In The Hindu Jaya Bhattacharji Rose has a Q & A with Seagull Books-publisher Naveen Kishore, in 'I publish what I wish to'.
Brief, but certainly of interest, as Seagull is a leading international publisher of translations-into-English, despite being based in India -- though as he notes:
Brief, but certainly of interest, as Seagull is a leading international publisher of translations-into-English, despite being based in India -- though as he notes:
My presence in the U.K. and the U.S. is in itself an interesting reversal of traditional market strategies ! It also offers a model that no longer suggests that Indian publishers must buy rights only for India. Seagull buys world rights, because our distribution through the University of Chicago Press allows us to sell across the world. It is a globalised world; your geographical location is of no consequence.A thought that should lead a few American publishers to quake a little in their leaden boots .....