International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 11

Book publisher in Maharashtra: A case study

  • Author:
  • Umesh Gangadhar Harde1, Vikas S. Borkar2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 234 to 241

1Librarian, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Bramhapuri. Dist- Chandrapur, (M.S.), India

2Librarian, K.Z.S. Science College, Bramhani, Dist. Nagpur (M.S.), India

Online published on 2 September, 2019.

Abstract

The present study seeks to describe and analyze book publishers in Maharashtra. The paper presents a numerical descriptive study of activities of publisher, number of personnel working, types of book publish, book promotion policies, language used for publication, approximate number of titles publish per year, use of ISBN, and factors affecting book publishing in Maharashtra state. The present study shows that most of the publication houses are small in size, book publishing affected due to Low capacity of buyers.