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British company transfers translation rights to Iranian publisher 

Tehran Times: Iran’s Avand Danesh Book Publishing Company has acquired the translation and publishing rights for books from John Wiley & Sons Publishing Company in London.
Previously, Iranian publishers had to communicate with the Wiley office in London to obtain permission for publication. Now, however, they can take action via the Iranian representative, Avand Danesh announced in a press release on Saturday.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical and scholarly fields.
Avand Danesh Book Publishing has been the official exclusive representative of Wiley in Iran since 1996, but its activity was limited to providing and purchasing Wiley books for Iranian consumers via orders and offering Wiley books at book fairs in Iran.
Moreover, at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair this October, Wiley has arranged two sessions for Iranian publishers with the central theme of copyright protection.
Iranian publishers can attend the meetings to be held with the collaboration of the Union of Tehran Publishers and Booksellers.
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Book on Imam Ali (AS) Published in Kyrgyzstan 

Iran Daily: A book on the life of Imam Ali (AS), the first Shiite Imam, has been recently published in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Entitled ‘Allah, the Destined Fate’, the book was written by Ajam Jamangulov and printed by the Kyrgyz publishing company ‘Biktik’ with the help of Iran’s Cultural Center in Kyrgyzstan, Mehr News Agency reported.
The book is comprised of two chapters. The first chapter centers on the personal life of Imam Ali (AS), his wife Hazrat Fatemeh (SA)--the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). While, the second chapter is comprised of a collection of Islamic poetry, a selection of verses of the Holy Qur’an, as well as some Qur’anic stories.
In addition, the 315-page book contains several pictures of the religious sites and holy shrines of Islamic leaders in various countries.

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