Over the past few years, more than just a few bookstores have started operating online. Flipkart, of course, is the most reputed of them, having started operations in 2007. This proliferation of bookstores is seen by many as an efficient and convenient way to get books delivered at one’s doorstep,…
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The Right, Rights and Copyrights in Tamil Publishing
By Kannan Sundaram A couple of months back, I was asked to speak as a panelist in the Publishing Next conference, hosted by CinnamonTeal in Goa. The panel that I was a part of was focused on discussing Copyright Issues in Publishing, in the light of the proposed amendments to…
On giving flight…
A platform that offers an opportunity to hear the best and brightest minds speak is one we’d never pass on. So when just that happened, thanks to the Tehelka sponsored ThinkFest, we made sure we attended the entire programme, all three days of it. While the venue and some comments…
The [publishingnext] googlegroup
Publishing Next, a conference we had in Goa last September, had one primary agenda – to discuss the future of publishing. Among those attending were publishers, authors, content creators, social media experts, government officials, freelancers, editors, designers, bloggers and many more. For details, blogs and pictures, visit http://www.publishing-next.com/2011/ We believe…
You should not self-publish if…
While many people choose to self-publish nowadays, authors are well advised to give it some thought before they choose this path to get themselves published. As an author, you should not self-publish if: a. You aren’t in it for the long haul: Authors who’d rather write about the book and…
Some fun please. OK?
Beginning in 2007 we opened our online book selling platform to other publishers who wished to sell their books there. Dogears Etc. was intended to be a platform for the sale of used books alone but when publishers requested that we provide a platform, we simply couldn’t refuse. Even today…
Book Buying In Bombay
Yes, we still call it that. We spent the last weekend in Bombay (or Mumbai to whom the old name doesn’t appeal). The nature of our work there left us with much free time so we decided to do the next best thing – scour for books. We spent some…
The last session: Managing the Translation Market
The last session of the conference deliberated upon a topic that read: Managing the Translation Market. With a panel of six members and panel chair Arshia Sattar, this session tackled different aspects of translation within the publishing industry. The moderator emphasized on the value of translation, saying it “provides a…
Session 6: Copyrights in Publishing
The session on ‘Copyright Issue in Publishing’, a very informative and interesting session, dealt with, as the name suggests, the much-deliberated copyright amendments and other copyright issues that most publishing houses face. The panel included G.R Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights and Director at the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of…
Workshop 2: Social Media Marketing
Workshop on Social Media Marketing This workshop was handled by two socialmedia strategists, Maya Hemant and Maegan Chadwick-Dobson from Pratham Booksand Tara Books respectively. The use of common social media toolslike blogs, twitter and facebook alongwith not-so-frequently used SoundCloud,Slideshare, Youtube and so on were dealt with. The audience was advised…