Category: India
Crunchyroll Manga brings a 250-title catalogue to India
Crunchyroll Manga launches in India with 250+ titles from leading publishers, bundled into a low-cost Ultimate Fan tier alongside anime streaming.
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Delhi High Court Rules for OpenAI: The Third Major Fair-Use Verdict in 13 Months, and the Weakest Position Publishers Have Been In Yet
Delhi High Court denies ANI’s injunction against OpenAI, ruling AI training is fair dealing — the third major court to back AI labs in just over a year.
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India – Chinar Book Festival Returns for Third Edition in Srinagar
Best of all, the festival will host the 5K Reading Marathon – “Together We Read,...
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Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment in ANI v. OpenAI: Why the Verdict Matters Far Beyond India
Delhi High Court reserves judgment in ANI v OpenAI AI copyright case. Why it matters for India, licensing, and Global South in AI training data economy.
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Delhi Raid Exposes Scale of India’s Book Piracy Crisis
Major anti-piracy operation in Delhi seizes 20,000+ counterfeit books as Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Hay House collaborate with police to dismantle organised criminal network.
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Pakistan – The InPage Legacy: How One Software Defined Urdu Digital Publishing
How InPage software revolutionised Urdu digital publishing in 1994, created industry dependence on proprietary systems, and why modern publishing requires Unicode-first infrastructure.
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IPG Expands Global Portfolio with Five Diverse Publishers
IPG expands distribution roster with five international publishers from India, Spain, Mexico and the UK, launching April 2026. Diverse genres and formats.
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India – Registration Opens For New Delhi World Book Fair 2027
Registration is now open for the 54th New Delhi World Book Fair, running 16–24 January 2027 at Bharat Mandapam, following a record-breaking 2026 edition.
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What A Rwanda Publisher Saw in Chennai That Should Worry African Publishing
A Rwandan publisher’s firsthand account from Chennai International Book Fair reveals why African literature remains invisible—and what Tamil publishers got right.
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SHAMEFUL! UK’s The Guardian Slams India’s Book Festivals For Doing What UK Book Festivals Do
The Guardian’s elitist critique of Indian lit fests ignores that UK festivals like Hay also trade books for pizza and music. A shameful double standard.
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Manga Publishing’s Strategic Pivot to India
Analysis of Yoshitoki Ōima’s India tour as a strategic publishing play by Japanese stakeholders targeting institutional gatekeepers and emerging market share.
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India – Kolkata Book Fair: 1 million visitors in 3 days. On target for new footfall and sales record
49th International Kolkata Book Fair opens with 1m visitors in three days. Projected 4.3m+ total footfall. Argentina theme, metro connectivity boost. Publishing analysis.
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