The Challenges in the Singaporean Publishing and Literary Environmenthttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/distribution-sales/w/international/7036/the-challenges-in-the-singaporean-publishing-and-literary-environmenten-USTelligent Community 10The Challenges in the Singaporean Publishing and Literary Environmenthttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/distribution-sales/w/international/7036/the-challenges-in-the-singaporean-publishing-and-literary-environmentWed, 05 Sep 2018 15:41:13 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:29e60608-8873-45ab-ad56-ce4ee85d1a26Carolyn Oei and Marc Nairhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/distribution-sales/w/international/7036/the-challenges-in-the-singaporean-publishing-and-literary-environment#commentsCurrent Revision posted to International by Carolyn Oei and Marc Nair on 9/5/2018 3:41:13 PM<br /> <p>While there has been an explosion of local writers and manuscripts emerging in the Singapore literary environment, there are not enough local publishers to support bringing all of the books to market. Marc Nair, poet and partner at The Creative Voice, believes that lack of funding is a root cause of this issue. There are publishing grants available from the Singaporean government, but there also are strings attached to these grants, limiting writers and publishers. Nair is seeing a trend of publishers moving to anthologies or poetry collections, as these are more cost effective to publish and are easier to sell. Traditional publishing does still hold some value in Singapore, he says, but self-publishing is definitely on the rise. The publishing houses have very limited distribution and lack the manpower to support the authors in their marketing efforts, making self-publishing an attractive option.</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-30/The-Challenges-in-the-Singaporean-Publishing-and-Literary-Environment.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../The-Challenges-in-the-Singaporean-Publishing-and-Literary-Environment.mp4</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, video</div>