Source: The Hindu
The Abhayadev Memorial Bhasha Samanwaya Awards instituted by the Bhasha Samanwaya Vedi for Malayalam-Hindi periodicals and writers who undertake translation of literary works that help in boosting cultural unity have been announced.
Kavanakaumudi, published once in three months, received the award in the Malayalam periodicals section for publishing 22 translated poems from various Indian [...]

Source: ciol.com
Mumbai city now has the honor to have one of a kind digital or e-library. The Rs 7 crore worth e-library is based in a large building located in the western suburb of Andheri East. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan formally inaugurated the digital library here on Tuesday.
This state-of-the-art digital library offers free access [...]

Source: Indian Express
Prof Satyavrat Shastri was awarded the 42nd Jnanpith Award on Wednesday, the first time India’s highest literary honour has gone to a Sanskrit scholar. The award was handed to Shastri by the princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, herself an eminent Sanskrit scholar and former student of Shastri.
Shastri has several literary achievements to [...]

Source: The Hindu
With an aim to uphold and popularise the glorious literary creativeness of old Ravenshawvians, the Ravenshaw University in Cuttack is planning to build an archive and create a database of all old issues of its hostel magazines. West Hostel and East Hostel have been publishing its magazines – ‘Urmi’ and ‘Jagaran’ respectively without [...]

Source: The Hindu
Well-known writer and senior civil servant Tarunkanti Mishra will be the recipient of the Kadambini Samman for 2009. The award, instituted by Oriya family magazine Kadambini, carries a citation, a memento and a cash award of Rs.50,000.
The award was conferred on Mishra during the 10th anniversary celebration of the publication at Jayadev Bhawan [...]

Source: Indian Express via Pratham Books
The Kannada Book Authority (KBA) is shortly bringing out works of great writers like Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, D V Gundappa, Kota Shivarama Karantha, Girish Karnad and G P Rajaratnam in Braille format.
The books will be printed at the Government Printing Press for Braille in Mysore. The titles that will [...]

Source: Business Standard
UK-based Parragon Publishing is looking at increasing its presence to another 25 cities across India this year, besides bringing out around 100 titles from the Disney stable.
The company, which specialises in books which have more visuals than text for both kids and adult categories, also plans to make a foray into bilingual medium [...]

Source:  Indian Express
Daryaganj [now wears a deserted look].
Gone was the hustle and bustle on the pavements, the yellowed texts stacked against walls, books piled up helter-skelter, hawkers shouting and book lovers, young and old, jostling through the crowds.
And the change has come to stay.
The 45-year-old book market is facing the brunt of a police drive [...]

Source: Financial Express
Aptara, a pioneer in digital publishing solutions, was chosen by MP Publishing, a leading eBook publisher, to convert publications previously unreleased in eBook form. MP Publishing is acquiring thousands of book titles from publishers all over the world and making them available for instant download through their website, www.skoobestore.com, and through mass distribution [...]

Source: The Times of India
Publishing history in India was made this week when popular historian Ramachandra Guha clinched close to a Rs 1 crore deal with Penguin India for a series of six books-the definitive Gandhi biography, an anthology of 12 thinkers who shaped modern India, and a collection of his previously published essays. 
The deal [...]