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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicBook publishing industry

Topic: Book publishing industry

Marxism still sells in Modi’s India. LeftWord Books is thriving

LeftWord Books, which is 25 this year, challenges the idea that Leftist ideas are past their sell-by date. Its booklist doesn’t shy away from dissent.

Jadavpur University Press is a rare success in publishing. Now Ashoka is catching up too

Distribution and display have always been twin challenges for small publishers, more so for university presses, who have the added burden of perception.

Publishers only market books by star writers. Debut authors are Muggles of literary world

V Raghunathan's 'The Lion, the Admiral and a Cat Called B. Uma Vijaylakshmi: Learnings from Life and Management' is a tale of author's adventures, and lessons from trying out different careers.

New book explores Asian identity, provides history of the 20th century from an Asian perspective

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Asia after Europe' by Prof. Sugata Bose will be released on 5 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Pratilipi is the biggest boom for women writers. Malayalam, Bengali, Hindi rule

Pratilipi may have chanced upon something elemental as well – the mutual relationship between consuming and creating. The lines between the two are being blurred.

On Camera

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.