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

2. 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

3. Author – Info-Travel Polonnaruwa Info Travel Sri Lanka Info Parks The Sacred Tooth Relic

4. Neptune Publications (Pvt) Limited

5. 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

6. 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

7. Publishing Trends in Sri Lanka

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

9. ** Publishing statistics from National Library Services and Documentation Board

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

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

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

18. Global Strategies and Vision of the Publishing Industry in Asia

19. Beyond the boundaries of Asia Exchanging the expertise and experience

20. 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

22. 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?

23.  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.

24.  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

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

26.  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

27.  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

28. THANK YOU! LET’S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER