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Bengaluru-based Pustaka Digital Library sells and lends eBooks in vernacular languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. What started as a physical library in 2012 at her home in Bengaluru, is today also an eBook selling and lending portal - www.pustaka.co.in (October 2014) - stocking 250 titles in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. The portal also offers eBooks for the mobile platform, and today, Pustaka is the first ever to digitise books in vernacular languages.
Read MoreA business must either solve a problem or satisfy a need. Pustaka does both!
A great business idea is nothing but finding a solution to a problem that you as an individual face and know that there is a market for this solution. Your idea gets validated when others facing the same problem are excited about your solution and are willing to pay for it. Nivetha Padmanaban is founder of Pustaka, a one-stop eBook shop focused on vernacular Indian languages.
Read MoreBringing eBooks to the Indian vernacular reader
All of us grew up reading books in our native languages. We all started to speak in our mother tongue before learning English at school. Unfortunately as we grow up, we either stop reading books or we move on to reading English books. One of the reasons for this, as we found out after talking to people, is the non-availability of vernacular books. The idea of the Pustaka Lending Library in Bangalore was mooted to solve the problem of non-availability of Tamil books in Bangalore. We later on added eBooks in Telugu for the consumption of our readers from the Andhra region.
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A great business idea is nothing but finding a solution to a problem that you as an individual face and know that there is a market for this solution. Your idea gets validated when others facing the same problem are excited about your solution and are willing to pay for it. Nivetha Padmanaban is founder of Pustaka, a one-stop eBook shop focused on vernacular Indian languages.
Read MorePustaka Offers Indian Vernacular Books Online
Pustaka Digital Media, recently announced the launch of its website - www.pustaka.co.in, a website for the eBook lovers who wish to read vernacular language books. This is India's first eBook selling and a lending portal for vernacular language books. Certain popular books which are on the site includes books like Tulasi, Pallikondapuram, Khajurao and Aindhu Vazhi Moondru Vaasal. Authors like Indira Soundarrajan, Pattukottai Prabhakar, Yandamoori Veerendranath, Neela Padmanabhan, Rajesh Kumar, K T Gatti, and many more are also featured on the site.
Read MoreNothing like mother tongue
Here’s an eBook selling and lending portal for regional languages, www.pustaka.co.in. During their research of the current market for eBooks, Nivetha and Padmanaban discovered a painful truth.Padmanaban explains: “We wanted our venture to be completely legal. One of the distinguishing factors of Pustaka Digital Media is that, the authors are given royalty not only for the sale of the books, but also for the lends. This is probably the first model that pays authors whenever subscribers borrow their books to read.
Read MorePustaka Digital Media Pvt. Ltd., an online digital library for Indian language books
Nivetha Padmanaban Of Pustaka Digital Media Pvt. Ltd.: An Indian Entrepreneur Creates A Digital Library For Indian Language Speakers This Story Is Part Of Our 1,000 Stories Campaign. What’s Your Story?. Pustaka platform was launched on Oct-1st, 2014. The Hindu, a reputed newspaper in India, approached me for an interview within 30 days of launch which was a pleasant surprise for me. I consider it one more feather on my cap, whenever I get appreciation mail from a customer.
Read MorePustaka launches India’s first language eBook portal
Pustaka Digital Media today launches India’s first eBook selling and lending portal in vernacular languages -www.pustaka.co.in. Initially www.pustaka.co.in will have 150 plus titles from the eminent authors of Tamil, Kananda and Telugu languages. The company plans to launch digitization model for all Indian language books by the end of 2020 based on the response from both reader and author community. Pustaka Digital Media, Book lending library is a gift for book lovers and avid readers. With the new language eBook portal, Pustaka is introducing the traditional book subscription model on eBook platform.
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