Publishing houses like Penguin, HarperCollins' plan to release a slew of e-books
Publishing houses like Penguin, HarperCollins' plan to release a slew of e-books
Home-grown publishers such as Amar Chitra Katha – the creators of Jataka and Birbal tales – are also rolling the dice as they prepare to foray into the e-book market. The company is currently creating e-books for the Apple platform, but soon plans to …
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Lucknow University hostels turning into 'guest houses'
The maximum number of guests, nearly 70, are staying in Birbal Sahni Hostel which is for research scholars. All they have to pay is Rs 50 per day for lodging and Rs 50 for two-time food. Shockingly, no account for such money is maintained by the …
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Book fair has little Tamil literature for children this year
Most are either folk tales or translated versions of traditional stories such as 'Akbar and Birbal'," says RS Shanmugam, president of Booksellers' and Publishers' Association of South India. Shanmugam says writes and publishers stay away from …
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