ASEAN’s Publishing TrendASEAN’s Publishing Trend

Presented by

Thanachai SantichaikulPresidentASEAN Book Publishers Association & the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand

8 ASEAN Countries8 ASEAN Countries

Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

ASEAN Countries Fact & Figure

Total area > 4 Mil. Sq. K.M. Total population > 550 Mil. Total of GDP: 1,000 Billion USD No. of Publishers > 2,000 No. of Titles > 60,000/year

2006 ASEAN Population2006 ASEAN Population

0.37

220

5.926

85

5

6483

Brunei

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Philppines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

(Million : Unit)

Total Population 489 Million / 8 CountriesSource: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

2004/2005 New Title2004/2005 New Title

186*****

8,550****

5,429***

3,963**

10,000****

20,191*

11,600

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Source:

*APPA Country Report 2005

**National Library, Singapore

***National Book Development Board, Philippines

****ASEAN Publishing Trend Forum, Bangkok (March 2005)

*****Six Government Dept. of Brunei

Popular Book CategoryPopular Book Category

Motivational book

Management

Fiction

Children

Brunei

Trade Book

AcademicMarketing

Scholarly Book

School book

Religion

CultureComputerLiterary Book

Travel Guide

Children

Socio-political Book

Exam/Course Book

FictionReferenceIllustrationLiterature

ReligionPsychologyGeneralGeneralChildrenNovel

ChildrenChildrenTextbookTextbookJuvenile Book

Fiction

Educational Book

FictionEnglish Language Book

School BookTextbookComic

Vietnam*

ThailandSingaporePhilippines*

Malaysia*

Indonesia*

Source :* ASEAN Publishing Trend Forum, Bangkok (March 2005)

ObjectivesObjectives

To exchange ideas among ABPA member countries.

To emulate the best business practices and legal infrastructures among of ASEAN Nations.

To expand co-publishing translation, and distribution rights among ASEAN members.

To promote better understanding and goodwill among ASEAN member countries.

To have better representation in international forum.

ASEAN CooperationASEAN Cooperation

Data and best practice sharingInvolves the exchanges of business information and resources, ideas and creative lessons

Licensing for own content Joint content development

Support among one another which could be very beneficial to a certain extent for everybody involved

Alliance for scale- Negotiation with global publishers - Regional printing

Increase the exposure to many ASEAN Publishers- Visit and participations in business tradeshows- The ABPA Website

Three Sub-committees

Training and Development Committee chaired by Dr.Mataim bin Bakar

Legal Copyright and Licensing Committee chaired by Mr.Atty. Dominador D. Buhain

Co-publishing, Translation and Distribution Committee chaired by Mr.Raymond Yeo