Current State of Malaysian Book Publishing

Abstract

Developing countries depend on the knowledge and information produced by industrialised countries just as they depend on these same countries for the supply of books. Thus, the Malaysian book market is immersed with imported publications especially from Britain and the United States. But as a multi-racial country comprising Malay, Chinese and Indian population, the book supply is also coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and the Middle East. With the emphasis on the Malay language, the increase in literacy, the upgrading of technical processes in book production, the progress in translation, and the new trends in marketing, local book publishing is charting phenomenal development in its growth patterns.