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Dec Jan 21

Akbar: The Great Mughal

Author: Ira Mukhoty Publisher: Aleph (INR 799, 616 PP) In this book, acclaimed writer Ira Mukhoty covers Akbar’s life and times in lavish, illuminating detail. The product of years of reading, research, and study, the biography looks in…

“E-commerce has become mainstream while selling books”

E-commerce has changed the way we shop, even for books. Here, Shubham Jain shares the journey of Bookswagon.com, which was founded in October 2013 and has come a long way since then. Genre of books “We offer huge collection of books in…

Bookstore: a hub for intellectuals and professionals

As the name suggests, Kitab Khana is a melting pot of books of various genres, languages, authors and book lovers in Mumbai. Even in the age of online sales, the bookshop has carved a niche for itself. Here’s more on this bookstore.

Binging out the strong emotional connect with readers…

Meet Seema SonikAlimchand - author of biographies of bigwigs like Dara Singh, Rajinikant and most recently Rajendra Kumar. In each of these book, there is a strong emotional connect with people of all ages, and a contemporary flavour too -…

Shuggie Bain wins 2020 Booker Prize

Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain was announced as the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction, in the culmination of a star-studded ‘ceremony without walls’ from London’s Roundhouse. It was hosted by BBC Radio 4’s John Wilson and included…

New office bearers for FPBAI

At the 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually at New Delhi recently, the new office bearers of Federation of Publishers’ & Booksellers’ Associations in India (FPBAI) were elected. Election Officer, Bhupinder Chowdhri of The…