Called for publishing experts to activate the fight against piracy in the Arab countries, pointing out that most Arab countries have laws governing this area; but it is inactive, and many of those who practice piracy do so in good faith, as a legitimate contribution to the dissemination of knowledge and encourages reading, An important dilemma facing the evolution of the e-book.
"The Arab region is a promising market for publishing," said the participants at the Abu Dhabi Publishing Forum, organized by the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi, for three days. And has broad opportunities to invest in this field, pointing out that the reading rates in the Arab region are high, unlike the common, but they rely on piracy books.
Yesterday's sessions raised many issues related to the electronic publishing industry. During a session, the Executive Director of the International Association of American Audio Book Publishers, Michael Cobb, reviewed the publication rates of the audio book over the past five years, noting that the Arab market still has many promising opportunities in electronic publishing. "The latest technological innovation in supporting digital and audio books" was the subject of the second session, in which participants discussed several topics, among them the latest technology in e-book, voice and sound technology, smart audio systems, e-book readers, Between imagination and reality, with the participation of a number of specialists.
On the ways to counter piracy, the forum devoted a session entitled "Piracy and the rights of publishing e-books and audio", conducted by the CEO of the site of "Neil and Furat.com" Salah Shbaro, participated by the Regional Director at Storettal Arabia, Ammar Mardawi, Tourism and Culture, Abu Dhabi, Said Hamdan Al-Taniji, President of the Mauritanian Union for Publishing and Distribution, Ahmad Ould Salami, Saudi writer Ghanim Al-Enezi,
The "Virtual Book Clubs" session, moderated by Alia Al-Mannai, a presenter of Sama Dubai, highlighted a number of experiments to establish book clubs, including: Shahd Al-Rawi, writer and activist on social media Saleh Al-Yaraibi, Women's Break »Rola Al-Muzaini, founder of the Mosaic Club for Virtual Reading Ghaith Hassan.
The last session was entitled "Advertising and their role and their relationship to e-book and voice", and was moderated by the Saudi activist on social networking sites Abdullah Al-Kharif. The director of the Media Center of Bayt Al-Ghad Publishing, Yan Kun, and the CEO of Imagenation », Michael Garin, Executive Director of PiperSwitch, Anas Al-Halabi.
new project
Director of Publishing Department at the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, Saeed Hamdan Al-Taniji said that the department is preparing to launch a huge project in the field of electronic publishing and audio book. The first was the introduction of the "Poetic Encyclopedia", and the beginnings were in a studio in the cultural complex, and then the team turned to the use of studios equipped and then specialized companies, in the absence of modern technologies at the time.
"Our goal is not just to publish books, but to spread the culture of e-publishing, and we will build partnerships with different partners in the region and support platforms."