eBooks & digital
Books that fit in a pocket and never go out of print.
A digital edition reaches a reader in Coimbatore and one in Canada at the same moment, and never goes out of print. We publish digital alongside print-on-demand editions for new titles, and digitise older ones that deserve to stay readable.
Formats
Built for the book, not a template.
Classical verse that reflows badly loses its line breaks, and much of its meaning with them. We pick the format from the book, then test it on real devices before it goes out.
EPUB (reflowable)
Text reflows to any screen size. The right default for prose — self-help, health, history and culture.
Fixed-layout EPUB
For illustrated archaeology, photographs of sites and artefacts, and anything where the page design is the point.
Print-ready PDF
A faithful digital copy of the printed edition, for academic and reference titles.
Accessible editions
Proper heading structure, alt text and reading order so screen readers can work with the book.
Digitisation
Bringing older books back.
A great deal of writing — particularly in Tamil — exists only as print, in editions that sold out decades ago. Digitising it is slow, careful work, and it is some of the most worthwhile work we do.
Scanning
Physical copies scanned at print resolution, including out-of-print and single-copy editions.
OCR & correction
Text recognised and then proofread by a human — Tamil included, where raw OCR is rarely enough.
Reconstruction
Damaged pages, broken type and missing sections rebuilt so the digital edition reads cleanly.
Re-typesetting
The book set afresh rather than photographed, so it is searchable, selectable and resizable.
Scripts & typesetting
Tamil script, set properly.
Tamil has typesetting requirements that generic ebook conversion tools handle badly — conjuncts collapse, line breaking goes wrong, fonts get substituted for something unreadable. We embed the right fonts and check the output character by character.
Where they sell
On our store, and the ones readers already use.
- Our own bookstore, with the print edition alongside
- Major ebook marketplaces and reader apps
- Library and institutional digital supply
- Direct sales links you can share yourself