City book delivery service aims to encourage reading
Husband and wife team up to bring to readers a selection of books across genres
At a time when readership in the city is
rapidly changing, with changing reading patterns, dwindling libraries and
bookstores, a book pick-up and delivery service recently launched by Trilogy in
Lower Parel provides readerswith the opportunity to encourage their reading
habits.
The bookstore, founded in 2014 by
co-founders, husband and wife Meethil Momaya and Ahalya Naidu, and also has an
attached library collection, launched the book delivery service in December. It
has been picking up over January and February. The bookstore-cum-library houses
a carefully curated selection of books across genres like children’s writing,
travel, history, world fiction literatures, science and photography, presenting
a rare opportunity for readers in the city to find an interesting collection of
books.
The library membership comes at various
prices, from ₹75 per month, and membership can vary between
individual — where readers can borrow one book at a time for a month,
exchanging it for another book if they finish before this period — couple, and
family membership, wherein eight books can be borrowed at a time. Membership
can be tried for a 14-day period and then taken in instalments of one month to
annual. The service offers same-day delivery of chosen library books at a small
price.
Mr. Momaya and Ms. Naidu formerly worked in
wildlife photography and manuscript editing, respectively, and are voracious
readers. Their interest led them to study at the National Book Trust in New
Delhi in 2011, where they learnt about publishing. “The need for creating a
space with books drew us toward library consultancy, where we curated libraries
for corporates and other clients, and eventually to set up our own bookstore.”
They also take the time to engage with customers, and learn about their reading
interests to make recommendations. If readers are shy to approach, they can
also use as a guide the post-its pasted on to shelves and collections in the bookstore,
giving readers opinions and feedback on the experience of reading books.
Source | The Hindu | 23 February 2017
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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