Category: India
India – Kolkata International Book Fair – 2.7 million visitors. $3 million sales
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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India’s Bollywood Music Labels Jump On The ‘Let’s Sue The F*** Out Of OpenAI’ Bandwagon. The NYT Has A Lot To Answer For
With the right deal on the table, most publishers will jump into bed with any and every AI company that can meet their price.
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India – Sharjah at the New Delhi World Book Fair
For those that suffered the west-centric history of the world at school – Arab and Indian cultural relations long predate the arrival of the Europeans on the subcontinent.
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India – Speaking Tiger; Talking Cub. Speaking Tiger Books at 10 Years.
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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Hearing in Copyright Case Against OpenAI Brought by Indian Publishers Set for March
The prevailing opinion is that OpenAI’s objection to Indian jurisdiction, citing that its servers are based in the US, will not hold water.
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India – Prajakta Koli’s Debut Novel Storms The Charts
The book quickly ascended to the No. 1 Fiction Bestseller on Nielsen India BookScan, and won the Amazon India Popular Choice Debut Book 2025 award.
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India – Indian Express Interviews HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray
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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“History isn’t boring—it just needs the right storyteller.”
Isaac Asimov’s narrative non-fiction – a transformative moment in my life.
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India – Saudi Arabia at the New Delhi World Book Fair
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 Leads the World in Literary Events Says Frankfurt. Porter Anderson Will Get a Memo Shortly from Buchmesse HQ to Look Up India on the World Map
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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OpenAI Sued In India – Update: Delhi High Court Rejects OpenAI’s Jurisdiction Request
“ANI is seeking damages of ₹2 crore (approximately $232,000).”
Yeah, it’s not like OpenAI is going to lose any sleep over that sort of money. Meaning it may well buy an out-of-court settlement.
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India – Saudi Arabia at the New Delhi World Book Fair
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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