Book industry figures to attend Australia Fest in India
Australian authors, publishers and literary festival programmers are among the guests at Australia Fest, a six-month festival comprising more than 75 events across 20 Indian cities. Supported by the federal...
India reduces GST on ebooks
In India, the GST Council has announced that GST on ebooks will be reduced from 18% to 5%, but the lack of clarity has left publishers ‘perplexed’, reports the Hindu. The...
Penguin India announces new Bollywood crime imprint
Penguin India will launch a crime imprint with authors who are connected to Bollywood, reports Business Today. The Blue Salt imprint will launch in December with the titles Ghalib Danger...
Kobo launches ebooks, devices in India
Kobo has entered the ereading market in India, with a number of its ereading devices now available from bookselling chains Crossword and WH Smith, and electronics retailer Croma. In a statement,...
Penguin Random House completes 100% acquisition of Penguin Books India
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Penguin Books India from Ananda Publishers Private Limited’s (APPL), which completes the merger of Penguin Random House India, said PRH in a statement. After...
Penguin Random House seeks approval to acquire full ownership of Penguin India
In India, Penguin Random House is seeking approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to acquire a 45% share in Penguin India from local publisher Ananda Publishers, reports the Hindu Business...
Asialink sends authors on a train tour through India
Australian authors Michelle De Kretser, Benjamin Law and Kirsty Murray have joined Indian poet Sudeep Sen, novelist and critic Chandrahas Choudhury and journalist and fiction writer Annie Zaidi on Asialink’s...
Readings becomes tour operator
Readings is expanding its offering to customers beyond books and music, by hosting a tour to the Jaipur Literature Festival in India in January next year. Readings event coordinator Chris...
Readings becomes tour operator
Readings is expanding its offering to customers beyond books and music, by hosting a tour to the Jaipur Literature Festival in India in January next year. Readings event coordinator Chris...
Amazon launches Kindle store and devices in India
Amazon has expanded its Kindle store into India and has made its devices available for sale in the country’s Croma retail stores. More than 1 million ebooks, priced in rupees,...
Five Mile to sell 100 titles a year into India through Bonnier expansion
The Five Mile Press will look to sell approximately 100 titles a year into India through parent company Bonnier's expansion into India, according to managing director Alexandra Maramenides. Bonnier Publishing...
Lonely Planet to expand to India
Lonely Planet has announced today that it plans to establish operations in India in the next 12 months to 'develop local content written by Indian authors for Indian travellers across...
Moynahan appointed to board of directors, HarperCollins India
HarperCollins UK and International CEO Victoria Barnsley has announced the appointment of HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand CEO Michael Moynahan to the Board of Directors of HarperCollins India. Barnsley said...
In brief
More Ozlit in NSW schools?Future NSW Year 10 students will have to have studied at least four Australian books, poems or plays under changes proposed by state education minister, John...
Gaining insights into the expanding Indian market
Bookseller+Publisher will shortly be covering two important events of interest to those seeking to gain insights in the expanding Indian book market.On 31 January, the 'Professional Publishing in Asia 2008'...
Promotions at Random House NZ for Moynahan and Ferns
The Random House Group has announced the promotion of Michael Moynahan (pictured) to chairman of Random House New Zealand (RHNZ). In addition to his new responsibilities in New Zealand, Moynahan...
Kolkata Book Fair in chaos, but Aussie guests still feature
The Kolkata (Calcutta) Book Fair--India's largest international booktrade event--is in chaos after organisers were forced to reorganise this year's fair at the last moment when it lost its venue due...
Aussies special guests at Kolkata Book Fair
Australia will be the Focus Country at the 2007 Kolkata (formerly ‘Calcutta') Book Fair.Eleven Australian authors will participate in events at the Kolkata fair, to be held from 31 January...
Indian publishers ‘very happy’ with Frankfurt
Most Indian publishers attending the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Guest of Honour program this year were ‘very happy' with the amount of business being conducted, according to...
India shows its potential at Frankfurt
This year's Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair is India, which today unveiled a major exhibition focused on its literature and cultural history. Coordinated by the National Book...