Amazon Publishing Acquires Chetan Bhagat’s Next Six Books

The first book will be published in October 2018~

~Westland, an Amazon company, will distribute all six of Chetan Bhagat’s upcoming books in India~

Amazon Publishing today announced a global deal for the next six books by Chetan Bhagat, India’s best-selling author. The deal includes three fiction and three nonfiction titles by Chetan Bhagat and Amazon Publishing to publish these books globally in print, eBook and audio formats, with the first title being published in October 2018. All the books are planned to also be available in multiple Indian language translation versions. Westland, an Amazon company, will distribute the print editions in India.

“Amazon Publishing is excited to work with Chetan and publish his books to a wider audience including readers both in India and abroad,” said Jeff Belle, Vice President, Amazon Publishing. “Millions of readers have enjoyed Chetan’s work for over a decade. His books deftly weave together the everyday life of youngsters with the prevalent social milieu of our time.”

“I am delighted to partner with Amazon Publishing as my publisher for my upcoming books”, said Chetan Bhagat.“Amazon’s online advantage and their commitment to reach every corner of India ties in well with my goals of inspiring every Indian read books. Further, Amazon’s global reach, especially with Kindle eBooks, will give me readers worldwide. Ever since my books were made available on Kindle, I get emails from readers in places like Africa and Europe, something that did not happen earlier. My new fiction novel is scheduled for release during the festive season in October 2018. While I will reveal details later, I am very excited about it. It will be my first book in both eBook and print formats with Amazon Publishing and it will be something different from what I have done before.”

Amazon acquired Westland Publications Pvt Ltd, a leading trade books publisher, in January 2017. Westland is the official distributor of Amazon Publishing titles in India and works with India’s top book distributors, book retail chains, independent book retailers and online marketplaces. Gautam Padmanabhan, CEO, Westland, said, “Chetan’s work resonates across India – we’re delighted to now be able to bring his work to cities and towns of all sizes throughout the country.”

About Amazon Publishing:
Launched in the U.S. in 2009, Amazon Publishing is the publishing arm of Amazon and publishes literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction. Today, Amazon Publishing is a global publisher working with Amazon editors in Seattle, New York, Grand Haven, Luxembourg, London, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Paris. In Europe, Amazon Publishing publishes original-language titles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

About Chetan Bhagat:
Chetan Bhagat is the author of nine blockbuster books. These include seven novels—Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), Half Girlfriend (2014) and One Indian Girl (2016) and two non-fiction titles— What Young India Wants (2012) and Making India Awesome(2015). Chetan’s books have continued to be bestsellers since their release. Five of his novels have already been adapted into successful Bollywood films and the others are in the process of being adapted. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009 to devote his entire time to writing.

About Westland:
Founded in 1962, Westland is one of the largest English-language trade publishers in India. Westland’s bestselling authors include Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Devdutt Pattanaik, Ashok Banker, Rujuta Diwekar, Rashmi Bansal, Savi Sharma, Anita and Harsha Bhogle, and Preeti Shenoy, among others. It has recently launched a new imprint ‘Context’, which publishes literary fiction and non-fiction by some of the finest Indian writers, graphic novelists and chroniclers of our times. Westland publishes print books, e-books as well as
short reads in genres ranging from popular and literary fiction to business, politics, biography, spirituality, health and cookery. Westland was acquired by Amazon in 2017. Westland brings Amazon Publishing’s bestselling international books to the Indian market available in over 1000 outlets.