Introduction
As we all know, that a writer can become an author only when his or her book gets published. In other words, you need to have at least a book published to become an author. However, the ways to publishing can be tricky at times, since you are required to make an important decision concerning the publishing of your book. Well, the decision that we are talking about here is the decision regarding the method of publishing of a book. Being an author, which method of publishing will you choose? Will it be the traditional publishing method or self-publishing method? We have described here the Top 10 Traditional Publishers in India accepting fresh manuscripts.
What is Traditional Publishing in India
Well, you can decide that for yourself, while here in this write-up we shall talk about the top traditional publishers in the country. However, we need to understand the very concept of traditional publishing first. What is Traditional Publishing? Traditional Publishing means that your book is published by an established publishing house, with a team of professional experts to take care of the book design, sales, marketing, copyright and various other processes that are involved in the process of book publishing. In Traditional Publishing, the authors completes their manuscript and write a proposal, and then submit them to a publishing house (or, if possible, have a literary agent do it for you). An editor reads it to determine whether it is right for that house and whether to reject or to publish it.
How to write proposal to Traditional Publishers in India?
So, is this the whole process of getting published via traditional publishers? Definitely no, a major step is yet to be completed in order to get traditionally published, i.e. writing a ‘Proposal/Query Letter!’ Following are the things you need to prepare while writing Proposal or Query letter for traditional publishing:
1) Synopsis of the Book
2) 3 Sample Chapters
3) Author’s Biodata
4) Concept Note
5) Cover Email
Why Traditional Publishers are the First Choice for Authors?
Now, the question is that why traditional publishing is still the first choice for the authors. Well, let us try to find out why the traditional publishing method holds an edge over the other methods of publishing. The following reasons probably makes traditional publishing the first choice of the authors –
- Distribution System is immensely large.
- Books get perfect Exposure and Advertisement.
- Marketing of the Book gets care of quite easily.
- Authors receives advanced payment.
- Achieving high sales is much guaranteed.
Since we have covered all the major points like the concept of the traditional publishing, the methods of getting published via the traditional publishers and the reasons that why the traditional publishers are the first choice for the authors, let us have a look over the ‘Top 10 Traditional Publishers in India!’ Here, in this list of the top traditional publishers of the country, we have made sure to list the publishers as per their reputation in the publishing industry and among the authors. Please note that there is no bias in our list and we have honestly listed the names after carefully analyzing many of the traditional publishers!
Top 10 Traditional Publishers in India
The top 10 Traditional Publishers in India as per 2022 are as follows:
Jaico Publishing House
A 1946 established company with some of the greatest authors on board like Robin Sharma, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Deepak Chopra, Brian Tracy, John Maxwell and many other big names.
Penguin Random House India
A 1985 established company with the legendary authors on board like Ruskin Bond, Kiran Desai, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Nair, Ravi Subramanian, Arun Shourie and several others.
Hachette Book Publishers India
A recently established company, with its origin in the year 2009 along with some great authors on board like Samit Basu, Tavleen Singh, Amit Varma and many others.
Aleph Book Company
Aleph Book Company is recently established company. Its origin in the year 2011 along with some top authors on board like Shashi Tharoor, Vikram Thapar, Vikram Seth and several others.
Harper Collins Publishers India
A 1992 established company with some of the greatest authors on board like Jay Shetty, Kiran Nagarkar, Amruta Patil, Anita Nair, Amitav Ghosh, Satya Nadella and many more big names.
Rupa Books
A 1936 established company with some of the biggest authors on board like Chetan Bhagat, Cyrus Broacha, Anuja Chandramouli and several others.
Bloomsbury India
A recently established company, with its origin in the year 2012 along with big authors on board like Anand Ranganathan, William Dalrymple and many others.
Simon & Schuster India
A 1995 established company with some of the big authors on board like Priya Sahgal, Ashok Banker, Narayani Basu and several others.
Srishti Publishing
A 1997 established company with some of the rising authors on board like Ajay Pandey, Preeti Shenoy, Durjoy Dutta, Ravinder Singh, Novoneel, Sudeep Nagarkar, Anuj Tiwari and many more upcoming greats.
Pan Macmillan India
A recently established company, with its origin in the year 2010 along with some of big authors on board like Jeffery Archer, Neel Sinha, Amitabh Pandey, Aditya Sinha, N.S. Inamdar and several others.
Conclusion
One of the most important thing to remember while submitting your manuscript to the publishers is the ‘Turn Around Time’ commonly known as TAT. For some publishers, it can be months, while for others it can be a few weeks therefore, it is very important to be patient and wait till you hear from them. More often than not, if you do not receive a reply then it can be considered as a rejection. Well, choosing the right traditional publication house in India for your book can never be an easy task, provided that there are so many. Nevertheless, with the right research and thorough understanding, the right decision can be made.
Disclaimer: Please note that above listed publishers are not mentioned as Rank based. The list is random and there is no ranking system in our article. Readers are requested to visit their official websites for complete information.
Article By: Neel Preet, Author of the Books, Voice From The East (2016); Journey With Time Place And Circumstances (2018) & Indian Defence Files (2021).
