An unexpected but much welcomed session by Anish Trivedi , this veteran of the music industry came up and shared his experiences with the changing music industry scenario over the last fifteen years. With the onset of piracy , Torrent’s, itunes and so on, the industry attempted to protect themselves from the internet but…
Day: 16 September 2011
Session 3: Book Marketing in the Age of Social Media
This session discussed the new roled of book marketing in the context of the prevalence of social media. Probably the much anticipated of all sessions, it was perhaps the most involved of all panel discussions on the first day of Publishing Next. Preeti Vyas, a big believer in social media platform,…
Session 2: The Future of Independent Publishing
The chairperson of the session Ms. Indu Chandrashekhar, publisher and managing editor of Tulika books, New Delhi began this session, on The Future of Independent Publishing, by introducing the panel members, all of whom had rich experience on the independent publishing front. She first explained how IPDA, the Independent Publishers…
Workshop 1: The Art of Academic Writing
Payal Kumar, Vice President, Editorial and Publishing at Sage Publications India, conducted a workshop on “The Art of Academic Writing” on the first day of Publishing Next 2011. Addressing various aspects of the topic, she stated the need for refined writing that will eventually help increase the chances of a…
Publishing Next commences with panel discussion on, "Where are digital books headed?"
The conference got underway in time and the audience was introduced to the theme and tenor of the conference through an introduction by Leonard Fernandes, Co-Founder of CinnamonTeal The first panel discussion was an attempt to answer the question: “where are digital books headed?”. Four panel members, James Bridle, Kailash…