The book industry in Saudi Arabia

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THE BOOK INDUSTRY IN SAUDI ARABIA
:
A DESCRIPTIVE AND ANALYTICAL STUDY
by
SAAD ABDULLAH
AL-DOBAIAN
B. A. King Saud Univ., M. A. Univ. Denver
of
A Doctoral Thesis
Submitted in fulfilment
the
partial of requirement
for the Doctor Philosophy
award of of
the Loughborough University Technology
of of
July, 1985
Director Research: Peter Havard-Williams,
of
M. A., Ph. D., Dip. Ed., FRSA, FLAI,
FBIM, F. I Sc
nst of
.I . .,
Professor Head Department
and of
Library Information Studies
of and
Supervisor: Mr. John P. Feather
B. Litt., M. A.
Senior Lecturer: Department Library
of and
Information Studies
e
by S. A. Al-Dobaian, 1985
DEDICAT10N
This thesis is dedicated to the
memory
to for her
of parents, my wife support,
to
encouragement, and patience, and my son
Abdullah daughters Amal, Haifa, Sahar,
and my
Samar for their
and sacrifice and patience
I Loughborough.
especially when was away at
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fiction had the to
capacity :
Stretch imagination,
our challenge us and
(7)
change us.
In justifying the importance fiction, Landsberg (8)
of
focused
upon the advantages to be gained from being an
avid reader, maintaining that a well read child :
Is He is better to
not alone. equipped
interpret
his
own experience and measure
it
that he has
against of others; an ample
frame intellectual for
of reference every
new encounter or dilemma in his life....
Reading fiction the to know
allows child
himself better, him
and endows with an
invaluable
store of our cultural symbols
(9)
and archetypes.
Effect
1.2
on academic performance
A further benefit
is
of voluntary reading that children
who are personally motivated to read do so fluently and
with understanding. This ability to read for meaning can
affect a child's performance in
school.
Clark's (10)
longitudinal
study of a group of fluent readers
through
progress school, revealed that the
ones with a
wide range of reading interests both
were successful and
in
the
confident classroom, that
and
:
did
They in
well
oral as well as written work
in
in
arithmetic as well as language... these
had
children
a wide range of experiences to
to discussions in
contribute the
classroom.
As a group they
seemed popular with others,
(11)
and many were leaders.
If habits
reading and abilities are formed through
encounters
(12),
with fiction then
regular voluntary reading must
have
a positive effect on developing a child's functional
reading skills. Carlsen (13) in his
work on creating readers
observed
:
Recreational is the from
reading parent which
informational
(14)
reading springs.
-2-
PREFACE
In developing like Sc Arabia there is
a country
for
a pressing need variety of studies researches which
be devoted to the fields he
should various national
development the In the last de
of country. numerous
have been done, by the
works which mainly er studies
Saudi
students studying abroad, were writt6 -3ut selected
topics related to their own society and the gent aspects
development Saudi Arabia. In cield
of national of of
Library and Information, for example, there is )ticeable
interest in the dealing develop-
and growth studies with
ing indigenous librarianship. From 1974 to 1984 than
ten Ph. D. dissertations, most of them from Americ, ver-
have been to importai iects
sities, already written cover
in the library field. Furthermore, this the
was not
because there in
are many more studies still progress
field to the in
other which probably comes close study
is the journalism. Several
area of national media and wk
have been in journalism. I.
already published especially
there Saudis
addition are some who are still conducting
their in the field in international
works some universitie.
in the States Europe.
and
An important far, to be for-
area seems so completely
by the that is book
gotten national research workers,
Although the is to the library
publishing. subject related
field to the the have
and media, none of previous studies
dealt this topic. This investigator felt the
ever with need
for this for the first time in the late 1970s
studying subject
he director Riyadh International Book
when was working as of
Fair by King Saud University
which was organised annually
since 1978, due to his involvement and his direct contact and
dealing indigenous booksellers distributors
with publishers, and
iii
their in the Arab World, besides
and equivalents elsewhere
international book As
some publishers and suppliers. a
he had become Arabic
result, acquainted with publishing and
difficulties
dimension the
was aware of the of problems and
the book industry in Saudi Arabia the Arab
affecting and
World
as a whole.
backed by
These valuable experiences were academic
study in the field of Library and Information Studies. Also,
this student had carried out a previous similar study in the
in Saudi Arabia
publishing of serial publications which was
presented to the Graduate School of Librarianship, University
of Denver, Denver, Colorado, in partial fulfilment of the
for Master Arts degree in 1977.
requirement of
Another important be to the
reason which may added
is that this has interest in this
above student a special
study.
