Book news: Penguin's e-book gambit; Pan MacMillan's anniversary; DSC Prize jury

That disappointment apart, this is a big one for publishing in India. Where the 800-pound gorilla goes, the others must follow soon. And indeed we're seeing newer publishing imprints coming in with their e-offerings from the get-go, and some that are doing only e-books.

Meanwhile, Pan MacMillan India is celebrating its 40th anniversary worldwide. And they're releasing a number of special editions for the Indian reader. Titles include Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas, Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, John Banville's The Sea, Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, Don Delillo's White Noiseand Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary.

And the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature announced its jury for the 2013 prize. In the chair, poet K Satchidanandan, and with him, Muneeza Shamsie, Pakistani writer and critic, Rick Simonson, American literary entrepreneur, Suvani Singh, director of the Kathmandu Literary Jatra, and Eleanor O Keeffe, Irish/Canadian cultural entrepreneur. The short-list will be out in November, with the winner being announced at the Jaipur Literature Festival in January.