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| Several books by Pustak Mahal and Cedar Books have been long-listed for some prestigious literary awards like Vodafone Crossword Literary Awards. One of the companies releases, The Angel of God, was chosen as one of the finalists for the Indie Awards. Other bestsellers of '''Cedar Books''' include What Nobody Ever Told You!, Knots and No Crosses, Men, The Long Road, Love was never Mine, as they are, Love's Journey. | Several books by Pustak Mahal and Cedar Books have been long-listed for some prestigious literary awards like Vodafone Crossword Literary Awards. One of the companies releases, The Angel of God, was chosen as one of the finalists for the Indie Awards. Other bestsellers of '''Cedar Books''' include What Nobody Ever Told You!, Knots and No Crosses, Men, The Long Road, Love was never Mine, as they are, Love's Journey. | ||
| <ref name="expressindia">{{cite web|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199456|title=Book Fair has something for everyone|publisher=expressindia|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref><ref name="es">{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/10day-book-fair-gets-underway-in-lucknow/222229/|title=10-day book fair gets underway in Lucknow|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/At_book_fest__a_range_of_collectors_specials/rssarticleshow/3714333.cms|title=At book fest, a range of collector's specials|accessdate=2009-03-02 | work=The Times Of India|date=2008-11-15}}</ref> | |||
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Pustak Mahal is one of the largest publishers in India. Their work includes English speaking courses, story and puzzle books, school/university course books etc. Their books are displayed in national and state book fairs.
Pustak Mahal is a family-owned company that was incorporated in 1974. The company has over 1,500 titles, with at least 500 titles on the active list. Out of these, around 50 titles have been on the bestsellers' lists, and are still being printed even years after their first edition.
Rapidex remains one of the most successful brands ever created in Indian publishing history with over 25 million copies under the Rapidex imprint. The company is famous for its Rapidex English Speaking Course. There are 25 million copies in print of the Rapidex English Speaking Course, Rapidex Letter Self-Drafting Course and Rapidex Computer Course.
Every year, the company prints over 2.2 million copies of books – including the new titles.
The company publishes language-learning and supplementary books for children including children's encyclopedias, fun-while-you-learn science books and (Do it yourself) books.
The company publishes books on:
- Self-Improvement
- Health, Hygiene, Nutrition
- Yoga/Meditation
- Religion and Mythology
- Body and Beauty Care
- Cookery and Home Management
- Sex, Relationships
- Language Learning
- General Information
- Popular Sciences
- How to Excel Series
- Encyclopedias/Dictionaries
- Children's Knowledge Bank
- Palmistry and Astrology
- Career Guidance
- Self-Management Books
- Jokes and Satires
- Fun, Facts, Quizzes
- Games, Hobbies and Activities
- Computers
The fiction imprint of Pustak Mahal is called Cedar Books. Writers such as Andaleeb Wajid, Vishal Bhandari, Ritu Dokania,Kusum Choppra, Pranesh Prasad, Nikesh Rathi, Dr. Vivek Banerjee, Prem Rao, Upneet Grover, Kunal Bhardwaj, Rashmi Singh etc. write for the imprint.
Several books by Pustak Mahal and Cedar Books have been long-listed for some prestigious literary awards like Vodafone Crossword Literary Awards. One of the companies releases, The Angel of God, was chosen as one of the finalists for the Indie Awards. Other bestsellers of Cedar Books include What Nobody Ever Told You!, Knots and No Crosses, Men, The Long Road, Love was never Mine, as they are, Love's Journey.