Publishing

Bookonomics of India's exports
Indian book exports was Rs 1,600 cr in 2009-10. Noel D'cunha reports from the NBPC conference about how India needs to do a better job at winning hearts than the international counterparts
New Delhi to host the first ever WAN-IFRA - SND conference and workshop on news design in South Asia
WAN-IFRA and the Society for News Design (SND) have joined hands to organise the first-ever News Design conference in South Asia. The event will be held at New Delhi from 23-24 January, 2012.

Magazines a new model, a new era
PrintWeek India attends the 38th FIPP World Magazine Congress and highlights 14 take-aways about the future of magazine publishing in India.

In India, digital publishing is growing at a rapid pace
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, an international publishing consultant and a columnist for PrintWeek India speaks to Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, chief evangelist, on the Indian publishing scene.

Prabhat Khabar launches Gaya edition
Neutral Publishing House (NPHL), publisher of Hindi newspaper daily Prabhat Khabar, has launched its 10th edition from Gaya. The publishing house, earlier had launched its Bhagalpur edition in...

TNPL allies with the Book Printer's Conference in Kerala
Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited is partnering the first national book printer's conference (NBPC) from 17 to 19 November at Trivandrum, Kerala.
Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation invites tenders for textbook printing
The Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation (TNTBC), Chennai has invited tenders for sheetfed offset printing in single or multi-colour with CTP / wipe-on plate (54.5 x 84 cm, 58 x 84 cm, 67 x 94 cm).
Dainik Jagran and Dinamalar in tie-up with Yahoo
Tie-ups between local language and regional newspapers are growing manifold. This year Yahoo tied up with Tamil news daily Dinamalar and in 2010 it started its partnership with Dainik Jagran.

Yogi Prints in Mumbai expands its print offering with MGI
Mumbai-based Yogi Prints has invested in a brand-new MGI DP 60 to offer an array of short-run, high-quality colour market for paper applications as well as the plastic card segment.

Sky Magazine axed in favour of online and mobile comms
BSkyB has axed the print edition of Sky Magazine, the UK's largest magazine by circulation with an average readership of almost 7.3m, after scrapping plans to turn it into a quarterly publication.