Publishing Next

Publishing Next

The conference on "the future of publishing"

Established in 2011, Publishing Next is a publishing industry conference, that is mainly focused on issues of concern to the book trade. Simultaneously it also maintains a broad perspective and seeks to foresee the future of book publishing. The conference brings together, on a single platform, publishers and other publishing professionals, from publishing houses, big and small, often just one-person entities, drawn from across India, those publishing books in its various languages, besides publishers from abroad.

The first edition of the Publishing Next conference was held in September 2011. Since then, we have had eight editions of the conference. The eighth edition of the conference was held between 19-22 September 2019. The ninth edition is planned for September 2020.

Publishing Next Industry Awards 2020

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Glimpses of Past Conferences

Some images of the 2019 edition of the conference

Previous Speakers

Profiles of four of our many speakers
Mandira Sen

Mandira Sen

Editor
She has been an editor of social science and general books and had worked in publishing in the USA, UK, and in Kolkata. STREE(1990) and SAMYA (1996), were founded jointly by Popular Prakashan of Mumbai, a distinguished publisher of social sciences and Marathi literature, and her.
Vaishnavi Singh

Vaishnavi Singh

Content Marketing Lead
She is a digital strategist and video rights seller aiming to find the perfect screens for books.
Meethil Momaya

Meethil Momaya

Author
Meethil is the author of Eye Can See, a book about lenses and Let’s Play, a book about science in sports, both published by Pratham books.
Rakesh Khanna

Rakesh Khanna

Publisher, editor and math educator
He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Blaft Publications, the editor of The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, and the author of the alternative mathematics book Math Problems with Dinosaurs.

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