The National Library is planning to establish a a Museum of the Word to mark and preserve the long history of various scripts created, used and some lost in our country on continued history.

The museum is to come up in an old heritage building, which was once the home of Warren Hastings, Bengal's first Governor General in the city of Kolkata. The oul building will be converted into a centralized air-conditioned exhibition facility which will display clay tablets, printing equipment, etc.

India has been mother to many tongues and originator or so many scripts and moreover its influenced many more. As for publishing, the country may offer small opportunity to big publishing houses looking to offer books in English but in regional languages, printing houses churn our more than 50,000 titles every year.

In the age of modern technology, wide availability and ever increasing internet penetration, the demand prospects for books have been affected but definitely not phased out. The books are fighting their way back in to the main stream.

According to Penguin Books CEO, John Makinson with new devices like Apple's iPad and the growing popularity of other digital devices, it is a challenge to retain the romance of the printed books.

As the new technology brings new devices older things find their way into them. The market for tablet computer is growing quickly and it also also expanding the market for e-books. Devices like iPad offer opportunities to book publishers who will have an alternative to the Kindle service from Amazon.

Makinson said that the new applications not only attract young users to reading books but also older ones who like the option of expanding fonts to read easily. India is offering a big opportunity with half a billion mobile subscribers and rapidly rising educational profile.

Penguin has become the first international published to publish books in Indian languages including Hindi and Marathi. The company also announced a new imprint in India called Shobhaa De dedicated to the popular author.

"We need to keep the emphasis on the reader's emotional relationship with the book. It's still important to produce a well-designed, beautifully printed book that looks good on a shelf, and that you can gift to a friend," added Makinson.