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Publishers lose Sh300 million to pirates yearly, stakeholders say

Nairobi Book Fair chair Mary Maina and Kenya Publishers Association chairman Kiarie Kamau. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Local book publishers lose up to Sh300 million annually to pirates.

Republishing of content illegally has seen promising writers discouraged from writing.

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