Miles to go…
This year, Publishing Next had just one panel discussion that purely concentrated on the technological aspects of publishing. Chaired by Brij Singh, co-founder of Fliplog, the panel sought to explore how new advancements in digital…
E-book Reading Software
We have had many of our authors request us for our e-book development services only to later realize that they often do not have the tools to view these e-books in the absence of an…
At What Price?
As Indian publishers gradually take to eBooks, they will have to contend with the question of how these eBooks should be priced. In the mature markets of the West, there is still no consensus on…
More eBook Hype
We’ve just got back from the World Book Fair in Delhi. This time around we were more perceptive to the environment and learnt a few things during the 9 days we spent there. But more…
Blast from the past
My home state, of Goa, has a rich history of printing and publishing. The first printing press arrived here in 1556, although unintentionally, when the ship carrying it stopped at Goa en route to Abyssinia…
The end of the book as we know it?
The definition of a book might soon change. While we are all used to it’s current definition as “a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)”, advances in technology…
Riding the e-book wave!
It was already about e-books. From the Kindle to the Nook to the very unimaginatively named Sony Reader, e-book Readers were fast to come by and offer those on the move a new way to…