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  • United Arab Emirates Publishing Market Profile 2005 HTML | PDF

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) comprises an oil-rich federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah, Ajman and Umm Al-Qawain) with Abu Dhabi, being the largest emirate, including the federal capital. One of the key characteristics of the UAE book market is the importance of English, which is reflected in the attention devoted to the subject at all levels of the education system and in the stated requirements for employment by most companies. It is therefore not surprising that it is the largest export market in the Arab States for UK publishers with sales of £15.4m in 2003 (£18.8m in 2006).

  • United Kingdom Publishing Market Profile 2007 HTML | PDF

    The UK domestic market for books and related forms of publishing is the fifth largest in the world by value at current exchange rates, behind those of the USA, Germany, Japan and China. These markets are, to varying degrees, all substantially larger than the UK demographically, and the UK domestic book publishing market has been performing better in recent years than developed markets of a comparable size such as France and Italy.

  • Routes into the American Book Trade 2008 HTML | PDF

    Although the US market is potentially five times the size of the UK market, in reality it is rare for a UK book, excluding international best-sellers, to achieve in the USA even one-fifth of the sales achieved in the UK. Some UK best-sellers barely make a ripple. British publishers need to evaluate carefully the US market for each title, and plan their route into the market for each title accordingly. .