Sharjah Publishing City is an integrated structure that supports the Arab and international industry.

A delegation of Arab and international publishers confirmed the importance of Sharjah Publishing City, the world's largest free publishing town, and one of Sharjah's Book Authority projects because of its promising options and its many ways to contribute to the sector. Publish many advanced options and help publishers become more open to the Arab and Gulf markets.

This occurred when a delegation of 430 Arab and international publishers visited the city on the sidelines of the 37th session of the Sharjah International Book Fair, where she was informed of the choice of facilities. from the city in a vast area of ​​40, 000 square meters and providing 600 furnished and furnished offices for business owners and publishers. Meters for those who wish to occupy their own space.

The delegation, which included publishers from the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, discussed the city's most important privileges to publishers by Salem Omar Salem, director of Sharjah City Publishing, especially the freedom of ownership of all nationalities, the free movement of capital and profits and the tax exemption. Import and export adding to cost reduction on the level of costs related to employment, energy, sustenance, printing and logistics.

The delegation is also aware of the city's unique facilities and state-of-the-art infrastructure, designed to cope with the entire shortage of publishing and printing industries, in terms of cost savings compared to others. commercial sites of the country and region and for its logistical location, making it an attractive environment for emerging companies in particular. Licensing and registration of new companies, subsidiaries and regional branches of international companies.

The purpose of this visit is not only to inform the editors of the facilities, services and infrastructures made available by the city, but also to listen to their opinions, exchange their views on the main challenges of the sector and share ideas likely to strengthen the role of publisher, writer and all actors in the book sector.

Sharjah Publishing City opened its doors last year to the global publishing markets to address the urgent need to establish a specialized publishing center in the Arab region, based in the Sharjah Emirate, which is characterized by modern and sophisticated infrastructure as well as air and sea links with the whole world.

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