UAE- 1200 Arab publishers sign up for 33rd SIBF
Date
9/15/2014 1:31:39 AM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The SIBF/ALA conference will be dedicated to discussing issues related to library science with the participation of Arab and foreign experts from all over the world.Sharjah — The Sharjah International book Fair (SIBF) has announced that it has received applications from about 1200 Arab publishing houses to participate in the 33rd edition of SIBF which will take place from November 5 to 15 at expo Centre Sharjah.
SIBF also received hundreds of applications from foreign publishing houses that will participate in this year’s SIBF alongside local government Arab and international bodies. It also revealed that 100 per cent of the exhibition space for its 2014 event has already been sold two months prior to its launch.
Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri SIBF Director said: “For the first time in the history of the book fair we received about 1200 participation applications from Arab publishing houses in one edition only. We also managed to completely sell the exhibition space dedicated to publishers two months before the fair.”
The 2014 SIBF will coincide with the Sharjah Islamic Culture Capital 2014 celebrations — a move that will increase visitor response to the fair which will host the first-ever joint conference in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA). Taking place from November 11 to 13 the SIBF/ALA Conference will be dedicated to discussing issues related to library science with the participation of Arab and foreign experts from all over the world.
The 32nd edition of SIBF which was held in November last year saw the participation of approximately 1010 publishers and exhibitors from 53 countries including 23 Arab countries and 30 foreign countries compared with 942 publishers from 62 countries including 22 Arab and 40 foreign countries in its 31st edition which took place in 2012.
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