Aleph Book Company Explained

Aleph Book Company
Founded:May 2011
Headquarters:New Delhi, India
Distribution:South Asia
Publications:Books

Aleph Book Company is an Indian publishing company. It was founded in May 2011 by David Davidar, a novelist, publisher and former president of Penguin Books Canada, in association with R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications. The headquarters of the company is situated in New Delhi.

Genesis

On his return to India from Canada where he served as the president of Penguin Canada, David Davidar partnered Rupa Publications to found Aleph Book Company in May 2011.[1] The key people at the time of inception were R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications, besides Davidar. The headquarters of the company is at New Delhi and the logo was designed by Rymn Massand, an inspiration from Aleph, the first letter of many of the semitic abjads.[2]

Business profile

The company publishes both fiction and non-fiction and has an author profile ranging from lesser known writers to established ones such as Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Khushwant Singh, Cyrus Mistry, Ruskin Bond, Rajmohan Gandhi and Vikram Seth, among others.[3] With a focus on Indian and other South Asian countries, the company publishes books in various genres including fiction, history, biography, autobiography, current events, reportage, travel, popular science, art, music, nature studies, the environment, business, translations, philosophy, sociology, psychology and popular culture.[4] Some of its publications have received various literary awards such as DSC Prize for South Asian Literature,[5] Sahitya Akademi Award[6] and Ramnath Goenka Award.[7] It regularly publishes its catalog under the title, The Book of Aleph.[8]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ex-Penguin Canada President David Davidar Launches Aleph Book Co. in India . 16 May 2011 . Publishing Perspectives . 23 January 2018 .
  2. News: David Davidar, Rupa launch Aleph . 16 May 2011 . The Times of India . 23 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Aleph Book Company on ISSUU . 23 January 2018 . issuu . 23 January 2018.
  4. Web site: About . 29 August 2015 . Aleph Book Company . 23 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Longlist Announced for the DSC Prize For South Asian Literature 2017 . 10 August 2017 . The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . 23 January 2018 . 21 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180321003226/http://dscprize.com/2017/08/10/longlist-announced-dsc-prize-south-asian-literature-2017/ . dead .
  6. News: Mamang Dai, Ramesh Kuntal win Sahitya Akademi award . 21 December 2017 . Business Standard.
  7. News: Ramnath Goenka Awards: Ravish Kumar and Ellen Barry among 26 journalists honoured for outstanding contributions in 2016 . 20 December 2017 . The New Indian Express.
  8. News: Three publishing veterans push English fiction in India . 12 April 2012 . Zee News . 23 January 2018 .

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