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The Missing Queen, a novel launched

Mythology and storytelling are fused together in Samhita Arni’s new novel ‘The Missing Queen’, a stylish makeover of The Ramayana. Set in a contemporary Ayodhya, ‘The Missing Queen’ is a story of a journalist’s quest for the missing queen of…

Amazon.com buys Goodreads

Goodreads (www.goodreads.com) which has been a favourite destination for readers and writers around the world, will now be operating under Amazon’s banner. Amazon.com, Inc. yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads. It is, however, not easy…

Where big and small publishers hang around

After 3 successful years, Globalocal in its 4th year was held on an all new location. Strategically placed amidst the and New Delhi Book Fair, Globalocal tried to play a platform which provided various opportunities to meet new business partners…

Bonsai Kitten at a reading session

Recently Leadstart Publications organised a book reading session for Lakshmi Narayan’s novel Bonsai Kitten in Hyderabad. A number of people were present, at least the pictures which Leadstart has posted on its Facebook page show this. Ms Narayan had launched the…