Publishing Perspectives Podcast by Roli Pulse

By Roli Books

Through every adversity the world has faced, it has found a constant friend and companion in books. From pocketbooks during the Second World War to technology that allows people to carry many books at ...Read more

13 Episodes

Ep 13 How to Grow Readership

October 12, 2020 41 min 06 secs

The ongoing pandemic, especially the period of lockdown, significantly affected the sale of books through brick and mortar stores. Yet, at the same time, it also gifted the publishers with the opportu ...Read more

Ep 12 Brave New World

October 3, 2020 48 min 49 secs

The pandemic is only one in what feels like an avalanche of prominent shifts in the world order – from constant political strife stemming from numerous humanitarian crises to the looming climate emerg ...Read more

Ep 11 Audio Publishing Boom

September 26, 2020 44 min 29 secs

Audio book publishing is yet a relatively unexplored domain that varies in form: an audio book could be a book being read out or narrated or it could be content created specifically for listeners, lik ...Read more

Ep 10 Changing Book Marketing Strategies

September 19, 2020 47 min 45 secs

From posters and “bestseller” endorsements a decade ago to the endless possibilities that digital marketing has opened up now, book promotions have seen a veritable shift in scope and scale over time. ...Read more

Ep 9 Young Professionals in Publishing

September 12, 2020 47 min 58 secs

With a paucity of publishing courses in universities and a lack of streamlined internship programmes in India, publishing remains a somewhat inaccessible career to young book lovers who wish to be a p ...Read more

Ep 8 Publishing in Translation

September 5, 2020 51 min 28 secs

While the success of Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar might have been a rare phenomenon, the potential readership for translated works from Indian languages into English and other Indian and internati ...Read more

Ep 7 The Secret of the Success of Children’s Book Publishing

August 29, 2020 44 min 46 secs

Popularity, representation, an efficient handling of difficult yet necessary themes – what defines a children’s book as successful? Belinda Rasmussen, Sarah Odedina, Vatsala Kaul-Banerjee and Venkates ...Read more

Ep 6 Bookshops and the Business of Selling Books

August 22, 2020 48 min 23 secs

Discussion on publishing would be incomplete without a discussion on bookstores, which have always been a key link between publishers and readers, before the advent of online stores. In this episode, ...Read more

Ep 5 Digital Publishing – New Frontiers

August 15, 2020 46 min 32 secs

COVID-19 has forced publishers to reconsider their approach towards digital publishing, as digital formats of books – whether audiobooks or e-books – have become a necessity today rather than an added ...Read more

Ep 4 Book Adaptations for Screen: New Directions

August 8, 2020 54 min 18 secs

Although e-books had been running at snail’s pace in India in terms of readership, its demand has surged during the lockdown, which brings focus to book fetishism, and why, perhaps, it is time for pub ...Read more