Writers book festivals: people and profit

If you are a writer, have written a  work or even been part of a community gathering, then you must have come through  this so-called Writer’s book festival as a person indulged in writing activities. 

Usually we are more familiar with book fairs or such types of cultural events where people get the chance to display their books but  being limited to stalls and hard to get chances make it a more tight corner, not because book fairs do not generate profit but because they have their own presence in the writing world differently. 

Writers festivals are however  landmark events where multiple activities come to one stage or  let people to showcase them  where authors can launch books, may have panel discussions, find solutions  to cultural issues and make their own mark which make them big in stature in such a huge platform. 

Although such kinds of festivals are getting more common due to the author community expanding large, certain places have also started to find financial interests to turn them and earn big. 

Not every place has commercial intention, but newly coming publishing houses that belong to merchant families or rich persons who have done diplomas or certification in mass communication have not come to actually realise the cultural potential and hence go for monetary gains through smaller led festivals. 

It is not just due to their wish to gain money but also due to lack of finding hard to cope with  cultural impact as their ideology is limited to investment that can  drive culture which has a part in it but it's not the complete shining part of it. 

Simply, there are specific promotion platforms who also take part in writers festivals being their sponsors, promoters and bulking up the actual size. However here the problem is how they collect funds and it's not much of a secret how they do it. 

These platforms use social media to allocate writers who are on top shows or have decent ratings and ask them to invest their money showing that they have complete faith and may return it back. Not sure whether they do it or not but the grassroot process has certain loopholes in it. 

Further there are also literary groups trying to bring new writers to the platform where they encourage them to publish, to be part and also get to launch their  work. But the same challenge comes to frontier the new minds as again investment  is requested to make the mark and be used for promotion. 

it is not wrong to ask for financial aid, we know just by yourself it is not easy to cope in large scale industry. The only thing that can be done effectively is that a community driven approach can be used so  in smaller parts it can be productive for all writers being together and celebrating the joy. 

Writers based book festivals are strong places where people can come, can cherish and expand their skill but it has to go beyond just making profit and balance the whole scenario that will make our Indian community more prosperous than ever in the field of literature.