Pustak

Pustak.co.in
Private
Industry Book Retailing, E-commerce
Founded 2007
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Products Books
Website www.pustak.co.in

Pustak is an online bookstore that specializes in selling US and UK Editions of books as well as any rare and hard to find book. It was formally launched on 27 March 2009 by Kumar Pustak Mall Private Limited.[1] The company is based in Bangalore, India and was founded by Anand Rao, the current CEO. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies was the Chief Guest at the launch of Pustak.co.in.[2] At the launch, Mr. Murthy stressed that reading, good conversations & listening to good music go a long way in value education of a person.[3]

Working

Pustak.co.in claims to have over 12 million titles in their database. The company specializes in selling books that need to imported from the US and UK and promises free shipping into India. The company aims to tap into the Rs. 1500 crores / year book market and hopes to garner as much of the 3,000 books a day, imported book market.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009032757520300.htm&date=2009/03/27/&prd=th&
  2. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-27/bangalore/28058188_1_books-english-titles-contest-poll
  3. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Another-online-book-store/articleshow/4320613.cms
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