Therefore, this student believes the previous mentioned
in justification the
reasons are good enough of selection of
this topic, the time they basic impetuses to
and at same are
to the
good study which can contribute national
conduct
interest in its field.
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ACKN0WLEDGEMENTS
First foremost I like to
and would express my
deep to
appreciation and special gratitude. my supervisor
Mr. J. P. Feather for his interest
guidance, patience, and
throughout the
constant encouragement whole of my study.
Also the is to Professor P.
author particularly grateful
Havard-Williams, Professor Library Information
of and
Studies Head the Department Director
and of who acted as a
Research this for his invaluable help
of of study, and
Thanks due to the the
encouragement. are also staff of
Department Library Information Studies, Loughborough
of and
University Technology to the
of and encouraging academic
in this In Saudi Arabia, I
atmosphere university. am
indebted to the included in this
all publishers study, many
in
people and officials who assisted one way or another
this too to be
making study possible and who are many mention-
by but I to them
ed name am grateful all.
Special thanks to the King Saud
must go staff of
University Library who offered their assistance at various
this
stages of work.
Finally, thanks due to King Saud University,
are
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the financial throughout
support
the course of this research.
V
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pa
e
Preface iii
.... .... .... .... -- .. --
Acknowledgement
v
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Table Contents
of vi
.... .... .... ....
List Tables
of x
.... .... .... .... ..
Transliteration Definition Terms
and of
xi
.... ..
The Kingdom Saudi Arabia
of
xiii
.... .... ....
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
.... .... ....
1.1 Publishing Society 1
and
.... ..
1.2 Objectives Scope the Study 4
and of
..
1.3 Related Literature.. 7
.... ....
1.4 Methodology
14
.... .... ....
1.5 Data Collection 18
.... .... ..
1.6 Study Limitation 19
.... .... ..
References 21
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 2 EARLY PRINTING IN ARAB WORLD 22
....
2.1 Introduction 22
.... .... ....
2.2 Arabic Printing 22
.... .... ..
2.2.1 In Europe 22
.... .... .... ..
2.2.2 In the Ottoman Empire 23
.... ....
2.2.3 In the Arab World 24
.... .... ..
References 30
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 3 EARLY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN
32
SAUDI ARABIA
.... .... ....
3.1 Introduction 32
.... .... ....
3.2 Emergence of Printing 35
.... ....
3.3 Characteristics Early Printing
of
Publishing 41
and
.... .... ..
References 44
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 4 EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA 46
....
4.1 Introduction 46
.... .... ....
4.2 General Aims Education 47
of
.... ..
4.3 Education Administrations 47
....
4.4 Organization Education 48
of
.... ..
4.5 Higher Education for Girls 60
....
vi
Pace
4.6
Saudi Students Abroad 62
.,.. ..
4.7 Development National Human
of
Resources 63
(cid:30) .... .... ..
4.8 Education and Publishing 69
. ....
References 73
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 5 AUTHORSHIP
74
5.1 Introduction
74
.... .... ..
5.2 Authors their Publishers
and 77
, ,.
5.3 Agreements
79
5.4 Incentive for Promoting Authorship.
83
References 88
... ,... .,.,.. ,,,,,,
CHAPTER 6 THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
89
6.1 Introduction
89
.... .,.. ..
6.2 The Present Structure Book
of
Publishing
95
.... ..., ....
6.2.1 Trade Book Publishers
96
,... ,.
6.2.2 Organization Staff
and 108
.... ..
6.2.3 Ownership
109
.... .... ....
6.2.4 Trade Publishing Centres
110
. ....
References
111
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 7 BOOK PRODUCTION
112
.... .... ..
7.1 Introduction
112
(cid:30) ,... ....
7.2 Editorial Work
112
,... .... ..
7.3 Design
113
(cid:30) ,... .... ....
7.4 Printing
115
7.5 Binding
120
.... .... ....
7.6 Costs Profits
and 120
.... ....
7.7 The Price Books
of 122
7.8 Extent Book Production
of 124
....
7.9 Translation
126
..,. .... ....
7.10 Book Imports
128
.... .... ..
7.11 Arabic Language Publishing 131
....
References
133
.... .... .... .... ..
CHAPTER 8 BOOK PROMOTION 135
.... .... ..
8.1 Introduction
135
.... .... ..
8.2 Publishers' Catalogues 136
.... ..
vii