Zee News publishes the IANS/Madhusree Chatterjee report, wondering What worked in books in 2012 ? in India.
Among the observations:
Also interesting that:
Among the observations:
However, four heavyweights, Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie, Casual Vacanacy by J.K. Rowling and Chetan Bhagat's What India Wants were disappoitments, publishers said.(I'm curious which of those three counted double to account for the fourth 'disappoitment' -- but interesting to hear that the Rushdie was a dud.)
Also interesting that:
Categories like mass market fiction and do-it-yourself and business books are reaching new tiers of first-time readers, especially in B-towns, which is an encouraging trend.