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Roli Pulse, the digital arm of Roli Books, in association with Newslaundry, presents Media Bites, a specially curated series on the media landscape.
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Through every adversity the world has faced, it has found a constant friend and companion in books. From pocketbooks during the Second World War to technology that allows people to carry many books at one go in the form of ebooks, our relationship with books has never faltered. This has been possible due to the adaptability of the publishing industry which has evolved with changing times, to ensure that the essential commodity for our mind and soul always remains accessible. Publishing Persp ...
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The ongoing pandemic, especially the period of lockdown, significantly affected the sale of books through brick and mortar stores. Yet, at the same time, it also gifted the publishers with the opportunity to increase their readership. The lockdown may have surged the popularity of ebooks and audiobooks, but print books still hold the ground, which …
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The pandemic is only one in what feels like an avalanche of prominent shifts in the world order – from constant political strife stemming from numerous humanitarian crises to the looming climate emergency. In this week’s episode of Publishing Perspectives, Arpita Das is joined by Richard Nash, Nathan Hollier, Mahurukh Mohiuddin, and Bodour Al Qasim…
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Audio book publishing is yet a relatively unexplored domain that varies in form: an audio book could be a book being read out or narrated or it could be content created specifically for listeners, like an immaculately structured podcast. On this week’s episode of Publishing Perspectives, Naomi Barton discusses several aspects of audio book publishi…
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From posters and “bestseller” endorsements a decade ago to the endless possibilities that digital marketing has opened up now, book promotions have seen a veritable shift in scope and scale over time. This week on Publishing Perspectives, Kapil Kapoor talks to Amish Tripathi and Anant Padmanabhan about innovations in marketing strategies in publish…
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With a paucity of publishing courses in universities and a lack of streamlined internship programmes in India, publishing remains a somewhat inaccessible career to young book lovers who wish to be a part of the process of making books. Shubhi Surana, Aritra Paul, Shreya Pandey and Sonali Jindal join Aprita Das on Publishing Perspectives this week t…
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While the success of Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar might have been a rare phenomenon, the potential readership for translated works from Indian languages into English and other Indian and international languages remains vast yet largely unrealized. In this week’s episode of Publishing Perspectives, Neeta Gupta of Yatra Books is joined by Arunava…
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Ep 7 The Secret of the Success of Children’s Book Publishing
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Popularity, representation, an efficient handling of difficult yet necessary themes – what defines a children’s book as successful? Belinda Rasmussen, Sarah Odedina, Vatsala Kaul-Banerjee and Venkatesh M. Swamy discuss with Sayoni Basu common themes, what they think constitutes a successful list, the challenges posed by the pandemic and next steps …
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Ep 6 Bookshops and the Business of Selling Books
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Discussion on publishing would be incomplete without a discussion on bookstores, which have always been a key link between publishers and readers, before the advent of online stores. In this episode, Manjari Sahay engages Amrita Somaiya, Nijesh Shah, Rick Simonson and Sarah High on what the trends were in sale of books through brick and mortar stru…
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Media Bites: Episode 6 - Are Indians too Easily Offended? - Vir Das, Aditi Mittal and Abhinandan Sekhri
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Can comedy and satire be tools of social change? How does this ecosystem interact with a large democracy like ours? When the perception of what is offensive changes from person to person, how do we define an ‘offence’? Are Indians too easily offended? To discuss these themes, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings together comedians Vi…
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Media Bites: Episode 5 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Sattvik Mishra, Andre Borges, Pragya Tiwari and Abhinandan Sekhri
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In this age of the internet, there’s little that doesn’t go viral, including the news. But there’s some confusion as to what is meant by ‘viral news’ and what constitutes ‘viral content’. More to the point, is there a difference between ‘news’ and ‘content’? Or are they synonymous? To discuss the finer points of this question, Roli Pulse, in associ…
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Media Bites: Episode 4 - Is the Press Free in India? - Naresh Fernandes, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dhanya Rajendran and Abhinandan Sekhri
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On the Global Press Freedom Index, India ranks 142 out of 180 countries. To make sense of why a country that prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy fares so abysmally on press freedom, it’s imperative to locate and speak about the different pressures that journalists are under. To this end, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry,…
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Media Bites: Episode 3 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Anant Goenka, Anant Nath and Abhinandan Sekhri
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To sink or to float is the question. In India, as elsewhere, the internet revolution has compelled newspapers and magazines to transition to digital. The transition has been slow, however, and most newspapers and magazines are still primarily in the print space. Will the pandemic hasten it? To discuss this, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaund…
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Media Bites: Episode 2 - Television News: Relevance and Credibility in Today's India - Nidhi Razdan, Saahil Menghani and Abhinandan Sekhri
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Following up on our last podcast, ‘Is TV News Dead?’, we bring together another panel to debate the other aspect of the topic, ‘Television News: Relevance and Credibility in Today’s India’. Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry, is joined by Nidhi Razdan, former executive editor of NDTV, and Saahil Menghani, news reporter and anchor.…
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Media Bites: Episode 1 - Is TV News Dead? - Barkha Dutt, Faye D’Souza and Abhinandan Sekhri
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Indian television news has acquired an unsavory reputation over the past few years owing to the bombastic anchors and their prime-time rants peddling bigotry. Now, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as advertising revenues, the chief source of income for mainstream media, dwindle, can TV news survive in its current form? To discuss this and much…
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COVID-19 has forced publishers to reconsider their approach towards digital publishing, as digital formats of books – whether audiobooks or e-books – have become a necessity today rather than an added advantage to physical books. It has made publishers pause and consider the opportunities this medium might bring to the readers and to the business o…
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Ep 4 Book Adaptations for Screen: New Directions
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Although e-books had been running at snail’s pace in India in terms of readership, its demand has surged during the lockdown, which brings focus to book fetishism, and why, perhaps, it is time for publishers and readers alike to adapt themselves to the new platform: digital. Adrian Levy, Anuja Chauhan, Priya Kapoor and Sidharth Jain join host Ankur…
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Ep 3 Publishing Trends in a Post-Covid World
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As the world slowly reels itself back to adjust with the ‘new normal’, a pertinent question to be asked is: what kind of possibilities does the new normal hold for publishing? The pandemic has not changed the way publishers have responded to the complete global shutdown, it has also affected the way we read. Alexandra Pringle, Diya Kar and Sayantan…
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Ep 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Independent Publishing
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Independent publishers face a two pronged challenge: the domination of mainstream publishers in the market and the preference of bookstores in having books of mainstream publishers. This challenge has further intensified with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected, most importantly, the reachability of publishers. Hal Robinson engages Ur…
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Kapil Kapoor, Sophy Thompson, Michel Moushabeck and Karthika V.K. – publishers from three different continents, and companies of different scale – join host Amit Varma to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the business of publishing industry: how the industry was functioning before the pandemic struck, and how it is responding to the pressure of the…
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