International publishers willing to publish UG textbooks in regional languages
Textbooks for undergraduate programmes such as BA, BCom and BSc would now be available in different Indian languages. Besides Hindi, these books will be translated...
HarperCollins addresses stalled union negotiations
HarperCollins US CEO Brian Murray has written an open letter to authors and agents addressing details behind the publisher’s stalled negotiations with the union representing...
China’s Inhuman Brutality & Total Disregard For Tibetans Rights, Culture & Belief
Article by Dr. Himanshu Arora Alexander Solzhenitsyn described the Chinese rule in Tibet “more brutal and inhumane than any other communist regime in the world”....
Flipkart collaborates with Pratilipi to provide selection of Ebooks
Flipkart, one of India’s leading digital commerce entities, and Pratilipi, one of India’s biggest digital storytelling platforms have announced that they will join forces to...
Book on Chipko Movement by Shekhar Pathak bags Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Prize 2022
A book on the popular forest conservation campaign Chipko Movement, written by historian-activist Shekhar Pathak, was on Thursday named the winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay...
International Kolkata Book Fair in Jan-Feb; Bengal Publishers Rue Rising Paper Cost, Dhaka ‘Barriers’
As preparations begin in full swing for the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) from January 30 to February 12, 2023, in Slat Lake, what is...
What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature?
Why isn’t more south Asian fiction published outside the subcontinent? And is the tide now turning? As this year has shown, it’s prizeworthy stuff. In...
Nikhil Parekh Wins “Poetry Publication Prize” For His Book “Seeking Solace” Of Proverse Publishing, Hong Kong
On the 17th November 2022, Nikhil Parekh, an accomplished Poet from Ahmedabad, won the Poetry Publication Prize –2021 instituted by Proverse Publishing of Hong Kong. Proverse...
Paramount scraps $2.2bn sale of Simon & Schuster publishing to Penguin
Penguin Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2bn deal to merge, Penguin’s owner said in a...
“Publishing Houses Have A Very Important Role In India’s Growth Journey”
Temjen Imna Along, Minister of Higher Education and Tribal Affairs, Govt of Nagaland said that the publishing industry will play an important role to move...
