The Egyptian Publishers Association has announced it is planning to organise a book fair by the end of November or early December at the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Nasr City, Cairo.
The fair will feature Egyptian, Saudi, Emirati and Bahraini publishers in particular, as well as other international Arab publishers.
The event will see discounts of up to 70% on all books in a move to support publishers’ budgets in 2018.
Some publications belong to their time; others become part of how that time is remembered. The New Yorker clearly belongs to the latter. Since its first issue appeared in February 1925, it has grown from a magazine rooted in the spirit and urban life of New York into one of the world’s most influential cultural […]
US novelist Paul Yoon, whose latest novel Etna is published by Scribner, has delivered a paean of praise for independent booksellers… He told Bookselling this Week: “Stores like that–independent bookstores–they’re portals into all these different worlds. They give you access to all these different worlds and, for me, that became my first encouragement to imagine […]
South Korea’s publishing industry is undergoing a notable shift, as a growing number of foreign publishers move to acquire translation rights to Korean novels before the books are released in their home market. The trend reflects increasing confidence in Korean literature’s ability to reach readers worldwide without first having to prove its commercial success at […]
US novelist Paul Yoon, whose latest novel Etna is published by Scribner, has delivered a paean of praise for independent booksellers… He told Bookselling this Week: “Stores like that--independent bookstores--they're portals into all these different worlds. They give...
South Korea’s publishing industry is undergoing a notable shift, as a growing number of foreign publishers move to acquire translation rights to Korean novels before the books are released in their home market. The trend reflects increasing confidence in Korean...
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