Malaysian Book Industry Case Study

Books are the stepping stones to human progress by Gorky. As we known, early books were inscribed by hand and lavishly decorated, but with the development of technology and human society, until approximately the 15th century, Johann Gutenberg invented metal movable type printing and Gutenberg ’s innovations spread quickly throughout Europe. The Gutenberg ’s invention cause people to read books conveniently today. Malaysia out of British colonial rule and become independent sovereign state at 1961 Malaysia will be the nation official language and the common language is English. After 1961, Malaysia provided the official national language and the common language for the Malay language, and in 1970 in the national primary and secondary

As we known, when Malaysia became independent in 1957, everything needed to develop, including the book industry. As the same time, due to historical reasons, Malays, Chinese and Indians are the three major races in Malaysia. Because the nation has its own language, Malay, Chinese Tamil and English in Malaysia have varying degrees of development. It is because of Malay books, Chinese books, Tamil books and English books constitute the four most important parts of today’s Malaysian book industry. Until today, the book industry in Malaysia has developed better than the book industry at the time of independence. Since the independence of the Malaysian national economy and economy development is good, the government in the continuous development of economy and improve the living standards of the people, the government feels that in improving economic development and people’s living standards after every development is important to the people, the Malaysian began to focus on the improvement of national knowledge. The government has also developed the book industry, and the book publishers in Malaysia are several times more than in the early days of independence.

The kuala Lumpur International Book Fair is one of the most important annual programmers for the Malaysia National Book Council. Its aim is to achieve the main objective of “Dasah Buku Negara”. Among the objective of MBKIM organization the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair are: 1. rising awareness on the importance of books in our daily life as a knowledge provider. 2 Developing good reading habits at all levels of society. 3 Advancing the publication of book and encouraging the book industry in this country. 4 creating a meeting point for professional groups that related to the publication and development of books. All in all, the Malaysian book industry is in constant development.We found a company that named MPH Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd.It is a Malaysian group of companies best known for its book