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New Delhi: to be deposited by publishers and that the University Grants Commission’s Information Library Network (INFLIBNET) be also involved in the movement. Engaging schools, local book clubs, NGOs, resident organisations, Panchayati Raj Institutions, post offices, railways, authors’ organisations, publishers and booksellers organisations for book promotion is also desired.




Aimed at giving a boost to the publishing industry in the country, it is proposed that the possibility of granting the status of ‘industry’ to book publishing be examined and that the Indian Council for Cultural Resources be roped in to promote books by Indian publishers and authors abroad. Rationalisation of the cost of paper to enable affordability of books, assessment of the FDI policy on book publishing and bringing down postal rates for book dispatch by mail order are other measures suggested to bring down prices of books.



Setting up state-level Book Promotion Councils, National Book Exhibition and Book Fairs Authority, compulsory space allocation for bookshops at all shopping malls, new residential colonies and apartments are steps suggested to encourage book distribution mechanisms. It is proposed that subsidies be introduced for export and import of books and an Indian Institute of Publishing Management & Technology be set up to offer courses in publishing science, children’s literature, editorial studies, book designing, e-publishing and research on the publishing sector....