India, April 8 -- It might seem like authors are being modest when they attribute their book's success to an army of people working behind the scenes. Actually, they are just stating the truth. There is probably no better place to realise this than at Jaipur BookMark (JBM), the annual publishing conclave that runs parallel to the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Hotel Clarks Amer.

The twelfth edition of JBM, which ran from January 30 to February 3, 2025, had authors, illustrators, translators, publishers, editors, literary agents, booksellers, publicists, rights managers, marketing professionals, festival curators, and various other stakeholders from the book trade speaking on panels and roundtables, networking between sessions, and l...