Monday, May 28, 2012

Many Authors in India Don?t Yet Release Books as E-Books

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    1559 readersIn part 2 of our series on ?Publishing in India Today? we consider India?s growing exposure to the international book markets, challenges to copyright law, the continuing problem of piracy and Indian e-books. Part 1 of ?Publishing in India Today? examined at the strengthening of the retailing, editorial and agenting cultures. By Akshay Pathak India has been a

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    663 readers From the press release: Liquid Comics, which owns one of the world?s largest comic book libraries based on Indian characters by Indian creators, announced today the launch of?Graphic India, a new digital platform to promote comic books in India and showcase young artists and writers in the country. ?In the same way Japanese anime and manga redefined

  • 1416 readersSimon & Schuster has established an outpost in India. The newly formed Simon & Schuster will publish English language books for the Indian market. It will mainly focus on print books, the publisher will release a handful of eBook titles. The In...

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    2885 readersAfter a February excitement about?Amanda Hocking earning millions of dollars from Kindle Store, I wanted to check how self-published authors are doing a couple of weeks later. From a Kindle Store list of top 100 e-books I?ve selected those ones, which were published by the authors themselves. It was not an easy task, as some

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    2206 readersBy maintaining copyright protections and preventing parallel imports, is India merely delaying the inevitable? By Edward Nawotka One of the issues raised in today?s feature story about the growing international exposure of the Indian book market is whether or not the country should allow parallel imports, an issue which is currently being discussed by the Indian government.?If

  • 1542 readersAmanda Hocking Scores Four-Book Deal - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amanda-hocking-scores-four-book-deal_b26297 Here is an eye-popping excerpt: ?The bidding eventually rose beyond $2 million for world English rights, said one publis...

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    849 readersE-books, social media, pan-Indian translation, and copyright issues are the focus of a new circuit of publishing conferences in India ? further proof India?s publishers intend to stay ahead of the curve. By Vinutha Mallya Vinutha Mallya NEW DELHI: A little Indian publishing tourism, anyone? Yes, the Frankfurt Book Fair may only be on the horizon and is

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    918 readers By Hannah Johnson According to The Times of India, Amazon.com is exploring ways to enter the Indian market. The online retailer is talking to Indian e-commerce sites including Flipkart.com, LetsBuy.com and Exclusively.in, presumably about acquisitions. The Times goes on to say that acquiring an existing Indian company is one of the preferred ways for foreign companies

  • 1922 readersA new report from the American Association of Publishers suggest that ebook piracy is not all bad news for publishers: As we all know, the sales of ebooks is rapidly catching up with the sales of paper books, and in some cases has already overtaken t...

  • 2810 readersHere?s a link to the second part of Akshay Pathak?s overview of the state of publishing in India today. Where Part 1 focused on the need for better data, professionally trained editors and a more robust retail infrastructure, Part 2 looks at the roles Indian publishers play in the global marketplace, as well as the

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