Westland Books or Westland Publications is an Indian publishing house. It was co-founded by the Padmanabhan family in 1962, starting out under the name East West Books. Tata owned it from 2008 as a subsidiary under Trent (Westside). It was owned by Amazon under Amazon Eurasia Holdings SARL from 2017 till 2022. Imprints include Context, Ekada, Red Panda, Tranquebar, and others.
In February 2022, Amazon announced that it will be shutting down Westland Books, after having carried out a "thorough review".Amazon to shut down publishing house Westland, The Hindu, 2 February 2022.What went wrong at Westland Books?, Mint, 6 February 2022.This is what global giants do: Authors heartbroken over Amazon's shutdown of Westland, The News Minute, 9 February 2022. In April 2022, it was announced that the Westland team was going into partnership with Indian online digital platform Pratilipi to continue publishing books.
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