How many copies must a book sell to be a bestseller in India (and why are there so many lists?)

The truth is that there is no one accurate estimate of the sales of a book.

Amish Raj Mulmi

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a new short story

‘How Did You Feel About It?’ plays out in the confines of carriage, where a marriage is under the scanner.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 19, 2017 · 12:42 pm

Booksellers and publishers are feeling the heat of GST. Will they pass on the burden to the reader?

For Indian language publishers, the GST is an unruly beast that has to be tamed.

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal

· Aug 02, 2017 · 08:30 am

There’s no GST on books. And yet books will become more expensive

Suppliers will have to pay GST, and that will raise the cost of producing books.

Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

· Jul 08, 2017 · 10:30 am

Mohammed Hanif is publishing his new novel in 2018. It’s called ‘Red Birds’

An American pilot crash-lands in the desert.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 07, 2017 · 06:03 pm

Publishers of children’s books are looking for the next Harry Potter. But should they?

Such extraordinary success doesn’t come through strategy.

Venkatesh M Swamy

· Jun 09, 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

Centre may lose power to grant ISBNs to books after complaints about bureaucratic delays, censorship

The International ISBN Agency has warned the HRD Ministry, which issues the numbers, saying the problems were reaching ‘unacceptable’ levels.

Scroll Staff

· May 25, 2017 · 12:23 pm

It’s World Book Day, but India’s publishers are up against a serious snag

The website that allots a unique number, known as ISBN, to every new book being published is full of bugs, and the process remains creaky.

Mridula Chari

· Apr 23, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why you don’t need to write much to be the world’s bestselling author

James Patterson writes very little, but plots prodigiously

James O'Sullivan, The Conversation

· Apr 16, 2017 · 05:30 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