New, distinctive and unprecedented services offered by Books Platform to the reader, author, publisher and translator
New, distinctive, and exclusive services offered by Books Platform to the reader, author, publisher, and translator, as follows:
Monitoring and curating the latest books published worldwide, in all languages and across all categories.
Providing complete data and comprehensive summaries of new books in both Arabic and English.
Publishing book data in their dedicated sections on the platform according to category.
Producing daily news bulletins, videos, and podcasts about the most important books.
Preparing consolidated analytical reports on Arabic and foreign book harvests, published weekly.
Offering interactive services and networking tools connecting all elements of the cultural process.
Introducing Arab publishers to new foreign books and nominating them for translation into Arabic.
Coordinating with translators seeking to obtain translation rights for foreign books.
Highlighting new Arabic research, studies, and manuscripts that have not yet been published.
Online network marketing through social media platforms, and promotion via dedicated email programs and lists reaching millions of readers and researchers.
Facilitating purchase of new books by referral to the seller and publisher website, or through electronic payment and direct purchase via the platform.
It consists of seven main sections covering book categories across all scientific and knowledge fields. Book data and showcases with covers are published in the dedicated section according to category, as follows:
A section dedicated to displaying (the latest and most important) incoming books published on the platform from all sections and categories and from all languages.
A special section that presents the latest foreign books translated into Arabic.
A page introducing the publishing houses (Arabic and foreign) and classifying them by country, linking them to the books published by them on the platform, along with their website and email address.
It presents summaries of books and works by authors, writers, and authors that have not yet been printed or published. It also presents academic theses by researchers, with the aim of promoting them and introducing them to publishers, encouraging large segments of young people to write and create. Free upload and download service can be made available to the public for any authors and writers who wish to do so.
Daily news and press releases about the most important newly published books.
Specialized periodic reports on the most important books published in the fields and categories of (literature, thought, culture, science, and arts) - a separate report for each category.
A special section for researchers and intellectuals offers in-depth analytical readings of important recently published books.
Short videos about the most important recently published foreign and Arabic books. These are linked to YouTube, TikTok, and other social media platforms.
Audio clips about new books – in a quick and concise presentation within (3-5 minutes).
Short videos of famous novels by leading Arab and international writers – in an innovative and exciting format using AI tools that tell the story in a cinematic style to encourage reading and understanding its content.
One of the most important basic outputs of the “Global Books Platform” is providing up-to-date and complete bibliographic data on new and important books published worldwide translated into Arabic. In this regard, the project provides a service to provide this updated bibliographic data “daily” to national libraries, research and studies centers, and major Arab publishing houses concerned with the translation movement. The quality of books is selected from among the latest publications published worldwide and in all languages, according to specific criteria that take into account the fields and specificities of the entity requesting to benefit from the service.
Providing up-to-date, renewed, and continuous data on new books published worldwide and translated into Arabic
Target audiences: National libraries — universities and research centers — publishers — researchers — translators
Providing a daily news service: book news
Target audiences: Newspapers — magazines — websites — television channels
Preparing special, curated, consolidated and analytical reports on new books. Published weekly and monthly
Target audiences: Research and study centers — quarterly and specialized journals
Producing podcasts and videos
Target audiences: Television channels — radio stations — launching dedicated channels on YouTube, Telegram, and TikTok
Launching dedicated pages for news and showcases of new foreign books
Target audiences: The Arab audience on social media
Books Platform is a knowledge bridge connecting the world with the Arabic reader — through bibliography, media, research, audio-visual, and social content — building a contemporary Arabic reading culture connected to the world.
