A copyright selling company of books which put up a stall at the World Book Fair for the first time in Delhi, was amazed to notice the ignorance among Indian publishers regarding the concept of buying rights for publishing books. 

Xact Books is a company that sells rights to publishing houses and other organisations to sell books in their stores or at book fairs.

However, Rahul Singhal, president and Chief Executive Officer of the company says he is shocked to see that Indian publishers are not aware of buying rights to sell books published by foreign publishers.

 “This is the first time we have tried to capture the Indian market. Piracy does not leave scope for the rights selling concept in India.

“In India, publishers print books on their own which has led to this ignorance,” he said. 
He added that Indian publishers were surprised to learn that books on mannerisms were also available in the market. 

“We have been selling copyrights to foreign publishers. We have been party to over 40 book fairs over 13 years and have never come across a fair where publishers are oblivious to the fact that like music even books have copyrights,” said Mohinder Sahni, global overseas manager of the company. 

There is enormous potential in the Indian market but it is difficult to explore the publishing sector as it is unorganised, they added.

(Source: Deccanherald.com)