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How Copyright Clearance Center’s Michael Healy Advocates for 'Responsible AI'
In a rapidly evolving publishing landscape, the executive director of the CCC is taking the lead on addressing one of the industry’s most pressing concerns: the use of copyrighted material in artificial intelligence systems.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: Sharjah Spotlit at Book Fair and Events Around the World
The 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair opened on November 6 and will run through November 17. But the SIBF is only one event in which the Emirate of Sharjah, through the Sharjah Book Authority, has been showcased around the world.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: 11th Sharjah International Library Conference
The 11th Sharjah International Library Conference takes place on November 9-10, the first weekend of this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair. The SILC brings together 250 librarians annually from the MENA region and beyond to learn and share the latest trends and issues within global librarianship.
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Raya Agency Founder Yasmina Jraissati on the Arabic Rights Market
Jraissati, who established the agency in 2004 and has become one of the top literary agents working with Arabic authors, discusses the development of the rights and translation market for books from the Middle East and North Africa.
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PublisHer Pushes for Sustainability Actions in the Book World
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi’s PublisHer initiative is working to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals through partnerships in the international book business and beyond.
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Ingram Sees Potential for Boosting Arabic Book Sales
With more than 13 million titles in its global print-on-demand catalog and a new Lightning Source facility in Sharjah, John Ingram sees no impediment for growing interest and sales of Arabic content globally.
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The Growth of a Book Business in Cairo
The first Diwan bookshop opened in Cairo 2002, with further branches and other activities added over the years, the most recent of which was Diwan Publishing in 2021. We talked to Layal Al-Rusom and Ahmed Al-Qarmalawi, two of the four founders of Diwan Publishing in Cairo, about their expanding business.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: Sharjah’s Agency for Translation Rights Enters Third Year
The Sharjah International Literacy Agency, which launched in 2021, aims to boost regional Arabic publishing, promote Arabic literary and cultural content globally, and more.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: Rights Connection Award Winners and More
Nermin Mollaoğlu of the Kalem Agency of Istanbul, Turkey, and Ahmed Bedeir, general manager at Dar El Shorouk in Egypt, have been named the winners of this year's Sharjah Rights Connection Awards.
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Arabookverse Has Ambitious Plans for Audiobooks in Arabic
After aggressively adding 1,000 titles to its catalog in its first year, the company has emerged as a trailblazer in the Arabic-language audiobook and e-book market, and intends to increase the accessibility of Arabic digital content globally.
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Making Sharjah a Global Cultural Hub: PW Talks with Bodour Al Qasimi
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority and CEO of Kalimat Group, discusses the trends impacting her publishing company, the industry in the U.A.E., and future of the PublisHer community for women in publishing.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: The Sharjah Publishers Conference Schedule
This year, the Sharjah Publishers Conference offered keynote talks and round table workshops on Sunday, November 3, with matchmaking sessions set for Monday, November 4 and Tuesday, November 5.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: A Gathering of the Globe
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority, introduces this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, which will host participants from 106 countries.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: Shaping the Future of Literature
Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, CEO of the Sharjah Book Authority, offers his own welcome to this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, as “we stand at the threshold of a new era in the publishing industry.”
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Interlink Is a Palestinian American Publisher with Purpose
In August, Interlink Publishing founders Michel and Ruth Moushabeck passed the Northampton, Mass.–based press on to their daughters Hannah, Leyla, and Maha, and son-in-law, Harrison Williams. The Palestinian American–owned press aims to be “a publishing house for the movement.”
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Sharjah Plans Third International Booksellers Conference
The third International Booksellers Conference will be held on April 27-28 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. More than two hundred booksellers and publishing professionals from the region and around the world are expected to attend.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Book Pros Gather from 106 Countries
The Publishers Conference, which precedes the Sharjah International Book Fair, was held in the U.A.E. last weekend, and attracted more than 1,000 delegates from 106 countries.