‘It’s a period of far greater democracy in publishing’
Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANSlife) Alexander McCall Smith, the 71-year-old British author of his bestselling “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series and “Detective Varg” series, …
Amish sees self-publishing as freedom of expression
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANSlife) Nine years after he stormed into the literary world selling three million copies of “The Immortals of Meluha”, the debut …
Assam on high alert as NRC publishing date nears
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Assam government has tightened security across the state ahead of the publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) on …
SC: State Coordinator and government should together in publishing NRC
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Centre, Assam government and the State Coordinator appointed for National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam, are apparently working …
No bar on media from publishing ‘secret’ documents: SC
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the media was well within its rights to publish Rafale-related documents, thereby rejecting …
Publishing Rafale information fully justified, lawful: N. Ram
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Former Editor of The Hindu newspaper, N. Ram, on Wednesday said that his newspaper was “totally justified” in publishing the …
Major international authors eye Indian publishing market
Jaipur, Jan 26 (IANS) India’s vibrant publishing market is attracting major international bestselling authors, who say that there is a great potential for their books …
Publishing experts decode art, business of translation
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The life and times in the 21st century comes down to ‘convergence’, or the coming together of people, ideas and markets. …
Publishing insiders to talk ‘business’ at Jaipur BookMark, starting Wednesday (Curtain Raiser)
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) The Who’s Who of the publishing business, including top editors and CEOs of leading publishing houses, bookstores and book fairs from …
Google creating publishing platform for local news publishers
San Francisco, Jan 15 (IANS) To help small newsrooms overcome challenges in their strive to go digital, Google is creating a new publishing platform for …
Hindi-English publishing collaborations to climb a notch higher in 2019
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Marking a new era of collaborations in Indian publishing, leading Indian publishing houses are all set to expand their bandwidth …
Bangladesh journalist arrested for publishing ‘fake’ information on polls
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) The Bangladesh police arrested a journalist under the controversial anti-propaganda law and are looking for another one on allegations of publishing …
Books as political tools: Opposition builds up in publishing space
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The literary space has emerged as one of the major playfields in the run-up to the 2019 general elections as …
Amazon adds 5 Indian languages to Kindle Direct Publishing
Bengaluru, Oct 16 (IANS) Amazon on Tuesday announced that it has added five Indian languages to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) — which is the e-commerce …
Sahitya Akademi receives FICCI publishing award for Hindi
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) gave out its “Book of the Year” publishing award to …
Atmosphere vitiated, but publishing escapes heavy hand of politics, say insiders (Part II)
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) With the new weapon of choice to intimidate publishers being the legal injunction, industry stakeholders contend that they have escaped …
Ph.Ds, M.Techs enrol for NBT’s book publishing course
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A four-week book publishing course organised by the National Book Trust (NBT) as a part of skill development initiatives that …
Quality over Quantity: How a ‘man of books’ is changing publishing’s 80-20 rule
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Ever wondered why so many books that seem of little value and are never sold or reviewed get published in …
Amazon Publishing acquires Chetan Bhagat’s next six books
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Amazon Publishing has announced a global deal for the next six books by best-selling author Chetan Bhagat, whose previous books were …
Major focus on translations among publishing houses in India
(ATTN EDITORS: The rich linguistic diversity of India is fast seeping into the English publishing space as translations from Indian languages to English are at …