TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » India http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Weekend Roundup: ‘Ringleader’ says Apple did not raise e-books prices http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-ringleader-says-apple-did-not-raise-e-books-prices/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-ringleader-says-apple-did-not-raise-e-books-prices/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:12:36 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=86980 ‘Ringleader’ says Apple did not raise e-books prices (Reuters) An Apple Inc executive at the center of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. government said on Thursday the company “didn’t care” what price publishers set for e-books. — Steve Jobs originally didn’t want to enter the e-book market (iDownloadBlog) In a dose of irony that shouldn’t be lost [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-ringleader-says-apple-did-not-raise-e-books-prices/feed/ 0 Beyond a Digital Attic: How the DPLA can honor the Five Laws of Library Science http://www.teleread.com/library/beyond-a-digital-attic-how-the-dpla-can-honor-the-five-laws-of-library-science/ http://www.teleread.com/library/beyond-a-digital-attic-how-the-dpla-can-honor-the-five-laws-of-library-science/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:48:20 +0000 David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/?p=82385 This is the era of bits and bytes and multimedia and 3D printing, not just books and other texts. But Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science would still apply today in spirit even after more than eighty years. Educated originally as a mathematician, S.R. Ranganathan was a library-science genius who studied librarianship in Great Britain and worked as the librarian [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/beyond-a-digital-attic-how-the-dpla-can-honor-the-five-laws-of-library-science/feed/ 1 Penguin launches Partridge, a self-publishing platform for India http://www.teleread.com/penguin/penguin-introduces-partridge-a-self-publishing-platform-for-india/ http://www.teleread.com/penguin/penguin-introduces-partridge-a-self-publishing-platform-for-india/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:01:42 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=78331 In partnership with a Bloomington, Ind.-based self-publishing organization known as Author Solutions, Penguin Books India made an interesting move today by launching a self-publishing platform specifically for the Indian audience. It’s a tactic that may one day soon bring the Subcontinent at least somewhat closer to actualizing the self-publishing revolution that seems to have taken over much of [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/penguin/penguin-introduces-partridge-a-self-publishing-platform-for-india/feed/ 1 Morning Links — News from India, France and B&N http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-news-from-india-france-and-bn/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-news-from-india-france-and-bn/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:32 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=77846 Barnes & Noble’s Thoughts About Its Future (Mike Shatzkin) If Kids Are Our Future, the Future is eBooks (Forbes) French National Library Privates Public Domain Materials (Techdirt) eBook Popularity on the Rise in India (GoodeReader) Kindle Daily Deals: Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks (and 3 others)

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-news-from-india-france-and-bn/feed/ 0 Bookselling in India is changing http://www.teleread.com/around-world/bookselling-in-india-is-changing/ http://www.teleread.com/around-world/bookselling-in-india-is-changing/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:54:23 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=67094 From an article in The Hindu: “Retailers should take a relook, rather reinvent themselves to stay in contention,” cautions V.K. Karthika, publisher and chief editor of Harper Collins India. … “Retail stores have of late become display centres where you see and choose books. Then you go home and order your choices online. That is [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/around-world/bookselling-in-india-is-changing/feed/ 0 E-reading changes how people read in India http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-reading-changes-how-people-read-in-india/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-reading-changes-how-people-read-in-india/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-reading-changes-how-people-read-in-india/ Just a month ago we carried a story about e-reading not being popular in India. However, it looks as though that may not be the whole story. According to a report from Indian newspaper The Hindu, e-readers are causing a change in reading habits, especially of the young, in India. The article is a little [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-reading-changes-how-people-read-in-india/feed/ 0 Ebooks not popular in India http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebooks-not-popular-in-india/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebooks-not-popular-in-india/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:40 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=66148 From the Hindustan Times: Not only are the eBook sales low here, but many Indian authors are not even releasing their works on this platform. Best-selling author Amish Tripathi was one of the many who decided not to offer his popular Shiva trilogy as eBooks. “It is only a matter of time before India catches [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-tablet-and-cloud-based-educational-service-launched-in-india/feed/ 0 Digitizing Documents in India With the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) http://www.teleread.com/library/digitizing-documents-in-india-with-the-endangered-archives-programme-eap/ http://www.teleread.com/library/digitizing-documents-in-india-with-the-endangered-archives-programme-eap/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:14:10 +0000 Gary Price, Editor of InfoDocket.com http://www.teleread.com/?p=63622 An article made available by Simon Fraser University in British Columbia provides a firsthand report by SFU alumnus Kyle Jackson about a trip he took to India as part of an Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) pilot project. Here’s a small portion of the article: I was in Mizoram as a part of a four-member pilot-project under the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/digitizing-documents-in-india-with-the-endangered-archives-programme-eap/feed/ 0 India may bump $35 tablet specs, raise price to $50 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/india-may-bump-35-tablet-specs-raise-price-to-50/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/india-may-bump-35-tablet-specs-raise-price-to-50/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:04:52 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/india-may-bump-35-tablet-specs-raise-price-to-50/ Remember that $35 tablet from India? Surprise surprise: it hasn’t been doing so well. ZDNet Asia reports that India’s Union Human Resource Development Ministry is looking into upgrading the specifications for the tablet, and also bumping the price to $50. It turns out that users were less than impressed by the $35 device, finding it [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/india-may-bump-35-tablet-specs-raise-price-to-50/feed/ 0 National Library of India: A Very Brief Look the Digitisation of Rare Books « INFOdocket http://www.teleread.com/library/national-library-of-india-a-very-brief-look-the-digitisation-of-rare-books-%c2%ab-infodocket/ http://www.teleread.com/library/national-library-of-india-a-very-brief-look-the-digitisation-of-rare-books-%c2%ab-infodocket/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:44:44 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=61959 From the Press Information Bureau, Government of India: The Minister for Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that digitisation of rare books and other print material is done selectively taking into account copyright and other issues. It is a part of the Annual Action Plan of the National Library, Kolkata. No article [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/national-library-of-india-a-very-brief-look-the-digitisation-of-rare-books-%c2%ab-infodocket/feed/ 0 Liquid Comics Announces New Digital Platform for Young Indian Creators of Original Graphic Novel Stories http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/liquid-comics-announces-new-digital-platform-for-young-indian-creators-of-original-graphic-novel-stories/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/liquid-comics-announces-new-digital-platform-for-young-indian-creators-of-original-graphic-novel-stories/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:03:48 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=61727 From the press release: Liquid Comics, which owns one of the world’s largest comic book libraries based on Indian characters by Indian creators, announced today the launch of Graphic India, a new digital platform to promote comic books in India and showcase young artists and writers in the country. “In the same way Japanese anime and [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/liquid-comics-announces-new-digital-platform-for-young-indian-creators-of-original-graphic-novel-stories/feed/ 0 $35 Indian tablet makes its debut at $45 for students http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/35-indian-tablet-makes-its-debut-at-45-for-students/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/35-indian-tablet-makes-its-debut-at-45-for-students/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:25:14 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/35-indian-tablet-makes-its-debut-at-45-for-students/ It looks like the vapor surrounding India’s $35 tablet has congealed directly into a solid. The Aakash tablet is being made by Canadian manufacturer Datawind, and the Indian government is ordering 100,000 of them at at 2,200 rupees per unit ($44.50), though Datawind says that a planned larger order will drop the effective price per [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/35-indian-tablet-makes-its-debut-at-45-for-students/feed/ 4 A look at India’s thriving publishing scene, part 2 http://www.teleread.com/around-world/a-look-at-indias-thriving-publishing-scene-part-2/ http://www.teleread.com/around-world/a-look-at-indias-thriving-publishing-scene-part-2/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:07:37 +0000 Chris Walters http://www.teleread.com/?p=57642 Here’s a link to the second part of Akshay Pathak’s overview of the state of publishing in India today. Where Part 1 focused on the need for better data, professionally trained editors and a more robust retail infrastructure, Part 2 looks at the roles Indian publishers play in the global marketplace, as well as the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/around-world/a-look-at-indias-thriving-publishing-scene-part-2/feed/ 0 A look at India’s thriving publishing scene, part 1 http://www.teleread.com/publishing/a-look-at-indias-thriving-publishing-scene-part-1/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/a-look-at-indias-thriving-publishing-scene-part-1/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:31:15 +0000 Chris Walters http://www.teleread.com/?p=57564 India’s publishing industry is exploding, writes Akshay Pathak at Publishing Perspectives. An estimated 90,000 titles are produced each year, with annual growth estimated to be around 30%. Production standards are improving, there’s fresh investment in retail, and there’s a growing consumerist middle class. But there’s not a lot of hard data yet. Bookscan only covers [...]

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