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Technology does not create quality
PrintWeek India interviewed Bipin Shah, publisher of Mapin Publishing, for its Book Special, produced in late 2013. The interview is reproduced here, by permission. PrintWeek India (PWI): Do you think that the printed book is on its way out? Will illustrated books survive? Bipin Shah (BS): I won’t say that the printed book is on its […]
Video interview with Bipin Shah, Managing Director and Publisher
The website, Not Just Publishing, recently featured a video interview of Bipin Shah, Mapin’s Managing Director and Publisher. In this candid interview Mr Shah reveals his personal journey from an engineer to publisher. This insightful interview reveals not only an entrepreneur’s vision but also several aspects of Indian publishing in the 1970s and ’80s. The […]
How Mapin Publishing Put Indian Illustrated Books on the Map
Bipin Shah, Publisher of Mapin Publishing, recounts how he ventured into publishing illustrated books on India for the rest of the world—and built a global brand. Ever since it was set up in 1983, Mapin Publishing has operated out of Ahmedabad — an industrial city in western India that was once known as “Manchester of the East” because […]
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