Malaysia Report for The 16th Annual General Assembly Asia Pacific Book Publishers Association

The Malaysian Government continues to place huge emphasis on education for 2009. In fact, despite the economic downturn, the Malaysian Government has increased the spending on education to RM47.7 Billion or 23% of the 2009 Annual Budget. The Malaysian Governments’ underlying commitment is to provide equal access to quality educational opportunities for all Malaysians, notwithstanding […]

Thailand Publishing Industry Report 2007

The publishing business in Thailand has steadily grown since 2003, with a small decline in 2006, due to political instabilities. The estimated value of trade book sales in 2007 was around 18 billion baht, of which 88% was obtained from the sales of 110 large and medium sized publishing houses. The rest was from trade […]

A Report on the Malaysian Book Publishing Industry 2008

Malaysian publishers have been very active over the past year. Many members of the Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA) participated in regional book fairs as well as major international book fairs. Apart from that, MABOPA also organised several dialogue sessions with other related organisations to discuss various issues affecting the book industry. Many MABOPA members […]

Penerbitan dalam Bahasa Cina di Malaysia: Masa Kini, Kesukaran dan Masa Depan

Penguasaan terhadap latar belakang dan cita rasa pembaca tempatan merupakan satu-satunya kelebihan kepada penerbit tempatan. Justeru, pelbagai jenis buku yang berpotensi seperti feng syui, ekonomi, buku resipi, komik, buku bergambar, pelancongan, bahan rujukan, kesihatan, motivasi dan bacaan umum harus dititikberatkan dan dipergiatkan demi memajukan industri penerbitan dalam bahasa Cina di Malaysia. (Artikel ini dipetik daripada […]

Kedua-dua Pameran Buku dan Fungsi Antarabangsa

Secara keseluruhannya, intipati kedua-dua pameran buku ini nampaknya tidak secocok dengan namanya. Pameran yang bergelar pameran antarabangsa tidak cukup piawai antarabangsanya; yang menganjurkan pameran luar negara pula, penerbit luar negara yang berwibawa tidak hadir, sehinggakan kita terpaksa bertanya di manakah wujudnya penukaran fikiran antarabangsa? Apa yang dikesali ialah penyertaan penerbit-penerbit bahasa Cina tempatan dalam kedua-dua pameran buku ini amat tidak menggalakkan. Mereka sesungguhnya kehilangan peluang bertindak secara proaktif. Akhirnya pasaran buku-buku bahasa Cina tempatan terpaksa menantikan penerokaan oleh ejen-ejen buku. Oleh Johnny Seah

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