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Mohammed’s e-learning initiative of April 2012, details atwww.sheikmohammed.ae, direct link here).Qordoba, a Canadian and Lebanese company with its legalheadquarters in Dubai, was launched in 2011 as an initiativespecializing in digitally publishing Arab writers. Byspring 2012, Qordoba had acquired the rights to 400 Arabictitles, of which 250 were ready to be released as ebooks.In addition, Qordoba aims at translating relevant titles asebooks into Arabic, mostly from English. The first Englishtitle released in Arabic was Machiavelli’s The Prince. Ultimately,Qordoba wants to cover all subjects, from literatureto sciences, politics, and religion, and distribute them onits own platform. Titles will be made available in EPUB,across all major platforms, including Apple, Android, Windows,websites, and Samsung’s SmartTV. Forty percent ofsales revenues go to the publishers, with retail prices beingsuggested at a discount of 30 percent off the print price.eBooks carry DRM protection and can be read onlythrough the Qordoba App. For payments, a system of prepaidvouchers is available.For a listings of companies, see Part IVThe Global eBook Report 84