Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance welcomed an idea on establishment of special agencies for marketing of Iranian publications overseas, adding however that a state sponsorship would be granted to those entities which run a lawful apparatus. Mohsen Parviz, deputy in cultural affairs, also added that cultural institutes which aim to marketing domestic publications are allowed to run their own procedures however legal procedures and necessary fund have yet to put in place

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A top publishing personality said a permanent subject book exhibit would prove more effective in promoting book reading habits in society. Mahmoud Sanjari, acclaimed personality of a sixth review festival, also noted that such specialized exhibitions enjoy a distinct lineup and method of presentation. The select figure floated that Iran's print industry might turn into a flourishing business driven by supply and demand once a sustainable venue is established to this end and private publishers are supported. Mahmud Sanjari has ...

2010-05-12 08:30

A strong welcome by people to Tehran Book Fair is Indicative of favorable reading conditions nationwide, a senior official in Tehran city council said. Morteza Talaei, chairman of committee in charge of cultural affairs, attributed the large public turnout to thematic diversity and favorable facilities and services available to visitors in the fairground. The municipality executive opined that a symbolic cultural motto as book reading is must turn into an instated practice, adding that the 23 rd Tehran International Book ...

2010-05-12 08:30

Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance will conclude an agreement with the Office of National Public Libraries on establishment of a subject library section for Koranic themes, according to head of Center for Coordination, Expansion and Promotion of Koranic Activities. Hijjatoleslam Hamid Mohammadi added that for the purposes of Koranic activities, the Ministry has approved to establish several specialized libraries on Koran-related studies which offer all available publications in the field of Koran studies, paper- or digital style. According to ...

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Branches of the Postal Service in Tehran has received or dispatched more than 16 thousand intercity shipments in the first five days of the 10-day Tehran International Book Fair event, an official in charge of book fair's facilities said. Sayyid Ahmad Mousawi, director of committee in charge of welfare facilities, said District 15 postal station has been running three postal offices in the fairground which have collectively operated over 250 city-bound and over 16,000 intercity shipments during the five day ...

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Iran Saderat Bank offers facilities online to publishers and people for sales or purchase of print materials, according to Managing Director, Sayyid Muhammad Jahromi, who also said the services are sustainable during the year. The manager was pleased that the bank was applied by major publishers and men of culture, enabling it to run an extensive and sustainable reciprocal trade with cultural purposes. Jahromi noted that publishers and book sellers have currently got accustomed to virtual space, adding that the ...

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Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology has said that a major agenda in the Fifth National Development Plan is to expand an Iranian-Islamic culture through E-publishing and vie the Internet. Reza Taqipur said his ministry was assigned by the law to build necessary infrastructure for the undertaking, adding that the infrastructure both applied to telecommunications and IT sectors. In the same regard, Taqipur said the ministry will undertake to grant university students and seminarians free access to publications online in ...

2010-05-12 08:30

A special panel to discuss the status of print industry in Iran was told that few studies were carried out on the history of national print industry.   Mazhab-Jafari, an expert, told the panel that a most recent work on the subject was authored in Russian 40 years ago and was lately translated into Persian. Entitled "A history of lithography in Iran," the book has been translated by Parvin Monzavi 40 years after original publishing, according to the expert.   ...

2010-05-11 08:30

Mohsen Parviz, president  of the 23 rd Tehran International Book Fair has urged for a lively staging of an upcoming calendar book week's ceremonies, adding that a committee in charge of the event would pursue ways to jazz up the ceremonies nationwide.   Parviz told Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) that the committee was assigned to draw a pack of programs to mark the week, urging related authorities to fast track the mission.   Also deputy of Minister of Culture ...

2010-05-11 08:30

Professor Hamid Mowlana, a prominent Iranian researcher and author told a panel on "needs and demands of society versus status quo in publishing sector" that the issue of distribution was a major problem facing the publishing sector in Iran, making the sector's less competitive than the European-based publishing rivals.   Mowlana hailed book as moist effective vehicle of expression, adding that Iran Civilization was on the vanguard of publishing affairs as well as an integration of verbal and written media. ...

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