Pandemic-hit book publishers eye for openings It was an intriguing discussion at a special session of the prestigious 33rd Guwahati Book Fair, where a number of book publishers, writers, journalists and conscious readers assembled to introspect over various challenges faced by the book (publication) industry during the Covid-19 pandemic inducing national lockdown in India and also to arouse new possibilities in the post-corona era. The participants were unanimous that the pandemic had severely affected the publishing industry including the physical newspapers but at the same time, it helped to increase the number of committed readers precisely among the new generation. They opined that the process of publishing and arketing Assamese books also reemerged with new approaches to the technology-driven profession for the