books: March 2010 archives

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Posted by: Keach Hagey on March 8, 2010 2:09 PM
Tags: Al Waraqoon, printing, UPP

Mixed Media welcomes a guest blogger today, Fatema al Mulla from the Executive Affairs Authority. Take it away, Fatema:

Abu Dhabi's United Printing and Publishing (UPP) announced yesterday its partnership with Bahrain's Al Waraqoon, a research and publishing house established and based in its capital, Manama in 2001 by two Bahraini entrepreneurs who had the vision to preserve the tradition, culture and civilization in the region.

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The £60,000 book

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Posted by: Keach Hagey on March 4, 2010 4:07 PM
Tags: British LIbrary, facsimile, Facsimile Editions, qur'an, Sultan Baybars' Qur'an

The highlight of my Abu Dhabi book fair experience so far was this book, a leather-bound facsimile of a 14th-century Qur'an written entirely in large, gold script interspersed with jaw-dropping illumination.

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Do e-readers increase book piracy?

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Posted by: Keach Hagey on March 1, 2010 11:19 AM
Tags: book piracy, books, e-reader, IPA Copyright Symposium, iPad, Kindle

The publishing industry, especially magazine publishers, awaited Apple's iPad like a saviour. But what if these gadgets are actually hurting more than they are helping?

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