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Penguin Books India: About Us
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Penguin Books India is the largest English language trade publisher in the subcontinent. Headquartered in New Delhi, the company's commercial activity includes the publishing of its own books in the English language as well as in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and soon in Malayalam and the distribution of books from overseas publishers including the Penguin Group, A&C Black, Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, Greenwood Publishing, Quercus and Sterling Publishing.

Founded in 1985, Penguin began publishing in October 1987 with seven titles. Today, the company publishes more than 200 new titles every year and has an active backlist of over 2000 titles.

Known for its strong fiction and narrative non-fiction list, Penguin India has published across virtually every segment including self-help, cookery,reference and quizzing, biography, travel, picture books, business,politics, history, health and fitness, religion and philosophy as well as sports and leisure.

Penguin's biggest authors have won virtually every major literary prize, including the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Man Booker Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; several of our authors are also recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest civilian honours.

Penguin's biggest publishing initiatives in the recent past include the launch of its Indian Language Publishing programme in 2005 and Portfolio,its business imprint, in 2006 which is characterized by the best of writing on business and management.

Penguin's children's imprint Puffin, since its re-launch four years ago,has met with a tremendous response, with several of its titles becoming bestsellers. Puffin titles are marked by stunning illustrations by leading artists in the country, and production quality that meets the highest international standards.

Penguin India also publishes Indian stories in Ladybird's internationally bestselling Favourite Tales series and was the first to publish Ladybird books outside the UK.

This year Penguin India celebrates twenty years of publishing in India.

 
   
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  In the Author Lounge browsers can get to know more about their favourite Penguin India authors.  
   
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  Penguin Post is a quarterly publication with information on titles available with Penguin India in the recent and forthcoming months. Easily downloadable, this online brochure contains detailed information about all titles published by Penguin Books India in a particular quarter and for books distributed by Penguin Books India from Penguin Group, A&C Black, Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, Greenwood Publishing, Little Brown Book Group UK, Quercus and Sterling Publishing. Back issues of Penguin Post are also kept here so browsers can refer to previous issues whenever they want.  
   
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  The Penguin India catalogue provides detailed information on all Penguin India titles released every six months.  
   
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  Penguin is known for its regular publishing events, but browsers can be among the first to find out when an author is in town signing books or giving a talk, and when we are launching a major new title. There are also details of all book fairs and book events across the country. In addition there is a weekly news bulletin posted here every Friday, informing readers of the latest book acquisitions, any parties or launches occurring that week as well as any other book-related news.  
   
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  This section contains a weekly update on what is new at Penguin India.  
   
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