On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay < sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kindle/Kindle_app/Flipkart_app/e-book_reader_app are somewhat > irrelevant for me when it comes to reading books in the local > languages. There is a tremendous lack of books and, this makes the > usage of the devices a bit limited for me (even though I am staggering > under a load of books and, lack of bookshelf space) > We are slowly seeing the top rung Indian publishers moving into e-publishing, to protect their market in the digital space. The smaller publishers are taking their own sweet time in this regard. FYI, I will be moderating a session on e-publishing at the World Book Fair in New Delhi on the 16th of Feb. At the Publishing Next conference held in Goa last year, the most advanced e-publisher I came across was someone who was publishing Marathi books in a non-Unicode font. I did not know whether to laugh or cry! Venky
