Westland

Paris, Mumbai explored in conversations through poetry, illustrations and rail networks

The latest book 'Over and Underground in Paris & Mumbai' presents a garland of personal insights of poets Sampurna Chattarji and Karthika Nair along with illustrators Joelle Jolivet and Roshni Vyam threaded by the metropolises' rail networks which form a recurring motif in the narrative.

Enter the world of Appupen's The Snake and The Lotus: A dark, indie take on superhero comic genre

A new age is dawning. Humans and their machines, if unchecked, threaten the annihilation of nature — nay, existence itself: Enter the world of Appupen's new graphic novel, The Snake and The Lotus

'Was determined to make Aadhaar scheme happen': Pranab Mukherjee says in Shankkar Aiyar's book

A new book looks at the history of Aaadhar in India

A complete tale: 'The Tamil Story' looks at how the short story evolved in Tamil literature

The Tamil Story, edited by Dilip Kumar and Subashree Krishnaswamy, looks at how the short story evolved in Tamil literature, through 88 works

Amazon has picked up 26% stake in Tata Group's publishing arm Westland for Rs 9.5 crore

Amazon invests in Tata group-owned publishing house Westland

With an estimated market segment of INR 10,000 crores, India ranks seventh in overall publishing and third after the US and UK in English language publishing.

Pay per chapter on your phone, if you don't want to buy the entire book up front

Publisher Westland has tied up with Dailyhunt, a mobile publishing platform to sell author Amish Tripathi's Shiva trilogy books, one chapter at a time, which readers can download and pay for on their cellphones.

Flipkart vs Amazon fight continues, this time over Amish Tripathi's Scion of Ikshvaku

Flipkart and Amazon have been going at it since Amazon set foot in the Indian market. They are now as famous a rivalry as any, Federer vs Nadal, Messi vs Ronaldo, more like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, a multi-million dollar bout.