India Book Distributors (Bombay) Limited or IBD as the company is popularly known, is India’s leading importer & distributor of English language Books & Magazines. A truly great link in an extensive supply chain, IBD brings the cream of the published crop from publishers across the globe to brick-and-mortar and on-line bookstores across the Indian sub-continent. IBD also sells directly to Corporate and Individual customers through www.ibdwebstore.com and on third-party websites such as Rediff.com, Indiatimes.com, & others. IBD also operates the Fountainhead bookstore chain which has a presence in Chennai & Bangalore.

IBD operates a special Corporate Marketing Cell which advises companies on using Books and Magazines in their Marketing, Customer Loyalty, & Training programmes. Where needed IBD also helps in the implementation of these programmes and in this IBD has chalked up many successes, proving time and again the versatility of Books and Magazines as vehicles for Marketing promotions. The companies that have benefited from IBD’s expertise come from a broad selection of Industry categories including Pharmaceuticals, Hotels, Airlines, Banks, Telecom, FMCG, and many others. In addition the Corporate Marketing Cell also advises Schools and Educational / Training Institutes in selecting and sourcing books for their educational curriculum.

Using state-of-the-art software for managing inventory and logistics, IBD is able to import and distribute in a cost-effective manner. The infrastructure of a national network of branch offices and godowns serves the bookstores and publishers alike with a very reliable distribution network. IBD is manned by highly experienced professionals with in-depth understanding of their complex market. The hard work and dedication of IBD staffers and the vision of its promoters Mr. Harkin Chatlani & Mr. Kamal Jagwani have over the last quarter century enabled the company to render yeoman service to the task of bringing good books and great magazines within easy reach of the people of the sub-continent.

Now in its twenty-sixth year, IBD brings a unique marketing savvy to its mission of spreading the reading habit in this vast region of over a billion inhabitants. It is this marketing skill backed by formidable operational efficiency that underlines the confidence with which IBD predicts a great future ahead for printed books and magazines even in the face of an all-pervasive digital revolution.