![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There isn't much to say except I hope we go out and buy as many Westland/Context/Eka books we can in the coming days, for all the wonderful editors, authors, and translators who worked tirelessly to build their stellar list," tweeted Sayantan Ghosh, senior commissioning editor at publishing house Simon & Schuster. "Heartbreaking and upsetting day for Indian publishing. The editors are the best in India and they brought out the best and most hardhitting non-fiction you will see on the shelves," tweeted Kavitha Rao, author of 2021-released "Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine". "Westland is my publisher and did so much for me, taking a chance on a non-celeb author. Deeply troubling that a successful venture can be shut down this way from above, for god knows what reasons," tweeted historian Manu S Pillai, author of "The Courtesan, The Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin". It has been a pleasure to work with Westland. and team have run a great publishing house with a strong list of books. Several of the Westland's authors and readers took to Twitter to express their disappointment on the shutting down of a "great publishing house". Its key publishing imprints include 'Context', which publishes award-winning literary fiction and non-fiction 'Eka', which publishes the best of contemporary writing in Indian languages and in translation 'Tranquebar', home to the best new fiction from the Indian subcontinent, the eponymous Westland Sport and Westland Business and Red Panda, which publishes a range of books for children of different ages. The Westland team is one of the finest in the business and there are many emotions and memories of my publishing journey with them that shall always remain with me," Sanghi told PTI.įounded in 1962, Westland is one of India's largest English-language trade publishers, bringing out print books and e-books in genres ranging from popular and literary fiction to business, politics, biography, spirituality, popular science, health and self-help. "It is sad to see the exit of a publishing institution. It was particularly sad for bestselling fiction writer Ashwin Sanghi, who wrote his debut novel with Westland in 2008 and went on to publish a "dozen books" over that many years. The news regarding the closure came as a shock to the editors, Westland team members and its public relations agency, who according to a staff member requesting anonymity, were informed about the decision only today. We are working closely with the employees, authors, agents, and distribution partners on this transition and we remain committed to innovating for customers in India," said Amazon in a statement. "After a thorough review, we have made the difficult decision to no longer operate Westland. ![]() The publishing company, which was acquired by Amazon from Trent Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Group, in 2016, has published works of several bestselling authors including Amish Tripathi, Chetan Bhagat, Ashwin Sanghi, Rashmi Bansal, Rujuta Diwekar, Preeti Shenoy, Devdutt Pattanaik, Anuja Chauhan and Ravi Subramanian. New Delhi Much to the disappointment of book lovers, Westland, one of the largest publishing houses in India, is being shut down by e-commerce giant Amazon, they announced on Tuesday. ![]()
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