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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Ian Chapman, Chief Executive of S&S U.K. and International
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has recently been acquired by private equity firm KKR, ending a long process for S&S’s current owner Paramount who put the publishing company on the market back in 2020, with an acquisition bid by Penguin Random House blocked by U.S. courts late last year. Despite the long uncertainty surrounding their ownership, S&S has reported some extremely buoyant results over the past few years, with double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2023. In the U.K., S&S was named Publisher of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards for the second year running and Children’s Publisher of the Year. Prior to the book fair we asked Ian Chapman, Chief Executive and Publisher, Simon & Schuster U.K. and International, how things are going.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Crime Writer Felix Francis
Felix Francis is a British crime writer and Dick Francis’ younger son. He was a science teacher before quitting to look after his father’s literary affairs.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Journalist Elizabeth S. Moore
Elizabeth S. Moore has worked as a journalist since she won the Decanter Young Wine Writer of the Year at seventeen, writing columns and articles on restaurants, politics, South Africa and all things foodie.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Nielsen Works with the Emirati Publishers Association on Data
Nielsen BookData, the world’s leading provider of bibliographic data and retail sales monitoring for print books, has partnered with the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) to digitize title listings and boost the growth of the U.A.E.’s publishing industry.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: LEILA Brings Arabic Literature to European Languages
A new project set up to promote the translation and distribution of books from the Arabic-speaking literary scene into Europe, LEILA is funded by a European Union program and designed and implemented by iReMMO and ATLAS in France, BOZAR in Belgium and Federation Tunisienne des Editeurs in Tunisia.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Ingram Prints on Demand for Arabic Publishers
Lightning Source Sharjah, the print-on-demand joint venture between Ingram Content Group’s (Ingram) Lightning Source LLC and the Sharjah Book Authority, is making more books accessible in the Arabic language and changing the way books are distributed in the Middle East.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Creating Connections Through Publishing Education
A primary goal of the NYU Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts is teaching our students to understand the globalization of publishing and the needs and challenges of colleagues around the world.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: African Publishers Connect with the World Through Sharjah
A key objective and strength of the Sharjah Publishers Conference has been to connect publishers from the global publishing community with the African publishing world. This year’s African presence has increased again, with participants from 18 African countries (excluding North Africa/Arab countries), many of them Francophone, including Benin, Burkino Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritius and Zaire for the first time, along with many returning participants.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Mauro Spagnol Wins Inaugural Publishing Rights Professional Award
In September 2022 the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) announced two significant new awards for publishing rights professionals, to be presented each year at the Sharjah Publishers Conference. In 2022, Mauro Spagnol of Books-Everywhere was the inaugural winner of the category for an independent. rights professional.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Author and Illustrator MA Bennett
Author MA Bennett is half Venetian, born in England and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She studied history at Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she specialised in the study of Shakespeare’s plays as a historical source, before going on to study art. She has since worked as an illustrator, an actress, and a film reviewer. She has also designed tour visuals for rock bands, including U2 and the Rolling Stones.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Making Books More Accessible WIPO Award to Be Presented in Sharjah
This year’s winners of the Accessible Books Consortium’s (ABC) International Excellence Award will be announced on October 30 at the 2023 Sharjah Publishers Conference, the first time that this prestigious award has been presented in the Middle East.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: The Changing World of Book Retailing
How do booksellers keep up with the latest trends in a fast-changing world? It used to be simple: just read the newspaper, watch TV, or listen to the radio. But now, with the rise of social media, blogs and podcasts, booksellers need to be more alert and adaptable than ever.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: The Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence
Over the next 5 to 10 years, the Arabic book market is poised for a remarkable transformation driven by the escalating influence of AI, which I believe holds the promise of revolutionizing the reading experience for Arabic audiences by offering highly personalized book recommendations based on individual preferences, past choices, and real-time feedback.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Translation Grants and Awards for Books and Publishers
Since 2011, the Sharjah Book Authority has been offering grant support for publishers looking to acquire rights while at the Sharjah International Book Fair.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Sharjah International Library Conference Celebrates 10th Year
The conference begins on November 7 with three preconference workshops. Entrepreneurs Need Libraries: How to Develop Your Entrepreneur Center will be collaboratively taught by librarians from the U.S. and Egypt.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Sharjah Book Authority Appoints Board of Directors
In May this year, in a significant move aimed at promoting literature and the written word, His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah, announced the establishment of a dedicated Board of Directors for the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA). This decision reaffirmed Sharjah’s commitment to fostering a culture of reading and enhancing the emirate’s position as a global hub for the publishing industry.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Nuria Cabuti, CEO of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Núria Cabutí is the CEO of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, the largest Spanish-language publishing house in the world, which is based in Barcelona.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Q&A with Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi has become the de facto ambassador for Arabic publishing around the world. As the recently appointed Chairperson of the new board of directors of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, and immediate past president of the International Publishers Association, she is in the leading position to help shape how the world engages with the Arabic language and literature, both at home in the U.A.E. and abroad. She spoke with us prior to this year’s fair.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Welcome Back to Sharjah
After another successful year of creating new relationships and building on long-term collaborations, Sharjah—the crown in the Arab book world—is back with the 42nd annual edition of one of the book world’s most anticipated events of the year.
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2023: Sharjah Attracts Booksellers from the Global South
The second Sharjah Booksellers Conference the U.A.E., held May 1-2, attracted some 200 booksellers and another 100 publishing professionals from across the world.
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