INVC,
Delhi,
As a prelude to the New Delhi World Book Fair 2013, the National Book Trust, India brought together over 60 publishers both from India and abroad to meet and hold business interactions at the New Delhi Rights Table on 2 February 2013, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Being organized for the first time, the New Delhi Rights Table offers B2B ‘match-making’ sessions between publishers. The rights trade is a major component of the book trade. Besides augmenting business interests it also helps to promote writings across the world. The New Delhi Rights Table is a part of NBT’s effort to promote Indian books abroad, through its recently launched initiative for providing financial assistance to foreign publishers for translating Indian books into foreign languages. The New Delhi Rights Table was inaugurated by Shri A. Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT. The inauguration was followed by a Panel discussion on “Perspectives on Indian Publishing Industry in the Context of Rights Trade’, where some of the best publishing minds offered their views on the current scenario in India regarding the exchange of Rights in publishing industry. Speakers at the panel discussion included Shri S. K. Ghai, Sterling Publishers, Shri Sudhir Malhotra, President, FIP Shri Ramesh Mittal, President, CAPEXIL, and Ms V. Karthika, CEO Harper Collins (India).
Earlier Shri M. A. Sikandar, Director, NBT welcomed the guests and spoke about the concept of exchange of rights.
