Editorial

The New Year brings new hopes, new aspirations, new dreams and new opportunities. Here’s wishing a very successful year to the publishing fraternity. For all of us, the year 2017 starts on a happy note. With India’s leading book fair – New…

The Indian publishing industry has matured as a big publishing centre. India is the third largest publisher of English books and our books are appreciated and read worldwide. The quality standards have improved significantly and our…

Digital publishing is changing the publishing industry, making it more dynamic, adding a new dimension to the printed books. The core remains the same – content – the delivery channels have multiplied. Content can be accessed on multiple…

It is a known fact that the Indian book market is the sixth-largest in the world and second-largest in term of English language books. The children book publishing segment in India is perhaps growing fastest at a rate of 15-20 percent…

Charles William Eliot, rightly said, “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.” Books are like magic – they take you to the world beyond…

India is a huge depository of quality content… with 22 different languages, written in 13 different scripts and with over 720 dialects. Each language has its own set of powerful literature, which is still hidden from the world. But, content…

Publishing industry in India seems to have stabilized, after a decade of decline. Though the online book stores have intruded into the profits of brick-and-mortar bookstores, they have now become a part of the trade and are helpful in…

Indian publishing industry has long been an unorganised industry but with major mergers and acquisitions happening in the industry and with FDI (foreign direct investments), the industry is gradually moving towards being more organised.…

So, for publishers, book fairs are a time-efficient way to reach their customers specially the new ones. Besides, they can look at the respective websites of the book fairs to know what to expect new and plan their participation…

In this era of digital virtual world, are brick-and-mortar bookshops passé? While some would say ‘yes,’ others would say ‘no.’ Every book lover knows the ecstatic feeling they get when they visit a bookshop - neatly lined up books, each…