the London Book Fair, where many publishers were unable to shelve their booths with that most precious of commodities, their books. When I first entered the fair, I …