ASIAN PUBLISHERS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SEOUL 2014 Neptune Publications (Pvt) Limited SRI LANKA

Dinesh Kulatunga Chairman – Managing Director Neptune Publications (Pvt) Ltd. Chairman – Managing Director Printel (Pvt) Ltd. Past President– Sri Lanka Association of Printers Secretary – Sri Lanka Print Media Academy General Secretary– National Heritage Foundation Asst. Treasurer – Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association Advisory Board member – Sri Lanka Export Development Board on Printing and Publishing industry Visiting Lecturer – Fine Arts University Colombo

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Neptune Publications (Pvt) Limited

Publications areas (English and Sinhala languages)  Anthropology-English & Sinhala  Archeology-English  Religion-English  History-English  Food-English  Travel-English  YOGA-English & Sinhala  Novel-Sinhala  Children’s books-English

Intended plans for publishing work within next two years Translations Fictions Children’s Fiction Children’s Nonfiction Health, Body and Mind Social Science and Politics Crafts & Hobbies Fun & Games

Publishing Trends in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka An Island in South Asia Population21.6m Area65,610 Sq km Coastline1360km LanguagesSinhala Tamil English

** Publishing statistics from National Library Services and Documentation Board

 Export of Trade Quantities  UK  USA  Australia  Web Sales  E – Books Export of Publications

Imports of Publications  UK  Singapore  Ireland  Netherlands  France  India

Import subject categories;  Educational  Fictions and Nonfictions  Social Since  IT  Fashion  Life style  Dictionaries  Medical  Engineering

Global Strategies and Vision of the Publishing Industry in Asia

Beyond the boundaries of Asia Exchanging the expertise and experience

Global Strategies and Vision of the Publishing Industry in Asia  More focus on Electronic versions  Product quality standards at competitive price range  Specialization  Benchmarking  Enhancing the Capabilities of Editors in the region

Global Strategies and Vision of the Publishing Industry in Asia  Asian Book Search Engine  By whom ??  Publishers Associations ?  By APPA ?  By Asian publishers collective as a private venture?

 Enhancing the Capabilities of Editors in the region  It is in the best interests of regional publishers to enhance the capacity of their editors by constituting some sort of forum where they could meet, train and exchange ideas.

 Editors in the region lack language skills, especially in English, to edit works that could meet international requirements. Good editors are few and come with a price.  Enhancing the Capabilities of Editors in the region

 As such we propose to synergize our efforts towards upgrading and enhancing the skills of editors.

 Among the topics that could be dealt with in these fora are upgrading of language skills to meet a variety of editing requirements including in the areas of science, arts, business and literature.  Enhancing the Capabilities of Editors in the region

 Another area in which editors need to be trained is in IT proficiency. Many are the editors who lack or do not make proper use of this important tool that could enhance their abilities. Working online, verifying or cross-checking information or particular usages all come within this area.  Enhancing the Capabilities of Editors in the region

THANK YOU! LET’S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER