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The book's voice carries immense worth given the pedigree of one of its co-authors

Dealing with deadlines

According to Mr Cox, "as soon as you set a deadline, work tends to get delayed until right before time expires". He calls this a "deadline effect".

Not like children's books, learning kit books to attract GST: AAR

The AAR agreed at the outset the kit box/book should be covered under heading 4903

A selection of the five best books in a year of start-ups and unicorns

Looking back at 2021, we take note of the top start-up-related books published this year that shed new light on this space

Legendary novelist Wilbur Smith passes away at 88

He passed away on Saturday afternoon with his wife, Niso, by his side

South African Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize 2021 for 'The Promise'

"The Promise" is a novel about one white family's reckoning with South Africa's racist history.

Lessons for new owner as it inks a fresh chapter for Crossword

Last year, Covid-19 hit book sales - albeit not publishing per se - with the lockdown months shutting out physical retail altogether

Breaking out of 'zenana' medicine

The author first gives a quick backgrounder about women doctors in other countries, who paved the way for the first women doctors from India

Indian-origin Sunjeev Sahota among 13 contenders for fiction's Booker Prize

Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel 'China Room

Three publishing strategies to get the book you've authored to the shelves

While the traditional publishing house is still the most popular, don't stress if it junks your work. You have two more ways to see your book morph into paperback or hardcover

Self-publishing is the only way for 97% of authors: CEO of Notion Press

In a Q&A, Naveen Valsakumar dwells on the coming-of-age of self-publishing, his firm's value proposition for budding writers and how he plans to take on the competition from Kindle

Locked down and empty shelves

Publishing has come to a virtual halt because the retail shops are shut and, as result, so are the large distributors

Bloomsbury raises profit view as book purchases soar during lockdowns

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury said on Wednesday profit for fiscal year 2020 will be significantly above market expectations

Do terrorists grow in farms?

Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome

Jaipur Literature Festival to be held virtually from February 19 to 28

The 14th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held virtually from February 19 to 28

British author Jeffrey Archer signs 3-book deal with HarperCollins

British author Jeffrey Archer has left Pan Macmillan and signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, with the first book to be published this autumn

John le Carre: The maestro has left the field

If giving pleasure to hundreds of millions can be a yardstick for a worthwhile life, le Carre measured up perfectly

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' author John le Carre dies of pneumonia at 89

Born David Cornwall, le Carre was born in England in 1931, and first worked in foreign Intelligence for the British Army while studying foreign languages abroad

Barack Obama memoir sells record 1.7 million copies in first week

Barack Obama's A Promised Land sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors

Without festivals

Those of us who look forward to book festivals will no doubt have to accept that this is going to be a lost winter