Distribution of Indian books now easy

With the publishing industry gradually witnessing a paradigm shift from print to digital and the huge popularity of Indian writers, a leading company has opened its doors to electronic publishing and distribution worldwide to South East Asian publishers.

Konark International, an associate of Konark Publishers India, is offering its services to the ever-growing market with apparently the highest and simplest pay-out rate in the industry.

Konark is now distributing published content to leading online retail outlets such as Apple’s iBookstore, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Sony Reader Store.

“Being a successful publisher in India, we have continuously seen Asian publishers having trouble breaking through the world of digital publishing. Konark International is able to bridge that by providing a simple, systematic and comprehensive solution to their digital distribution needs,” says Konark International director Jon Andress.

Full report here Hindustan Times

Verse rules

All over the world, poetry is something of a publisher’s nightmare. On the one hand, nobody disputes that it is an important literary form. On the other, nobody seems ready to buy it either. Nor is there any popular criticism of poetry. There are literary critics applying one set of standards to all poetry, reviewing each other’s poetry and keeping the circle tightly closed.

But because the subject is so vast, and the styles so varied from the English-American school to the less structured European  poets, such criticism is often lost on ordinary readers. Renee Ranchan’s collection, Untwine the Wind, is not intended to serve notice that she is the next Nissim Ezekiel. Rather, it is an attempt to collect deeply felt, easily accessible poems in a beautiful package.

Untwine the Wind
Renee Ranchan
Konark
R750  pp 110 


Full review here Hindustan Times