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This article outlines in detail the ten strategic goals that the UAE publishing industry has identified to lead a comprehensive transformation of the industry and to cement its position as a regional leader. The main goals revolve around building regional and global partnerships, developing a global publishing hub, improving legal framework for the all the stakeholders of the industry, building quality Arabic content for local and regional readers, supporting educational publishing, launching initiatives to encourage reading for pleasure, improving distribution networks and retail, transforming libraries, and instilling a sense of pride and understanding of local culture while supporting creative talents and skills. Also, this article will share information about some leading initiatives being implemented in Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates, and future initiatives to be implemented to achieve the ten goals.
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Emirates Publishers Association Website. http://epa.org.ae/en.
Frankfurt Book Fair Website. http://www.buchmesse.de/en/.
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The original version of this article was revised: In the original article the author’s name (Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi) was included in the article title.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12109-017-9501-z.
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Qasimi, B.A. UAE’s Publishing Industry: A Vision of an Avant-Garde Nation. Pub Res Q 33, 37–40 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9494-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9494-z