This is the sixth edition of Publishing
Next, the annual conference that brings India’s diverse publishing sector
closer, on a common ground. The annual gathering of publishers, authors,
editors, translators, librarians, book retailers, printers, technologists,
service providers and policymakers from all over India, which commenced on
September 11, 2015, is taking place at Krishnadas Shama Goa State Central
Library, Panjim.
This year’s conference sees speakers from
Itanagar, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Bangalore,
Nagercoil, Kochi and Goa. Foreign speakers from London and Ljubljana
(Slovenia) are also included, with delegates coming in from places like Agartala
as well as far-away Germany.
The key highlights of Publishing Next 2015
include panel discussions, workshops for publishing professionals and power
presentations. The panel discussion has top CEOs from Academic Publishing in
India come together, along with renowned publishers from various Indian
languages, as well as experts from allied fields like digital services and
print services. The pressing issues of the rapidly transforming industry, of
new strategies to grow the publishing business, and also of re-imagining the
shape of content for the future, are being discussed by experts.
The workshops for publishing professionals
focuses on practical aspects of publishing, like Copyrights and Contracts,
Social Media Marketing for books, Digitisation of the Backlist and Podcasting
led by experts in the field.
The list of speakers includes Sanjeev
Goswami, MD Springer India, Delhi, Vivek Mehra, CEO and MD SAGE, Delhi, Emma
House, Director for Publisher Relations at the Publishers Association (PA) ,UK,
Virendra Gupta, CEO Dailyhunt, Bangalore and others.
On the concluding day today, the conference
will culminate with the presentation ceremony of the Publishing Next Industry
Awards. The Awards, instituted in 2014, aim to recognise quality,
entrepreneurship and innovation in the publishing sector.
