Comments on: Why ‘book piracy’ matters? http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/revisiting-the-case-for-book-piracy Powered by Webshore Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: devnarayan http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/revisiting-the-case-for-book-piracy#comment-9222 devnarayan Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:11:03 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=2083#comment-9222 About Us <a href="www.mtechcomputers.in" rel="nofollow">MTECH COMPUTER</a> About Us

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]]> By: Alok http://www.criticaltwenties.in/mediapopularculture/revisiting-the-case-for-book-piracy#comment-2430 Alok Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:07:21 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=2083#comment-2430 Great piece Siddharth! One other reason for the proliferation of the "grey market" occurs to me. The lack of sufficient, quality public libraries that lend books. To carry forward the argument that a lot of books (especially foreign) are over-priced and out of reach for consumers in India, it makes sense that in the absence of easy (read, free) access to good public libraries in India probably makes the "grey market" an option. With more disposable income among the middle classes (and yes, not everyone spends it in malls and movies, even in Delhi!), the market for books is increasing, and not just in those perennial favourites, the Model Exam Paper Question banks. As far as I can see, not too many publishers lose sleep over the quantity of book piracy taking place in India, but wouldn't like it to flourish either. Great piece Siddharth!

One other reason for the proliferation of the “grey market” occurs to me. The lack of sufficient, quality public libraries that lend books.

To carry forward the argument that a lot of books (especially foreign) are over-priced and out of reach for consumers in India, it makes sense that in the absence of easy (read, free) access to good public libraries in India probably makes the “grey market” an option.

With more disposable income among the middle classes (and yes, not everyone spends it in malls and movies, even in Delhi!), the market for books is increasing, and not just in those perennial favourites, the Model Exam Paper Question banks. As far as I can see, not too many publishers lose sleep over the quantity of book piracy taking place in India, but wouldn’t like it to flourish either.

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