The brick-and-mortar bookstore in contemporary India / Nayantara Srinivasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srinivasan, Nayantara, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Booksellers and bookselling--India.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This Element explores the landscape of anglophone trade bookselling in India, aiming to identify some key factors that have influenced the changing place of the brick-and-mortar bookstore over the last decade. The discussion focuses on a specific time period identified as a significant turning point, the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic led to a series of developments in the field of Indian publishing: a newly emerging body of public discourse within the industry, highlighting the persistent marginalisation faced by brick-and-mortar bookstores; the temporary weakening of Amazon's near-monopoly; and bookstores' growing use of online platforms for sales, publicity, and activism. Drawing upon a range of primary sources and case studies, this Element explores how these developments altered what John B. Thompson calls 'the logic of the field' of contemporary Indian bookselling, transforming the brick-and-mortar bookstore into a newly revitalised space with possibilities for further expansion, growth, and diversity.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-59118-5

1-009-59119-3

1-009-59123-1

OCLC:

1537555669