Publishing
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Simon & Schuster sale to Penguin Random House is called off as owner Paramount Network backs out
Scroll Staff
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Acquisition of publisher Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House stopped by US court
Scroll Staff
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Milee Ashwarya is the new Publisher at Penguin Random House India, Meru Gokhale announces departure
Scroll Staff
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Remembering P Lal, the man who singlehandedly published new English language writers in India
TJS George
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From pamphlets to publishing: Remembering the remarkable career of Samuel ‘Sammy’ Israel
Rivka Israel
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The US government wants to stop the merger of two mega publishers. Will authors benefit?
Agata Mrva-Montoya, The Conversation
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Notes from a conference: What booksellers talk about when they talk about selling books
Venkatesh M Swamy
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Westland Books: No sale, writing platform Pratilipi to start publishing venture with same team
Arunava Sinha
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Seagull Books at 40: Founder Naveen Kishore through the eyes of colleagues and collaborators
Jerry Pinto
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Author’s lament: Why Amazon closing down Westland feels like we’re living in a Mohsin Hamid novel
Durba Chattaraj
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Amazon to close Westland Books, the publishing company it acquired five years ago
Scroll Staff
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How unsung, obscure publishers from the 18th and 19th centuries made Shakespeare what he is today
Andrew Murphy, The Conversation
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Interview: Why (and how) Navayana gave out eight fellowships to Dalit writers for new books
Scroll Staff
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Does Salman Rushdie’s decision to publish on Substack signal a threat to book publishing?
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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Meet Christian Weiss, German publishing’s champion of the literatures of India
Rima Datta Holland
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ 10 years later: What it tells us about self-publishing as a strategy
Elizaveta Poliakova, The Conversation
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How this children’s publisher defied the downtrend to boost sales during the pandemic
Selina Sheth
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How an 1822 publication by the Calcutta School Book Society brought animal biographies to students
Abhijit Gupta
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Yogesh Sharma was not done with his work in Indian publishing. Covid-19 put an end to it
Narayani Basu
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As Marathi publishing loses its sales pillars to the pandemic, waiting for change is the only option
Rohan Champanekar