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Indian-origin Sunjeev Sahota among 13 contenders for fiction's Booker Prize

Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel 'China Room

Three publishing strategies to get the book you've authored to the shelves

While the traditional publishing house is still the most popular, don't stress if it junks your work. You have two more ways to see your book morph into paperback or hardcover

Self-publishing is the only way for 97% of authors: CEO of Notion Press

In a Q&A, Naveen Valsakumar dwells on the coming-of-age of self-publishing, his firm's value proposition for budding writers and how he plans to take on the competition from Kindle

Locked down and empty shelves

Publishing has come to a virtual halt because the retail shops are shut and, as result, so are the large distributors

Bloomsbury raises profit view as book purchases soar during lockdowns

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury said on Wednesday profit for fiscal year 2020 will be significantly above market expectations

Do terrorists grow in farms?

Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome

Jaipur Literature Festival to be held virtually from February 19 to 28

The 14th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held virtually from February 19 to 28

British author Jeffrey Archer signs 3-book deal with HarperCollins

British author Jeffrey Archer has left Pan Macmillan and signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, with the first book to be published this autumn

John le Carre: The maestro has left the field

If giving pleasure to hundreds of millions can be a yardstick for a worthwhile life, le Carre measured up perfectly

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' author John le Carre dies of pneumonia at 89

Born David Cornwall, le Carre was born in England in 1931, and first worked in foreign Intelligence for the British Army while studying foreign languages abroad

Barack Obama memoir sells record 1.7 million copies in first week

Barack Obama's A Promised Land sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors

Without festivals

Those of us who look forward to book festivals will no doubt have to accept that this is going to be a lost winter

Immigrant worlds

If ever there was a book that begs, demands and screams for film adaptation it is American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Booker Prize: Refreshingly diverse longlist with plenty of new writers

Like all other creative industries, publishing has been hit hard by the worldwide pandemic

A big history for a long lockdown

Long lockdowns make for long reads and I was lucky to be able to procure this three volume set

Love, loss and pandemics

Cromwell insists the rules of families' self-quarantining apply to everyone

Gains in translation

Before 1914, there was no proper copyright legislation in India

The treasure of comfort reads

The ideal re-reading ritual should be of a book just smart enough to not irritate you, just deep enough to keep you engaged

Period piece pleasures

There are several novelists who have set their detective stories in this period when the freedom movement was taking roots in India

Drinking wine through a straw

Book launches are curious animals, a hybrid between earnest intellectualism and unabashed tamasha