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Cold feet cost Random House India one of their biggest titles of the year. Find out why Rupa is gutsier than Penguin and why you should never buy a pirated book

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Picador’s Kill
Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands
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Imperfect Umbrage
Politicians browbeating publishers into cancelling book contracts by threatening libel suits is nothing new. Recently, it happened to Himani Dalmia, whose chicklitish tale of a girl growing up in a large, industrialist family, Life is Perfect, started giving nightmares to Penguin. The cause: a trouble-making politician famous for libel suits who heard—mistakenly—that her family got a passing mention in the book. Eventually, Dalmia found a publisher with more guts: Rupa.

Buried Treasure
This teaches you why you should never buy a pirated book. When the last Harry Potter was released, Pakistan’s Daniyal Mueenuddin sent his munshi to the city for a copy. When the munshi returned with the pirated edition, the star writer and his wife discovered why it was cheaper by Rs 100. Half-way through the book, they discovered a full 100 pages missing.

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