Distributors cold towards book on Shivaji

The Bombay high court may have lifted the ban on American scholar James Laine's book Shivaji: A Hindu King in Islamic India, but bibliophiles in Mumbai may never get to lay their hands on a copy of......

What India's Maoists really want

In Red Sun: Travels In Naxalite Country, journalist Sudeep Chakravarti shares his experiences on the frontlines of the Indian state's battles with Maoism -- in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh,......

Amitav Ghosh's advice to budding writers: Work hard!

Author and co-winner of the Crossword Book Award 2009 in the Fiction category, the much sought after Amitav Ghosh, found himself swamped by admirers at the Crossword Book Award......

Booksellers pay for Potter's magic

The booklovers are eagerly waiting for final sequence of the Harry Potter adventure series to hit bookstores across Mumbai, but sellers are worried about too much discount to be offered in the face......

Book retailing business booms

The recent launch of the fifth book in the Harry Potter series showed that reading is alive and well in India.Not that it needed reminding, for book store chains are exploding across metros in the......

Potter spell on bookstores yet again

It will be some time before the literary world knows another sensation like Harry Potter. And so, with the seventh and last book of the series - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - scheduled to......

Shoppers Stop shuts 4 unprofitable stores

Raheja-owned departmental store chain Shoppers Stop on Friday said it has shut three of its unprofitable book stores 'Crossword' and airport store 'Stop & Go' in the country. "They were not......

How COVID is changing the game plan for booksellers, publishers

In the future, publishers will need to think of digital immersive marketing just like marketing a movie or show on Netflix is an immersive experience. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After......