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The eighth edition of the Publishing Next, Asia’s only publishing conference will be held from September 19-22 at Goa Science Centre in Panaji with over 35 speakers and a number of registered participants. Among those who are expected to attend the conference are Ananth Padmanabhan (CEO, HarperCollins India), Karthika VK (Publisher, Westland), Niti Kumar (Senior VP, Market Development, at Penguin Random House), Manas Saikia (MD, Speaking Tiger Publications), Amit Chavan (Head, Content Solutions and Strategic International Business, at Repro India Limited), Arpita Das (Publisher, Yoda Press), Ravi Singh (Publisher, Speaking Tiger), Radhika Menon (Publisher, Tulika Publications), Jerry Pinto (Author) and Ritu Menon (Publisher, Women Unlimited).
Conceptualised and organised by the Margao-based CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, the four-day conference will include discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics affecting the publishing industry, and should be of interested to anyone following the book publishing business, or is a part of it. There will be panel discussions on book retail, self-publishing and its impact on traditional publishing, the trend of collaborations among publishers, the commerce of translations, the importance of bibliodiversity, and the ways in which small publishing houses can sustain themselves.
There will be workshops on the three basics of book publishing - editing, production and marketing. Similarly, there will be open mic sessions on author-editor relationships, author contracts and book reviewing. In addition, the Publishing Next Industry Awards will also be presented in 10 categories during the conference.
Publishing Next is the only conference of its kind in South Asia, and brings together publishers from all corners of India. Established in 2011, and now in its eighth edition, Publishing Next is focused on issues of concern to the book publishing industry, and adopts a broad perspective while seeking to foresee the future of book publishing. The conference maintains a commitment towards bringing to the fore the voices from publishing industries of Indian languages, as well as from the small and medium-sized publishers.
