AND BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN INDIA
FPBAI
At the time India attained Independence, publishing and bookselling stood confronted with complex problems peculiar to any developing industry. Some far-sighted and public-spirited individuals like late Shri Sital H. Primlani in the book industry felt that despite existence of local associations in several parts of the country, time had come for setting-up an all India platform...
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
The practice of conferring on Golden Awards was revived by FPBAI for members who have been in the trade of publishing for 50 years and above. During the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2019, while bestowing on the Awards, citation for each awardees was read out by Mr. S. C. Sethi, the details of the Awards conferred are as follows
Publishing Industry 200 Years Old
The Vijayawada Book Festival Society (VBFS) organized a meeting on ‘200 years of printing and publishing industry’. Jolepalem Mangamma, who wrote a book titled ‘Printing India’, said that “printing machines were imported here two centuries ago to publish Bible in Indian languages. The publishing industry began at Srirampur and Kolkata, and later spread out to other regions”...
FROM PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear Friends,
I am grateful to all members of the Federation for electing me the President-FPBAI, for the financial year 2020-21. The faith and confidence reposed by you has put a great responsibility on my shoulders to do my best for the fraternity throughout the tenure along with my team members. For this purpose I have constituted the team of highly pro-active office bearers having to their credit an illuminating long experience in the trade. I look forward your active co-operation to carry out the task for the promotion of book industry and hope that with your active support, I shall be able to deliver as per your expectations.
Pradeep Arora
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TERMS OF SUPPLIES TO LIBRARIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY BOOKSELLERS
Conversion Rates
((Effective 01 January, 2021))
CONVERSION RATE FOR BOOKS AND JOURNALS:
Conversion rates effective 01 January, 2021 (new rates marked with astericks)
| 01.Australian Dollar | @Rs.57.90* | 02.British Pound Sterling | @Rs.103.20* |
| 03.Canadian Dollar | @Rs.60.00* | 04.Japanese Yen Per 100 | @Rs.74.10* |
| 05.Singapore Dollar | @Rs.57.70* | 06.Swedish Kroner | @Rs.08.80* |
| 07.Swish Frank | @Rs.86.50* | 08.U.S. Dollar | @Rs.76.50* |
| 09.Euro | @Rs.93.60* | 10.Taka Per 100 | @Rs.95.00 |
