Amazon has announced a slew of measures to help drive growth in its operations in India. These include free delivery on books purchased for as low as just Rs. 100 and assured delivery on the promised shipping calendar. Amazon has also made some internal system changes, such as keeping an order active even when online transactions fail, something that is common with an unstable … [Read more...] about Amazon Offering Assured Delivery Times and Free Delivery to Entice India Customers
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Kobo Announces the Launch of its India Platform
It's very interesting that the e-reader and ebookstore company that holds the number three market share in the US is the only one who is present in over 190 countries--make that 190 countries plus one--but that is the case for Kobo, who announced today the launch of its bookselling in India. Kobo will be available through retailers across India through its partnerships with … [Read more...] about Kobo Announces the Launch of its India Platform
HarperCollins India Introduces Harper21 On Its 21st Birthday
HarperCollins India, which happens to be the second largest English Language publisher in the country (second to Penguin Random House), has turned twenty-one years old, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than by launching a collection of twenty-one short stories that has been appropriately named Harper 21. The stories, which are less than twenty pages, are generally … [Read more...] about HarperCollins India Introduces Harper21 On Its 21st Birthday
Rockstand Introduces Rock Connect Social Platform For Authors and Readers To Meet and Interact
Rockstand, one of India’s largest ebook and e-magazine applications, has announced the launch of the country’s first social reading network, Rock Connect. This will serve as a meeting ground for readers and authors where they can discuss issues pertaining to books they have read or are reading. The application will be simple to use in that it’s much like the other social … [Read more...] about Rockstand Introduces Rock Connect Social Platform For Authors and Readers To Meet and Interact
Rockstand And Vodafone Join Hands To Allow eBook Purchases From Mobile Balance
Rockstand, one of the biggest ebook and emagazine application in India, today announced its partnership with Vodafone, who happens to be the leading provider of telecommunication services in the country. As part of the deal, Vodafone subscribers who wish to buy books or magazines from Rockstand can do so with the recharge amount they have in their balance. This will make for … [Read more...] about Rockstand And Vodafone Join Hands To Allow eBook Purchases From Mobile Balance
Smashwords to Distribute to India’s Largest eBook Retailer Flipkart
eBook retailer and distributor Smashwords announced a deal today that will distribute its entire catalog to the digital reading market of India via its own Flipkart platform. Right now, India is the fifth largest market for ebook purchases from Smashwords, so a partnership of this kind will enable a more streamlined shopping experience for Indian readers and worldwide … [Read more...] about Smashwords to Distribute to India’s Largest eBook Retailer Flipkart
Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Amazon is yet to build the kind of success it might have expected out of its India operations, but that is because i'ts only now that tablet devices have started to emerge as the preferred mobile computing platform. eReaders, for their part, never enjoyed the popularity in India that they did in other reading markets. Another reason for Amazon to lag behind in ebook sales in … [Read more...] about Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Shiva Trilogy Author Amish Tripathi Gets $1 Million Advance for his Next Series
India based publishing house Westland has doled out what can easily be termed the biggest advance any author in this part of the world has ever received for a book series that has yet to come into existence. The recipient in this case is Amish Tripathi, who has penned the famous Shiva trilogy. The Oath of the Vayuputras which forms the last of the mythological fantasy series, … [Read more...] about Shiva Trilogy Author Amish Tripathi Gets $1 Million Advance for his Next Series
Google Introduces eBook Section to Google Play for India
Google has launched its ebook section at its online store Google Play for users in India. With this, India's avid reders will now be able to buy and download ebooks from the Google Play store, which boasts of a collection of more than 4 million titles right now. With this, Google has also made available the Play Books app, which is compatible with both Android and iOS. Users … [Read more...] about Google Introduces eBook Section to Google Play for India
eBook Popularity on the Rise in India
eBook reading devices may still make for a miniscule segment in India, though ebooks are already showing a healthy growth rate in the country. Not surprisingly, it is the youngsters who have shown a profound interest in the digital version of books. The reasons are already well known, seeing as ebooks make for a much more portable and compact means of reading. Surprisingly, the … [Read more...] about eBook Popularity on the Rise in India