Pustak Mahal Publishers is a family-owned company incorporated in 1974.[1] As of 2010[update], Ram Avatar Gupta is the Chairman of the company.[2] With headquarters at New Delhi, it has branches at Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Patna.[1] It publishes mainly low cost paperback editions on subjects like English learning courses, dictionaries, astrology, palmistry, numerology, beauty care, self-improvement books, books for children, cooking guides,[1] Hindu Mythology, text books etc. and participates in Books fairs arranged in cities like Prayagraj,[2] Visakhapatnam,[3] Beijing[4] etc. Pustak Mahal joined other Indian publishers to protest against scanning and uploading of books by Google under the provisions of Google Book Settlement and filed objections with a New York court during 2010.[5]
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- ^ Joseph, Anil K (4 September 2006). "Indian Book Publishers break into Chinese Market". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Publishers approach US court against Google". Deccan Herald (Bangalore). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2012.