INDIAN BOOK INDUSTRY
INDIAN BOOK INDUSTRY(IBI)wa s
started in the year 1999 by the group of people who were in this field from
last many years. They felt the need of computerization and revolutionizing the
book industry by bringing e-commerce solution to even small regional language
publisher and bookseller of book trade. www.indianbookindustry.com was booked in year 2000 and since then we are gathering
information of all book trade members.
In 2001
we started with the database of 1500 members and 80000 books but due to lack of
internet awareness and limited access to network it was not possible to
continue, hence the project was shifted to bringing out Database of all book
trade members in the form of Directories “Directory of Indian Book Industry”
which was quite popular among members.
Four
editions were published after the gap of three years in between. Meanwhile many
international bends came in the field of e-commerce and they are quite big and
popular.
We also
made software for the trade in the year 2001 to make publishers' and
booksellers' day to day work very easy and fast known as ibi-bookeepers. This easy window based software takes care of your
• STOCKS • BILLING/APPROVALS • CREDIT NOTES • DEBIT NOTES • ROYALTY • PARTY
LIST • MAILING LIST -Party, city wise • SALES REPORT - Daily Weekly, Monthly/By
Book Wise, Party Name • APPROVAL REPORT- Details of Party. Dates Due • STOCK
REPORT Total • BOOK WISE ROYALTY REPORT - Author Wise, Book Wise • PAYMENT
REPORT (Received & given) • STATEMENTS-Daily, Monthly, Yearly.
Again
this was discontinued due to poor response from trade members people were not
ready for this kind of work in 2001-02. Then we brought out the CD-ROM of
databases for mailing purposes which was instant hit till 2007-08. Then we
focused on many directories in the field of Educational Institutions with our
sister concern Reliance Publishing House,
New Delhi. Our Directories were very popular among book trade and institutions
world over.
Why Now
After the gap of many years we are now again starting
our portal www.indianbookindustry.com with the purpose
to unite Indian Book Trade as it has grown many folds. We will share database for mutual benefits;
share book trade news; share obituaries of members; will have many
other features as Book Release
Section; Defaulters section where
members can post information about their
pending payments with particular party; if many complaints come for same party
then members can take caution in supplying further stocks to it. Book trade associations section; information
and activities. Government
Agencies Role
of govt agencies
In 2nd stage we will generate information on
authors who want to publish their research work, fiction or poetry through
members. Here we hope to receive database of 1000’s new unpublished books
information which will mutually benefit author and publisher; a platform to
unite them.
In 3rd stage publishers and booksellers can
start Book Release through digital platform; show casing new books; releasing
online video links and zoom release of books. Internal platform to trade books
among members at special rates/ discounts.