Designing the Future Scenarios of Book Publishing Industry in Iran

Farajlou Motlagh, Bahareh, Moeini, Hossein and Mousavi, Reyhaneh Sadat Designing the Future Scenarios of Book Publishing Industry in Iran. Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 2024, vol. 30, n. 2, pp. 229-212. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was to provide possible and desirable scenarios for the future of thebook publishing industry in Iran, so that all efforts can be mobilized to avoid the unfavorable position and scenarioand to realize the favorable and ideal scenario as quickly as possible.Methodology: The governing paradigm of this research is the qualitative paradigm. In terms of the type ofresearch, it is an applied research and in terms of the type of data, it is qualitative too and the data collection toolis the interview. The statistical population of this research is the book publishing industry experts. The samplingmethod in this research is the snowball method. Following the theoretical saturation rule, 10 prominent countrywide publishers who are mainly active in Tehran have been interviewed. The Global Business Network (GBN)method, which is the most practical scenario writing method was used to analyze the data.Results: The findings of this research provide four scenarios for the future of the country�s book publishingindustry. These four scenarios are development (transformational policies and culture building), waste (transformational policies and lack of culture building), book desert (policies of the past and lack of culture building), andimpasse (policies of the past and culture building). These four scenarios were based on the opinions of experts,which were identified and explained for the future of the country�s book publishing industry. As it is evident, the�development� scenario is the desired scenario. It is a scenario in which policies have been transformative and culture building has been carried out at its highest level and this industry has been in its best imagined situation, and the�book desert scenario� with the most unfavorable situations due to the lack of culture building and the dominationof past policies is pessimistic one.Originality/value: Despite the value and importance of book market, both culturally and economically andprofitably, the low per capita position of reading in Iran among the countries of the world and the existence ofmany challenges and problems in the country�s publishing industry necessitate the need to examine this index thatis culturally important. Since the research carried out in the field of publishing industry was only an analysis of thecurrent situation at the national or provincial level or they provided some solutions to get out of the challenges, noresearch has investigated the future and possible scenarios for Iran�s book publishing industry. Futures study hasbeen and is one of the most important challenges of researchers and leaders of the country in recent years. Therefore, considering the increasing importance of the mentioned categories, it was decided to investigate the futuresstudy of the market and book publishing in Iran. Of course, there are various methods and tools for futures studyand in this research, the scenario-writing method was used, because the best response to deep uncertainty is a typeof strategy that is predicted for a future instead of being optimal. It is clear that this method is responsive to manydifferent futures and evolves along with the emergence of new information over time. Today, expert managers knowthat using the scenario method works much better than the traditional schools of strategic planning. Therefore, theresults of this research can greatly help managers and trustees of the field of culture and science in their decisions.Based on the desired scenario (development scenario), some suggestions were made for the formation of this desirable future in clarifying the path and strengthening this industry in the future of publishing in the country

Persian abstract

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Futures studies,Scenario Planning,Book Publishing,Global Business Network,Iran
Subjects:	D. Libraries as physical collections. > DC. Public libraries.
Depositing user:	rispl journal Journal
Date deposited:	30 Jan 2026 17:56
Last modified:	30 Jan 2026 17:56
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/47490

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