A report on three critical discussions from Publishing Next by Vinutha Mallya For those of us that have freshly emerged from the stimulating Publishing Next conference in Goa on 14–15 September, it will be a while before we can completely absorb all that was discussed over the intense two days. Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy’s reports from the [...]

This year, Publishing Next had just one panel discussion that purely concentrated on the technological aspects of publishing. Chaired by Brij Singh, co-founder of Fliplog, the panel sought to explore how new advancements in digital technologies could be incorporated to create a more involved experience for the reader. As such panels often do, this one [...]

After months of preparation and endless trepidation on how it might go, the second edition of Publishing Next concluded last Saturday. Judging from the numbers that attended and the satisfied voices that emerged, dare we say that it was quite the success. The objective of Publishing Next was to create a forum that would discuss [...]

Publishing Next, the conference that dwells on a single point agenda, the “future of publishing”, will be held in Goa on the 14th and 15th of September 2012. This year the conference has expanded its scope to include panel discussions, “how-to” workshops and insight talks. The conference, which will be held at the new and [...]

by Vinutha Mallya Going to Goa for a conference? No one around me could hide the tone of incredulity in their question, when I was invited as a speaker for Publishing Next 2011. I was thrilled at being able to go to Goa, where my ancestors hailed from, for something other than pilgrimage and the [...]

An unscheduled but much welcomed session by Anish Trivedi concluded proceedings on the first day of Publishing Next. This veteran of the music industry shared his experiences with the evolving music industry scenario over the last fifteen years. Anish shared his opinion that within the music industry, it is not the music label, or the listener [...]

By Kannan Sundaram A couple of months back, I was asked to speak as a panelist in the Publishing Next conference, hosted by CinnamonTeal in Goa. The panel that I was a part of was focused on discussing Copyright Issues in Publishing, in the light of the proposed amendments to the existing Copyright Act. It [...]

Publishing Next, a conference we had in Goa last September, had one primary agenda - to discuss the future of publishing. Among those attending were publishers, authors, content creators, social media experts, government officials, freelancers, editors, designers, bloggers and many more. For details, blogs and pictures, visit http://www.publishing-next.com/2011/ We believe the conference was largely successful, [...]