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Westland Books or Westland Publications is an Indian publishing house. It was co-founded by the Padmanabhan family in 1962, starting out under the name East West Books. Tata owned it from 2008 as a subsidiary under Trent (Westside). It was owned by Amazon under Amazon Eurasia Holdings SARL from 2017 till 2022. Imprints include Context, Eka, Red Panda, Tranquebar, and others.

In February 2022, Amazon announced that it will be shutting down Westland Books, after having carried out a "thorough review". In April 2022, it was announced that the Westland team was going into partnership with Indian online digital platform Pratilipi to continue publishing books.

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References

1. "Amazon-owned publisher Westland Books to shut down". The Hindu BusinessLine. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
2. ^ "Amazon acquires Westland publishers". Scroll.in. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. Bagchi, Shrabonti (1 February 2022). "Amazon to shut down publishing house Westland Books". Mintlounge. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
4. "Our Imprints - Westland". Amazon.in. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "Westland launches new literary imprint Context". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
6. Gill, Harsimran (16 January 2018). "What will Westland's new politically-engaged literary imprint bring? Ask publisher Karthika VK". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
7. Amazon to shut down publishing house Westland, The Hindu, 2 February 2022.
8. What went wrong at Westland Books?, Mint, 6 February 2022.
9. This is what global giants do: Authors heartbroken over Amazon's shutdown of Westland, The News Minute, 9 February 2022.
10. "Westland Books: No sale, writing platform Pratilipi to start publishing venture with same team". Retrieved 2 February 2023.
11. "In Westland team's move to Pratilipi, some cheer, some lingering confusion". Retrieved 2 February 2023.

Further reading

• Narayanan, Chitra (5 July 2015). "Dearth of book shops challenge for publishers in India: Westland CEO". Business Today.
• "Westland celebrates the success of Amish Tripathi's 'The Shiva Trilogy'". Adgully. 1 April 2013.
• Mazumdar, Arunima (19 March 2015). "Why Anuja Chauhan moved from HarperCollins after eight years and three bestsellers". Scroll.in.
• Modi, Chintan Girish (8 February 2022). "Inside the free fall of Westland Books: From disappointment to rage, how authors are reacting to Amazon's decision". Firstpost.
• Dasgupta, Sravasti (2 February 2022). "Indian readers mourn Amazon's sudden closure of beloved publishing house". The Independent.
• "Governor releases two books by Heartfulness Institute". dtNext.in. 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022.
• Cris (9 February 2022). "This is what global giants do: Authors heartbroken over Amazon's shutdown of Westland". The News Minute.
• Modi, Chintan Girish (6 February 2022). "9 game-changing titles from Westland Books". Moneycontrol.

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