Publishing Next ’12 was held on the 14th and 15th of September 2012. The event drew a larger participation compared to the first edition in 2011 and also consisted of more panel discussions and workshops. In addition, ‘insight-sharing sessions’ were held where speakers drew upon their experiences within the publishing industry. The full schedule of events can be viewed by clicking here.

Reports on Publishing Next ’12

  • Pre-event coverage in yourstory.in, printweek.in and the Just Books blog.
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in Full Flow (a report by V. Krishnamoorthy for yourstory.in) »
  • Confronting the Big Issues in Indian Publishing (a report by Vinutha Mallya for Publishing Perspectives) »
  • The Next Chapter in Publishing (Mrs. Nilima Sinha reports for The Book Review) »
  • From the Duckbill blog (by Sayoni Basu) »
  • 13, here we come! (a report on Publishing Next with photographs) »
  • Lessons learned by an eager participant »
  • Publishing Next – A Solid Success (An Interview of Leonard Fernandes, co-founder of CinnamonTeal Publishing) »

There are also photographs from Day 1 and Day 2. Videos will be uploaded soon.

The speaker list during PN ’12 consisted of the following (click on “»” for details of each speaker):

  • Annie Zaidi, Author »
  • Aniruddha Sen Gupta »
  • Ashish Goel »
  • Badri Seshadri, New Horizon Media »
  • Brij Singh, Fliplog »
  • Chandni Khanna, Hippocampus »
  • Damodar Mauzo, Author and Sahitya Akademi award winner »
  • Deepali Shukla, Eklavya »
  • Desmond Kharmawphlang, NEHU »
  • Dilip Kumar, Great Minds »
  • Dinesh Ingawale, Welbound Worldwide »
  • Ganesh Devy, Bhasha Research Centre »
  • Jagdish Repaswal »
  • Jai Zende, booksTALK audiobooks »
  • Jibin Thomas, Great Minds »
  • K. Muralitharan, Madurai Press »
  • K. Satyanarayan, New Horizon Media »
  • K. Srinivas, Pearson India »
  • K. Vaitheeswaran, Indiaplaza.com »
  • K E Priyamvada »
  • Kiruba Shankar »
  • Manoj Karthikeyan »
  • Murthy Raju, BookConnect »
  • Nilima Sinha, AWIC »
  • Pratheek Thomas »
  • R. Sriram, Next Practice Retail »
  • R. Sundar Rajan, Strata Retail and Technology »
  • Rahul Dixit, Penguin India »
  • Ranjan Kaul, Oxford University Press »
  • Rajesh Jog, Waygate Capital »
  • Rakesh Khanna, Blaft Publications »
  • Sanjiv Goswami, Springer India »
  • Sayoni Basu, Duckbill »
  • Subhadra De, Chattim Books »
  • Shobha Viswanath, Karadi Tales »
  • Sumit Bhattacharjee, National Book Trust »
  • Sunita Singh, NEN »
  • Suresh M Nair, Welbound Worldwide »
  • Suzanne Singh, Pratham Books »
  • Subhromoni De, Chattim Books (Kolkata) »
  • Swati Roy, Eureka Bookstore and Bookaroo »
  • Tanushree Hazarika, Eclectic Publications »
  • Vatsala Kaul-Banerjee, Hachette India »
  • Venetia Kotamraju, Rasala Books »
  • Vikrant Mathur, Nielsen Book India »
  • Vikas L. Paranjape, Jyotsna Prakashan »
  • Vinutha Mallya, Publishing Consultant and Columnist »
  • Vivek Mehra, Sage India »