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’s Kolkata IBF postponed. Publishers “face starvation” with no digital safety net in a country of 755 million internet users
One might excuse the digital resistance for their reluctance to move with the times given India is...
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India’s Chennai Book Fair expects upwards of 1 million visitors in January
Publishers outside India will largely be looking the other way, mostly oblivious to this huge...
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India’s online Delhi Book Fair expects more than 300,000 visitors this September
While the Delhi events organisers understand the potential of digital, the Kolkata organisers seem...
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With 749 million online, the Virtual New Delhi World Book Fair is a watershed moment in India’s digital transition
India has 437 million more people online than the USA. Against such a background it seems hard to...
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India: 39th Agartala Book Fair to be held in Tripura in February as Kolkata Int. Book Fair delayed until June
A June Kolkata fair pre-supposes the pandemic will be under a semblance of control by then, but as...
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“Publishers laugh all the way to the bank” as India’s Chennai Book Fair sees 1.3 million visitors spent $2.8 million on books. BAPASI prepares to embrace online bookselling
The Chennai Book Fair in South India has just closed its doors, having clocked 1.3 million...
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India's New Delhi World Book Fair attracted over 1 million visitors this year
Details are still emerging, but a press release from the 2019 New Delhi World Book Fair this week...
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India’s New Delhi World Book Fair kicked off today. Can it return to form with more than 1 million visitors?
The New Delhi World Book Fair is not India’s biggest literary event, but is widely regarded as the...
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India’s 2019 Chennai Book Fair saw 1.5 million visitors spend $2.5 million on books in 2019. Will records fall again in January?
India may not have the biggest book fair in the world – that honour goes to Egypt – but for...
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India’s 3rd Krithi International Book Fair set for February. Aims for $3.5 million in sales
When the first Krithi International Book fair launched in early 2018 the organizers were, to put...
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India’s Vice President calls for a library in every village. That will never happen. But there is an elegant alternative
The scorching summer temperatures are once again behind us in India, and the vibrant Indian book...
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