I’m always thinking about where the Indian diaspora is spread - like South Africa, maybe the Middle-East, and definitely in North America. Now I have books in the US, UK, Singapore, India and Pakistan. I do school visits here and I live here and my family lives here and of course as an author I want to be present here. I’m doing another book with Walker Books and with Mara Bergman and I’m quite eager to point out that I want more books in the UK – there’s no denying that. There is no denying that people are creating and selling literature in every single country, but as British writers we often forget the international market.
It has the 5th largest English-language book publishing industry. India stands first in the world in making movies. For example, the market I’m most familiar with next to Britain is India. And if you want to be a writer, you want to win the Man Booker Prize or the Carnegie Medal.īut that does not mean the rest of the world is not making movies or publishing books. If you are on the stage you want to be in the West End or the Broadway. If you are in showbiz, you want to win a Golden Globe or an Oscar or a BAFTA award. Be that shoe salesman who brings something fresh and new to a different market. Find those connections because the world is shrinking and you don’t have to find opportunities just in your backyard.
Or you might have roots somewhere else in this world – be it your ancestors came from another country or continent or you studied in a different country or worked there. Many of them speak English and publish in English. There are publishing companies across this world. The second one came back and said he can capture a big share of the market because no one wears sandals and he would be the first one to show them a pair. In this post, Chitra Soundar takes a look at the wider world view and shares some of her tips for breaking into other English-speaking territories.ĭo you know the story of the two salesmen who went to sell sandals to people on a remote island? One of them came back and said, there is no potential because no one wears sandals there. The UK and US markets are often the focus of our publishing ambitions, but these only represent a small proportion of the literary scene.
0 kommentar(er)
