The platform’s “freemium” model enables authors to earn revenue through subscriptions, competitions, reader support, and adaptations, including audiobooks, web series, and films
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The confirmed figure are in keeping with realistic expectations, although a far cry from the crazy numbers (more than 5 million) the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was predicting when opening the event.
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Speaking Tiger defies conventional wisdom and offers books at the intersection of fiction, history, social commentary, and subjects typically reserved for higher academia.
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Yeah, if only they hadn’t invented television and movies and football and cricket and music and all those other distractions that have suddenly become such a problem for publishers.
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The New Delhi World Book Fair is a very different animal from the larger Kolkata International Book Fair, and nowhere is that clearer than with the video of the Saudi pavilion at the NDWBF in this report from Arab News.
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India participates each year at the Buchmesse through the National Book Trust, but the Buchmesse presence in India has been, shall we say, casual?
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so far the NDWBF looks to be going well, and the Saudi pavilion is looking great. Wish I could be there to see this all first hand, but school comes first.
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Keep in mind there are countless other book fairs happening in India at this time, not least the New Delhi World Book Fair, which last year pulled in 1.8 million visitors.
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“When a child identifies with characters in books written by Indian authors, it speaks volumes.”
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TNPS regulars will know how enchanted I am by India’s vibrant book fairs and festivals, and none more so than Kolkata.
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Held annually in February in Assam, the festival is a landmark event in the state’s literary calendar.
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In 2024 there were 886 million people online in India. For comparison there were 324 million internet users in the USA, with 337 million forecast for 2029
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