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Penguin Books India launches Partridge, a new self-publishing imprint, in partnership with Author Solutions
Feb 2013
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Penguin Books India launches Partridge, a new self-publishing imprint, in partnership with Author Solutions
Partridge will provide exciting new opportunities for Indian authors to get published and discovered, both in India and around the globe.
NEW DELHI – 07 February, 2013: Penguin Books India has announced the introduction of Partridge, a new self-publishing imprint launched in partnership with Author Solutions, Inc., the world’s leading publishing services company. Author Solutions, which is based in Bloomington, Indiana, was acquired by Penguin in July 2012. Partridge in India marks the first imprint brought to market in collaboration with Penguin since the acquisition.
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Penguin Annual Lecture 2012 with APJ Abdul Kalam
Dec 2012
Penguin Books India
is delighted to announce
The Penguin Annual Lecture 2012
Beyond 2020
by
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
on 18 December 2012 at 7.00 p.m.
On its 25th anniversary Penguin India is proud to announce the sixth Penguin Annual Lecture to be delivered by the country's highly respected visionary—former President of India, Bharat Ratna awardee and bestselling author —Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. The lecture is titled 'Beyond 2020' and will concentrate on achieving sustainable development, vital to the future of the nation. More
Penguin and Random house to combine creating the world’s leading trade publisher: Penguin random house
Oct 2012
29 October 2012
CREATING THE WORLD’S LEADING TRADE PUBLISHER;
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
The combination brings together two of the world’s leading English language publishers, with highly complementary skills and strengths. Random House is the leading English language publisher in the US and the UK, while Penguin is the world’s most famous publishing brand and has a strong presence in fast-growing developing markets. Both companies have a long history of publishing excellence, and both have been pioneers in the dramatic industry transformation towards digital publishing and bookselling.
Under the terms of the agreement, Penguin and Random House will combine their businesses in a newly-created joint venture named Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann will own 53% of the joint venture and Pearson will own 47%. The joint venture will exclude Bertelsmann’s trade publishing business in Germany and Pearson will retain rights to use the Penguin brand in education markets worldwide.
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Penguin to Publish the First-Person Account of the Bin Laden Raid!
Aug 2012
TO PUBLISH THE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE BIN LADEN RAID
BY A MEMBER OF SEAL TEAM SIX WHO WITNESSED
THE TERRORIST’S FINAL MOMENTS
in
NO EASY DAY
The Only First Hand Account of the Navy Seal Mission
that Killed Osama Bin Laden
by Mark Owen
with Kevin Maurer
Penguin / Rs 499 / Releasing on 11th September
Penguin Books India presents the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy SEAL team who carried out the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind.
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Jeet Thayil’s ‘Narcopolis’ longlisted for Man Booker Prize 2012
Aug 2012
is delighted to announce that
Narcopolis
by
Jeet Thayil
Published by Faber and Faber
Has been longlisted for the
Man Booker Prize 2012
Penguin Books India is proud to announce that on July 25, 2012 Narcolpolis by Jeet Thayil was amongst the 12 book longlist of the Man Booker Prize for fiction. The Man Booker Prize committee said in their announcement on their website: “The 2012 longlist includes four debut novels, three small independent publishers and one previous winner. Of the 12 writers, seven are men and five women; nine are British, one Indian, one South African and one Malaysian. The shortlist of six authors will be announced at a press conference at the Man Group headquarters on Tuesday 11 September 2012. The winner of the 2012 prize will be announced at a dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 16 October. Each of the six shortlisted writers is awarded £2,500 and a specially commissioned beautifully handbound edition of his/her book. The winner receives a further £50,000.”
Peter Stothard, Chair of Judges commented: “Goodness, madness and bewildering urban change are among the themes of this year’s longlist. In an extraordinary year for fiction the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ proves the grip that the novel has on our world. We did not set out to reject the old guard but, after a year of sustained critical argument by a demanding panel of judges, the new has come powering through.”
Another Faber and Faber publication, Skios by Michael Frayn was also amongst the longlisted titles. More
Announcing Pankaj Mishra’s latest book From the Ruins of Empire
Jul 2012
is proud to announce the much awaited and incisive
non fiction book
by
Pankaj Mishra
From the Ruins of Empire
The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia.
(Releasing on 10 August)
Advance Praise for ‘From the Ruins of Empire’
‘Brilliant ... Mishra reverses the long gaze of the West upon the East, showing modern history as it has been felt by the majority of the world's population - from Turkey to China. These are the amazing stories of the grandfathers of today's angry Asians. Excellent.’ Orhan Pamuk More
Penguin India is delighted to announce the launch of eBooks
Jul 2012
is delighted to announce the launch of
eBooks
July 1 7, 2012
Penguin Books India is delighted to present its first tranche of eBooks. This will be the first extensive list of Indian ebooks to be published internationally by an Indian publisher and will be available from all the major international ebook retailers – Amazon, Apple, Kobo and Google, Gardners, Sony, OLF, Apabi, Go Spoken/Mobcast, OverDrive, Txtr, Ebooks.com, IGroup and Baker & Taylor. More
Penguin Books India is proud to announce that
May 2012
Amit Chaudhuri's On Tagore: Reading the Poet Today
has been awarded the Rabindra Puraskar,
the West Bengal state government's highest literary honour'
Rabindra Puraskar is the highest honorary literary award given in West Bengal. This award is administered by the Government of West Bengal under the aegis of the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy (Bengali Academy of West Bengal), Kolkata. The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in Bengali as well as other languages.
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Ruchir Sharma’s BREAKOUT NATIONS BREAKS RECORDS!
May 2012
Debuts as No 1 in Nielsen Bookscan in India
Penguin Books India is delighted to announce that Ruchir Sharma’s Breakout Nations has debuted straight at No 1 position on all bestseller lists across the country (including the very popular Neilsen Bookscan).
Breakout Nations was released on April 23rd and is already in its 2nd reprint. The book through fantastic reviews and word of mouth is getting a great response from people across country.
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