The UK magazine market is vast, but there’s a bigger world out there. Simon Whaley investigates exporting to foreign markets
In the US, May is World Trade Month, when companies are encouraged to export their goods and services to new markets right around the globe. When it comes to the business of writing, we’re fortunate our native tongue is the official language in over sixty sovereign countries, and widely used in many others.
Key markets, like the USA, Australia, and South Africa, publish thousands of magazines in English, but some countries in other continents, such as Africa and Asia, use English as a second language, often printing magazines in their native language as well as English. There is, literally, a whole world of opportunities out there for writers, both for non-fiction and fiction, if we know where to look, and how to approach them.