Publishing Next ’11, the first edition of the conference drew participation from within India and abroad. A range of topics were discussed in a series of workshops and panel discussions while a host of entrepreneurs displayed new products and services.

Blogs:

Vinutha Mallya, who moderated the panel on “Copyright Issues in Publishing”, reports for Publishing Perspectives:
http://publishingperspectives.com/2011/09/india-publishers-digital-future/

Venkatesh K., who attended the event and is Chief Evangelist at YourStory.in, reports on the event:
http://yourstory.in/2011/09/a-new-chapter-in-indian-publishing/

James Bridle, who spoke on the panel discussing digital books, writes about the conference and his visit to Goa:
http://booktwo.org/notebook/publishing-next-india/

So does Oliver Brooks, who presented valobox.com:
http://www.valobox.com/blog/posts/publishing-next-in-goa

Titash Neogi, who presented themeefy.com, writes about opportunities in the publishing arena for techies:
http://startupcentral.in/2011/09/tech-startup-opportunities-in-the-publishing-industry/

Nikhil Pahwa, who participated in the panel on “Book Marketing in the Age of Social Media, has several reports on his blog:
http://www.medianama.com/tag/publishing-next/

Gavin Summers, who presented his work, reports from the trenches:
http://bookmachine.org/2011/09/26/5-takeaways-from-publishing-next-goa/

Videos:

For video reports on sessions and workshops, do visit our blog and this link.

Photographs:

For pictures, view our facebook page and Frederick Noronha’s flickr feed.

The list of speakers (detailed profiles can be seen here) during the inaugural edition of Publishing Next included the following:

• Alvito Barreto, Focus Bookstore, Bangalore
• Amrita Akhil, Independent Publishers Distribution Alternatives
• Arshia Sattar, Sangam
• Arunava Sinha, Translator and Author
• Atiya Zaidi, Ratna Sagar
• Chetna, Bubble Wrapped
• Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Mercator Institute for Media, Languages and Culture
• G. R. Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights, Government of India
• Indira Chandrashekhar, Tulika Books (Delhi)
• James Bridle, Bookkake
• Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, columnist and publishing consultant
• Judith Oriol, Book Attachée at the French Embassy in India
• K. Satyanarayan, New Horizon Media
• Kailash Balani, Balani Infotech
• Kannan Sundaram, Kalachchuvadu
• Kiruba Shankar, Business Blogging
• Lipika Bhushan, Harper Collins
• Maya Hemant, Pratham Books
• Maegan Chadwick-Dobson, Tara Books
• Maitreyi Kandoi, Kindle Magazine
• Mandira Sen, Stree-Samya
• Michael Bhaskar, Profile Books
• Neeta Gupta, Yatra Books
• Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama.com
• Nilanjana Roy, literary columnist and critic
• Payal Kumar, Sage India
• Peter Griffin, Forbes India
• Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society
• Prathibha Sastry, Jinibooks
• Preeti Vyas, Publisher, FunOkPlease
• Radhika Menon, Tulika Books (Chennai)
• Ramu Ramanathan, Printweek India
• Rubin D’Cruz, NBT
• Sunil Patki, publishing consultant
• Trisha Gupta, blogger and columnist
• Ulhas Latkar, Ameya Prakashan
• Vaishali Khandekar, Reading Hour
• Vinutha Mallya, Booksy.in
• Winston Cruz, National Translation Mission

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