Yearly Archives

2021

Publishing: Around the World

Not All Social Media Followers Are Potential Book Buyers A self titled book by Billie Eilish, one of the most famous pop stars in the world, with over 97 million followers on Instagram and another 6 million on Twitter has sold only 64,000…

Nov Dec 21

EDITORIAL There’s always a right book! PUBLISHING NEWS EXHIBITIONS Celebrating 50 years of New Delhi World Book Fair! (1972-2022) RIGHTS SELLING Joy of seeing one’s book published in other languages is unmatchable EXHIBITIONS SIBF…

“My aim is to have a free & frank exchange of ideas”

Dr M R Venkatesh is one of India’s leading Advocates on economic-criminal laws and a much sought-after legal professional. HE has recently authored Retaining Balance – The Eternal Way, which is a fascinating approach to deal with the…

Unleash the path to exponential growth & profitability

Digital printing is a widely accepted technology due to its turnaround time along with speed. The most beneficial part of it is lower cost due to demand in short run-length jobs. Digital printing offers publishers more than inventory and…

Book sector unites to take action on climate

The scientific consensus is clear; climate change is happening, and it requires urgent action across all sectors and all parts of society, from the individual to the global level to keep temperatures below the two-degree threshold outlined…

NBT celebrates Hindi Diwas

National Book Trust, India organized a lecture on ‘Importance of Hindi as Official Language towards National Progress’ during Hindi Pakhwada (01-15 September 2021) on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Ramesh…

Totems of Tamil Translation

I used to read a lot of novels in English during my school college days. Little did I know then, that many of them were not directly written in English. Those were narratives with such deep subtexts from different landscapes and cultures…