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March 04, 2021 09:41 IST
It has resulted in the creation of authorpreneurs, who quench their creative thirst and make money
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In a corner of the bustling Chennai Book Fair with its nearly 700 stalls are racks that contain self-published Tamil works.
Here, authors directly walk up to you and explain their content. You can have a chat with them, and decide if you would like to pick up the book; 12 city authors who have self-published their material have set up such racks in a first-of-its-kind initiative at the 44th Chennai Book Fair. “Some of these authors do not have money to hire a stall, so we give them a rack for ₹8,000 where they can display upto 50 titles and have the chance to directly interact with the audience they are writing for,” says RS Shanmugam, president of the Book Sellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI).
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Famous titles of Tamil literature to reach more readers through translation project
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February 15, 2021 14:33 IST
Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation’s translation initiative plans to bring out three books every four months, and bring gems from the State to non-Tamil readers
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Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation’s translation initiative plans to bring out three books every four months, and bring gems from the State to non-Tamil readers
Ask any Tamil reader, and they will have a list of must-read gems to share with the non-Tamil speaking world. But very few of these titles have well-written and well-edited translated versions. Also, a lot of valuable books published long ago have gone out of print and face the danger of becoming extinct. This is where the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation’s translation initiative comes in. With help from a select group of experts, includi