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Obeikan Publishing House is a Saudi publishing house and a prominent publisher in the Arab world. It has published works by Arab authors as well as institutes and government agencies. Founded in 1995, it has published over 2,900 titles and around six hundred authors as of February 2024.

Obeikan and electronic publishing

As of February 2024, Obeikan Publishing House has published more than 2,550 e-books and over 350 audiobooks, making Obeikan's titles available to Arabic-speaking readers across Europe and North America by leveraging multi-channel digital marketing. Obeikan Publishing House has leveraged electronic publishing and digital technology to produce small print runs, sometimes as few as a single copy on demand. These books are available for publication in partnership with Amazon Company. Obeikan expanded the scope of publishing books translated from other languages and also translated a number of books

Capabilities of Obeikan Publishing House

Obeikan Publishing House offers various services related to publishing, including professional translation services, digital, audiobook, and print book services, content and language review, co-publishing services, and publishing project services. Obeikan Publishing House has received the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation and has collaborated with various entities in publishing, such as the Ministry of Education, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, the Ministry of Culture, the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, the Capital Market Authority, and the King Khalid Foundation Obeikan has partners in electronic publishing (ePub), including Amazon Kindle, Google Play, OverDrive, and Abjjad. In audiobooks, Obeikan collaborates with Storytel, Kitab Sawti, and Dhad. Obeikan participates in e-commerce through Amazon, Noon, and Rewaq al-Kotob.