The flag-bearers of verse: How five independent presses publish poetry in India

From how poetry collections are selected and edited to how they are marketed and distributed, five publishers reveal everything you need to know.

Kanishka Gupta

· Oct 14, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Why homeware brand Good Earth became the latest entrant to the world of children’s publishing

The Executive Publisher of Good Earth believes there are enough parents who will invest in finely-crafted books for their children.

Kanishka Gupta

· Apr 01, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Two new imprints have been launched. Things must be looking up for children’s publishing in India

Interviews with the publishers of new imprints for children’s books at Speaking Tiger and Harper Collins India.

Neha Bhatt

· Mar 10, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Hachette India turns 10. Its journey symbolises the past 10 years of English-language publishing

An interview with Thomas Abraham, the CEO of the company.

Kanishka Gupta

· Feb 10, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Meet Bombaykala, the young book publishers ready to shake up the industry

From war poetry to city-focused short stories, they aim to publish a book every fortnight. That’s quite a pace.

Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

· Feb 08, 2018 · 08:30 am

Why HarperCollins India is pushing hard to sign up the biggest names in Indian commercial fiction

As bestselling authors like Ravinder Singh and Ravi Subramanian move to HarperCollins India, fiction publisher Diya Kar Hazra explains their strategy.

Harsimran Gill

· Dec 16, 2017 · 08:30 am

This publisher is taking an unconventional route to bringing international fiction to India

Renuka Chatterjee of Speaking Tiger Books explains her company’s strategy.

Kanishka Gupta

· Nov 21, 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

Even children who don’t read are addicted to this series of books about a mouse. Why?

The originals are in Italian. Young readers can’t have enough of the English translations.

Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

· Jun 11, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every manuscript’: Jayanta Kumar Bose

Meet the publisher responsible for today’s stream of successful commercial fiction in English.

Kanishka Gupta

· Feb 12, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Pakistan has got a new publisher of English books, and she’s looking to stir things up

‘The totemic figures of traditional publishing in Pakistan haven’t looked to sustain anything other than their own relevance,’ says Shandana Minhas.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jan 29, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Why the HarperCollins UK CEO says ‘Most authors have understood that the roof is on fire’

An interview with Charlie Redmayne, CEO, HarperCollins UK, on digital publishing, HarperCollins’s India plans, and the state of publishing in general.

Jai Arjun Singh

· Jan 27, 2017 · 08:30 am