How to prepare your manuscript for print
Fonts, margins, bleed and file formats: a short checklist that saves a week of back-and-forth with the press.
Paperback or hardcover? Choosing the right binding
A plain-language guide to sewn, perfect-bound and hardcase books, and what each means for cost and shelf life.
A first-timer's guide to the Kolkata Book Fair
Stall booking, display tips and what to bring, from the authors and publishers who have done it before.
Five habits of authors who publish again
What our repeat authors do differently from the first draft to the launch day.
Why independent bookshops still matter
A walk along College Street, and why a shelf chosen by a person beats a shelf chosen by an algorithm.
The print shops of old Calcutta
Battala, the first Bengali presses and the woodcut covers that started a publishing tradition.
From short story to first novel
Turning a drawer of stories into a book: structure, voice and when to stop editing.
Publishing a book of devotional verse
Rights, permissions and typography for songs and prayers meant to be read aloud.
Designing a poetry book that breathes
White space, line breaks and why the best poetry books look emptier than you expect.