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

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

A wishlist for Karthika VK as she starts her new publishing imprint for Westland Books

It’s official. The former publisher of HarperCollins India is joining the Amazon-owned company.

Devapriya Roy

· Jan 31, 2017 · 08:30 am

Three discoveries (and some footnotes) about readers and publishers from the World Book Fair

The death of reading has been greatly exaggerated. Yet again.

Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

· Jan 29, 2017 · 08:30 am

The books that mattered to India’s independent publishers in 2016

Never mind the corporate publishing houses and their profit-and-loss accounts.

Shashank Bhargava

· Dec 31, 2016 · 08:30 am

Why ‘hygge’ is the go-to concept for happiness that has spawned an entire publishing genre

Did the idea come first or the books? No matter. Here’s what it can do for you.

Devapriya Roy

· Dec 18, 2016 · 07:45 am