According to Publisher’s Weekly the Twilight Saga is set to take the Arab-speaking world by storm. In fact it might be more popular than Harry Potter.
“The Harry Potter books did not sell as well when translated into Arabic as it did in other parts of the world,” said Haissam Fadel, foreign rights and sales manager of the Arab Cultural Center, an Arabic-language publisher interviewed at last month’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. “It may have had something to do with the fact that readers didn’t know exactly who the books were for—adults or children.
We’re going to predict success on this one, and we want to take this opportunity to give a shout out to the Lexiconers who are in the Arabic speaking Middle East! According to our stats here’s who visits us:
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