The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India

Name: The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Nayantara Srinivasan

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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.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 108
Release Date:: 2025-10-02
Publication Date:: 2025-10-02
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1009591207
ISBN13:: 9781009591201
Weight:: 110 g
Height:: 127 cm
Width:: 178 cm
Thickness:: 6 cm

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