He left penguin because of sexual harassment allegations, but his pen is
under far better control than his penis is.
This should be interesting.
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Sriram ET.
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Subject: [silk] Aleph Books... and David Davidar
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riced/253579-55.html
<excerpt>
Q. A lot of Indian publishing's growth is coming in at the lower end of the
market. You're aiming at a more sophisticated reader. How will you make sure
that Aleph's books reach them and appeal to them?
Again, Aleph's ambitions have been very carefully thought through. In our
view there are many areas in the Indian writing and trade publishing scene
that have not been exploited in any significant way. For example, while we
have world class novelists we have too few great books of history, science,
politics, sociology, travel, narrative non-fiction and biography to name
just some of the areas that we are looking to target. In these categories
you might have books that are first rate in terms of scholarship, but as
these are generally aimed at academics they are largely unreadable where the
lay reader is concerned. Books that are available to general readers are
sometimes readable, but are singularly lacking in depth or nuance. So, we
see a great deal of opportunity in terms of books that we can publish. What
we intend to do is actively commission writers to produce great books in
some of these subject areas.
</excerpt>
Should we, er., start saving up? What's your view on the venture, and the
man?
