Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone offers a pioneering ecosystem

SHARJAH: The publishing industry, navigating digital disruption and evolving reader habits, faces persistent challenges; the high costs of physical production, the complexities of global distribution, and the environmental burden of unsold inventory.

- Staff Reporter, Gulf Today

In this sense, specialised ecosystems are required to offer publishers a pathway to greater efficiency and reach. Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone) encapsulates this necessity to the “T” and positions itself as the world’s first free zone dedicated solely to the publishing sector and associated industries.

This focus creates a truly innovative and progressive publishing ecosystem designed to streamline operations, and by consolidating services often fragmented across different providers, the free zone aims to simplify the entire publishing lifecycle.

Publishers operating within the zone can access support ranging from initial business setup and licensing through to the practicalities of book production, printing, and crucially, navigating distribution channels, creating a potentially more efficient operational environment.