The seminar will be presented by Ms. Qiu Hong Yan, a digital publishing expert in the Chinese Government, General Manager of “THAT’S” website and partner of Amazon Web Services, China and Dr. Ahmed Al Sa’eed, a consultant and expert at the China Book International Promotion Project launched by the Chinese Government and Director of the House of Wisdom Culture Foundation (Beit Al Hikma).
How the Arab Publishers’ Association is attempting to enhance the publishing industry in the Arab world, which is facing lots of difficulties, such as:
- Poor reading habit among Arabs;
- The censorship of books problem;
- The problem of forgery;
- Lack of distribution outlets;
- High customs duties and taxes levied on books and others.
Attention is devoted to creating professional development programs to the enhancement of Arab Publisher professionally.
These Books” is an international digital platform that aims to become the first international website to sell Arabic digital books in the world. The site’s Director and CEO CEO Ms. Dong Yu and Dr. Ahmed Al Sa’eed will introduce the Platform, its services and the opportunities it affords for cooperation with Arab publishers.
The publishing industry in the Arab world suffers from the lack of book distributors at local and regional level. Therefore, we will put forward the idea of joint publishing as one of the solutions to the problematic of distribution.
Joint publishing: Is less expensive; faster and more widespread; a solution to the problem of storage. It also offers a diversity of choices and higher production capacity.
According to the India Book Market Report released by Nielsen the print book market in India, including book imports, at $3.9 billion. India is said to be the second largest English-language book markets in the world. The compound annual growth rate of the country’s market is 20.4% according to the Nielsen report. India’s multilingual and multi-geographical realities make it a very unique publishing industry, within which several publishing industries co-exist. This session will highlight the current trends in Indian publishing industry, its unique qualities, and the pathways that are leading it into the future.
A publisher's experience of bringing literary South-East Europe to English readers.
the marathon after publication
After the sprint to publication the real life of a book really begins, and this is when it also needs its champions most of all, whether in the publishing house, in the book trade or in the media.
Modern book publishing models, termed ‘global’ are decidedly Western in their orientation. Global publishing business determines this alignment. When adopted in Asian countries, these models, which are primarily monolingual and corporate, are not in sync with the deep-rooted diversity that is characteristic of Asian countries. Taking subcontinental India as a case in point, this segment will discuss the impact of Western models in Asian countries, as well as the unique opportunities that these countries have in the production and distribution of their books.
variables and constants
After the sprint to publication (the short game) and the marathon afterwards (the long game), it's time to step back and look at the new publishing world that's coming into being, from changes in the means of publication to changes in reading and learning habits, and to ask what if anything are the constants in a changing world.
Jamalon.com has been serving the publishing industry since its inception in October/2010. This year Jamalon is releasing print on demand at Abu Dhabi Book Fair to help Arab and English publishers targeting the Middle East in advancing their capabilities and offering for the region with the latest technologies and infrastructure tuned for the publishing industry.
