India – Confusion over New Delhi World Book Fair numbers as conflicting reports emerge. Could I million be 2 million?
This being India, both numbers are entirely credible, but clearly one or both is inaccurate....
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India – Almost 1 million visitors, but sales disappoint at the New Delhi World Book Fair
While one million visitors may sound impressive, it barely matches other provincial book fairs in...
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Will the new Chennai International Book Fair provide the digital boost India’s publishing industry needs?
Actions speak larger than words of course, so we must wait a few weeks to find out just what the...
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India: “No technology can diminish the importance of books. Cellphones can be misused but books can never be misused.”
Clearly when Goud says “books can never be misused”, he has never heard of Mein Kampf,...
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450,000 attended India’s Bangladesh Book Fair
It may be too late now for Indian publishers to make arrangements to participate in the Amar...
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India – “Long Night of LiteratureS”speed-dating for books returns this month
Seven years on and this bizarre speed-dating for literature continues to draw crowds. India is of...
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India – JCB Prize for Literature announces 2022’s longlist
Titles in Urdu, Hindi, and Nepali have been featured in the longlist for the first time....
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Indian publishing after the pandemic – “print books have comfortably adapted to digital”
India is only at 54% internet penetration, so the reluctance of some publishers to embrace digital...
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300 million Bengali speakers finally get an ebook store, but no it’s not a world first
Amazon supports five Indian languages for its Amazon India operation (ebooks only, not print or...
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Is the “digital devil” here to stay?
India has 755 million people online, second only to China. That’s more than double the USA’s...
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India – Hybrid Kolkata Int. Book Fair breaks records with $3 million sales. 3.5 million online visitors outnumber footfall, but digital gets no credit
The big question,: will the Kolkata Fair organisers take digital seriously in 2023 and give the...
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India – Chennai Book Fair clocks 1.5 million visitors, sells books worth $1.6 million. Kolkata on target for 2 million visitors
Kolkata has for the longest time resisted digital options, as TNPS regulars will know, but this...
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