Read India Press publishes the How to Read India series — nine books that give readers the interpretive tools to understand one of the world's oldest and most complex civilisations, one dimension at a time.
"India cannot be understood through any single lens. The How to Read India series teaches you how to interpret the subcontinent — its terrain, its mind and body, its literature, its cuisines, its history, its architecture, its languages, and its religions — as a unified civilisational text."
Each book in the series is an interpretive key to one dimension of India's extraordinary diversity — showing how that dimension shapes, and is shaped by, all the others. The series can be read in any order; each book is complete in itself.
Each published title in the How to Read India series is accompanied by an AI-powered companion app that extends the book's methodology beyond the printed page.
Enter any Indian city or journey and receive a reading of its terrain, pilgrimage routes, food and GI products, art and architecture, language and history, and forests and wildlife.
Dosha and Klesha assessment, daily practice tracker, personalised Ayurvedic and Yogic protocols, and progress visualisation across the five dimensions of wellbeing.
Explore all 42 works, follow thematic threads across centuries, bring a life situation and find the works that speak to it.
Six more companion apps in development
Each forthcoming title in the series will have its own AI-powered companion at publication.
All How to Read India titles are available through IngramSpark's global distribution network — accessible to bookshops, libraries, universities, and institutional buyers worldwide. Titles are returnable and available at standard wholesale discounts.
| Format | Platform | Returnable | Wholesale | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindle eBook | Amazon KDP | — | — | Available on all Amazon regional stores |
| ePub eBook | Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, B&N | — | — | Via Draft2Digital. Google Play India ₹499 |
| Paperback | Amazon (KDP Print) | — | — | Prime eligible. Fast fulfilment. |
| Paperback | Global (IngramSpark) | ✓ | 55% | 40,000+ retailers. Flipkart India. |
| Hardcover | IngramSpark | ✓ | 55% | Available from Month 6 post-publication |
| PDF (direct) | Gumroad | — | — | Available from Month 12 post-publication |
The How to Read India series has been designed for global relevance. Rights enquiries are welcome from publishers in all territories. Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, and Marathi publishers are warmly encouraged to enquire.
Rights enquiries
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