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32. Why India Needs A Bookselling Revolution, With Ajay Jain

Aishwarya speaks with Ajay Jain, founder of Kunzum, about the importance of collaboration in the publishing world, and the necessity for the Kunzum Bookselling Reimagined Conference. Why is a community and collaboration important to bookstores? How did the Kunzum cafe begin? Why does Ajay think Amazon is a toxic force towards social and cultural development? How have pirated books infiltrated the market?

Ajay Jain is a traveller, writer and photographer, and the founder of Kunzum in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. Kunzum started as a gallery to showcase his own photographic art and books over coffee and has now emerged as the most popular community of travellers in India. Ajay studied Mechanical Engineering, did an MBA and finally studied Journalism in London. He has written 9 printed books and over 50 e-books. He is a traveller at heart, both literally and metaphorically.

Aishwarya Javalgekar is a writer, book editor and podcast producer. As the Head of Originals she specializes in creating stellar content across formats - books, podcasts, newsletters, etc. She is a member of WICCI - Print Media and previous experience in Zubaan Books and Simon and Schuster Canada.
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Produced by Aishwarya Jawalgekar
Edited by Kshitij Jadhav

The Book People

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An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others. Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville. Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed? Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own! And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success. Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego. Series: "Writers" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32700]

Writers (Audio)

en-usOctober 02, 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others. Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville. Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed? Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own! And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success. Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego. Series: "Writers" [Show ID: 32700]

University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

en-usOctober 02, 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others. Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville. Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed? Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own! And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success. Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego. Series: "Writers" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32700]

Writers (Video)

en-usOctober 02, 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others. Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville. Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed? Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own! And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success. Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego. Series: "Writers" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32700]

Library Channel (Audio)

en-usOctober 02, 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others. Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville. Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed? Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own! And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success. Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego. Series: "Writers" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32700]

Library Channel (Video)

en-usOctober 02, 2017

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32. Why India Needs A Bookselling Revolution, With Ajay Jain

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017