In Tehelka Binoo K. John finds A new world of books is upon us.
Among the observations: the local Amazon.com-type online retailer is having an Amazon.com-like effect:
Among the observations: the local Amazon.com-type online retailer is having an Amazon.com-like effect:
The success of Flipkart means that several small bookshops in India have lost business and almost all of them might have to close.More troubling: the bar seems to be set considerably lower here:
If Indian authors start to sell 5,000 copies digitally, it could signal the beginning of the end of the novel in printed form.