Write a book investigating corporate corruption. Get sued. What next? Ask Josy Joseph

A legal notice from the Adani Group led to the resignation of the EPW editor. Here’s what being sued means for an investigative journalist.

Kanishka Gupta

· Aug 01, 2017 · 08:30 am

Three editor-turned-writers on what it takes to cross over to the other side of the publishing fence

Do editors make better writers? Himanjali Sankar, Trisha Bora, and Kausalya Saptharishi have some answers.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jul 23, 2017 · 08:30 am

This project at the Mumbai Film Festival is trying to help Indian books find their way to the screen

An interview with Arpita Das, who is trying to bring publishing and cinema to the same table.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jul 13, 2017 · 08:30 am

Can a start-up strategy sell a book more successfully than a big publisher can?

An interview with Vineet Bajpai, who not only self-published his novel but is also marketing it as a start-up would.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jul 08, 2017 · 06:30 pm

The law comes before freedom of expression, says the lawyer who represents most publishers in India

An interview with Dahlia Sen Oberoi who has been fighting cases for the publishing industry for 17 years.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jun 29, 2017 · 08:30 am

‘Hindi publishing cannot have one poster-boy or girl. There are 40 areas, each with unique readers’

Vani Prakashan’s Aditi Maheshwari Goyal on the vibrant yet familial world of Hindi publishing, and what English-language publishers can learn from it.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jun 11, 2017 · 08:30 am

Could books become irrelevant in India? Two publishing CEOs answer (and explain their jobs)

The view from the business side of publishing.

Kanishka Gupta

· May 28, 2017 · 08:30 am

How much money can you really expect when you turn in your manuscript to a publisher?

A handy guide for writers to advance payments for their books.

Kanishka Gupta

· Apr 30, 2017 · 06:00 am

Debut authors, here’s why publishers are finding it difficult to market your books

All the old tactics are failing when it comes to first-time writers.

Kanishka Gupta

· Apr 15, 2017 · 06:30 pm

‘Yours is a midlist book’: Why writers never want to hear their publishers say this

Why the midlist book, which was once a strong presence on Indian publishers’ list, is endangered.

Kanishka Gupta

· Apr 02, 2017 · 06:30 am

Eight reasons that even a good book is rejected by publishers

A literary agent lays out the factors that go into the acceptance – or rejection – of a manuscript.

Kanishka Gupta

· Mar 25, 2017 · 12:30 pm

What did it take India’s Bookaroo to win a global award for best literature festival?

‘Children’s literature festivals don’t work on star power or provocative debates.’

Kanishka Gupta

· Mar 18, 2017 · 06:30 pm