22nd Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Abu Dhabi hosted the 22^nd Annual International Book Fair. The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority arranged the fair. In this fair, new educational activities were highlighted. The Professional Program elements were announced in this fair.

The Professional Program is an innovative series that introduces new career avenues in Abu Dhabi. This program brings together the best of industry panels, networking and seminars. The purpose of this program is to assess the current position of the book publishing industry for the Arab region. This program also evaluates the digital content available in the Arab region. If the program goes as per planned, this will one of the top Abu Dhabi careers in the coming years. 

The program touched some of the important topics related to book designing and digital publishing. In the Arab book fair, the representatives of the book publishing industry discussed about various business opportunities and issues. Main topics of discussion were depth of content, interaction ways and quality of speakers. Focus area will be digital publishing and the Arab region. 

A very important session planned was on ‘Making Arabic eBooks’. The session discussed on how to create online publishing technology. Important heads from reputed publishing houses from the Arab region presented their views.  

There was another on ‘eBooks vs. Tablet books’. In this session, the speakers presented opinions on ebooks and Tablets. This session highlighted the difference of these two. 

In this book fair, the eZone and Service Provider Area featured the technical aspects involved in digital publishing. The Ministries of Education and Higher Education of the Arab region presented market presentations in the book fair. This book fair gave a new addition to existing Abu Dhabi careers. 

Apart from the discussion sessions, there were various cultural activities and literary lectures. People from all age groups can be a part of these events.