Trade books were up 34.2 percent in March, and 24.9 percent year-to-date in the American market.
In Times Square, May 18. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Massimo Giachetti
Year-to-Date Downloaded Audio up 21 Percent
In the StatShot report released Thursday (May 27) by the Association of American Publishers, the United States’ total revenues across all categories monitored by the system were up in March 40.2 percent as compared to March 2020. That brings the monetary figure to US$896.1 million.
Keep in mind that by March 6 of 2020, 21 passengers on a cruise ship off the coast of California had tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19. On March 11, the World Health Organization would declare COVID-19 pandemic on March 11. Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13. And California would issue the United States’ first stay-at-home order on March 19.
Proceeds from the new children’s book, ‘World Book Capital,’ will go to damaged bookshops and libraries in Gaza.
Bodour Al Qasimi signs a copy of her release ‘World Book Capital’ at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival. Image: Nabs Ahmedi
‘Does Such a Magical Place Exist?’
International Publishers Association president Bodour Al Qasimi has launched her new book for children at the Sharjah Book Authority’s 12th annual Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, and is donating all proceeds to Palestinian bookshops and libraries damaged in the conflict in Gaza.
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Publishing Perspectives readers know, the Sheikha Bodour Bint Al Qasimi founded her Kalimat Group publishing house 14 years ago in 2007, creating what was then the first house fully dedicated to young readers’ literature in the Gulf. Her associated nonprofit Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment has become an international leader in the provision of Arabic-language books for children in ref