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So many armys requested us to put together a RM's reading list or have "recommended by Namjoon" shelf. So we have done so & here are some! We will be adding to this in coming days. Thank you
@Sh_Srujana
for help with the list. All the titles you see are available at 20% off!
⚠️ Book Giveaway Alert ⚠️
Armys from India, thank you so much for the love you have given us. To honour your passion (and patience with us) we are doing a FREE Lucky Draw giveaway of 5 copies of "Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS". (India only)
(1/2)
3,000 followers! Heartfelt thanks to all well-wishers for this milestone 🙏 To celebrate, we're giving away this rare 1976 hardbound edition of Freedom at Midnight signed by Dominique Lapierre! Please Retweet AND Like this tweet to enter lucky draw (to be held on Tue). India only
With closure of Westland, these wonderful books will be out of print along with others (unless they find a new publisher, which we hope they do). If you are looking for a title from Westland, Context or Eka, kindly drop in or call us on 9845076757 for delivery/to reserve copies.
Meet the newest members of Team Bookworm. Candy and Candysmom.
Drop in to meet them and say Hi. For book recommendations though, pls contact our human team members.
Up for ADOPTION!!
5 little minicandies (not the little boy).
Kindly drop in to our store to see which cute kitten you would like to give a new home.
Pls retweet so this reaches more people.
Dear Armys, thank you for making today a very happy & memorable day 💜
It was so wonderful to meet so many of you & be a part of this special day. Big thanks to army
@Sh_Srujana
for all the help. Special thanks to her &
@NithyaV07575555
for the lovely freebies you all liked.
Dear book readers of Bangalore, BOOKWORM BOOKSTORE is now OPEN FOR BUSINESS! If you are looking for a book, please reach us via call/whatsapp on 98450 76757. Our large collection of books, across genres including children's books awaits you. Thank you for supporting us!!
Dear Indian Armys, just only few more hours to go for
#BEYOND_THE_STORY
! To make sure you don't have to wait any longer, we are opening early morning at 6AM!
What's more
@Sh_Srujana
an Army will be sharing some special freebies with you! 💜
Thank you Armys for overwhelming response to the pre-order of BTS: Beyond the Story. Due to this we are stopping pre-order as our copies are all booked. If you have made payment, your order is confirmed (we will reply soon if we haven't yet). For cancellation of pre-order (1/2)
All independent bookstores like us get such questions.
Sadly we cannot give much cheaper price than Amazon/Flipkart. We cannot compete on money with big companies & their subsidies. But what we can do is our best to be of service to the readers & authors as part of the community.
We have copies available for in-store pickup. Even if you've not pre-ordered, don't worry Armys, please come to our store on church street and pick up your copy of
#BEYOND_THE_STORY
and meet fellow armys too!
Happy WORLD BOOK DAY to all readers!
To celebrate this special day, we're giving every visitor to our bookstore a gift! No purchase required. Drop in and pick up a surprise book!
Kindly RT.
#worldbookday
#reading
#books
#supportindies
The newest additions to Team Bookworm. Candysmom gave birth to 5 Minicandies! Will they be bookworms too like their elder sibling Candy? We await to see.
Over last two months we have received so much love & support from ARMY. This message today from an army truly made us all very happy. Such heartfelt wishes motivates us to deliver even better service to our readers.
Thank you to all readers for your support to Bookworm.
Dear Armys, thank you for the overwhelming response!
we received almost 11,000 msgs on whatsapp plus hundreds of calls & DMs with enquiries for pre-order of BTS book. We are still trying to reply individually with update. 1/2
Thank you Armys for overwhelming response to the pre-order of BTS: Beyond the Story. Due to this we are stopping pre-order as our copies are all booked. If you have made payment, your order is confirmed (we will reply soon if we haven't yet). For cancellation of pre-order (1/2)
Dear ARMY who pre-ordered from us, copies are shipped, tracking id is being sent.
Team Bookworm thanks you & all Armys who bought from our store. In times when many are ordering from big online retailers it means a lot to us that you supported independent bookstore like us 🙏🏽💜
It was our pleasure to host lawyer & writer
@jsaideepak
for a book-signing session. In case you missed it, author-signed copies of his bestselling book, "India that is Bharat" are available at our store. Drop in, DM us or call/text on 9845076757 for your copy. We ship pan India.
Comics that bring alive timeless Indian classics, by Tagore, Manto, Premchand & Corbett. Get these amazing graphic novels from Bookworm today at 20% off! Home delivery, pan-India shipping available.
One of the best books on Bengaluru, "Bangalore Through The Centuries" by Fazlul Hasan was first published in 1970 with just 1000 copies. Rare & out of print it will be available again soon, enlarged & edited by
@nnarasimhan
!
To reserve your copy, kindly call/msg us on 9845076757.
As we welcome 2024, let's take a quick look at the
#BookwormBestsellers
for 2023: The Top 25 Books sold at Bookworm in fiction and non fiction, as purchased by our esteemed readers.
A sad day for independent bookstores and a great loss for book lovers. We thank Shri Venkatesh & Shri Guruprasad for their immense contributions to Bengaluru's reading culture and wish them the very best for the future. Kindly visit Nagasri to help with clearing the books.
1,500+ followers! Heartfelt thanks to all wonderful patrons & well-wishers for this milestone. To celebrate, we're giving away a copy of RK Laxman's Laugh with Laxman, signed by the legend himself!!
Like & (Q)RT this tweet before 12pm Fri 27/8 to enter the lucky draw. India only
He walked in alone with a mask on, greeted Ram Guha which is when me and Sameer realized it was indeed Rahul Dravid, he happily sat in the last row without any fuss so much so that the girl sitting next to him didn't even realized who she was sitting with.
Last year was tough. This year was equally hard on independent bookstores like us. The only reason many of us are still standing is because of YOU – our well-wishers & supporters. You are the reason behind our smiles & our confidence that we can go on.
Exams will be over soon & we have something special for our young readers: A large selection of books of all kinds for all ages, at a Summer Vacation price of just ₹500 for ANY 10 books of your choice from collection you see here & more. Yes, ₹50 only per book. Drop in soon!
All our patrons know this, but just in case you didn't please note that we provide FLAT 20% DISCOUNT on all new books (in-store & delivery) and much more on used/second-hand books. Do visit our store or call us for all your book needs. Team Bookworm thanks you for your support 🙏
Dear Indian Armys, it's ALMOST HERE!! It gives us great pleasure to inform you official Indian edition of 'Beyond The Story' will be available for in-store pickup at our shop on Sun 9th July & we will ship all your Bookworm pre-ordered copies on 10/7. Thank you for your love 🙏💜
Dear valued publishers, if you really want to support the independent bookstores like us, we request you let readers buy from us also & not always put links to big online retailers in book announcement for preorder & after release also. Humble request from independent bookstores.
Arrived at Bookworm: "Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist" by
@chandrachurg
. Thought-provoking & unputdownable, this biography opens a window to unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Get your copy today!
@premanka
@vikramsampath
@SandeepUnnithan
Just reply/QT to the above tweet with the name and cover pic of your favourite book to enter the Lucky Draw before 12 (midnight) tomorrow 21/5/23. We will choose 5 lucky winners next week by draw and also bear postal charges for the 5 lucky winners.
Here is
@mrajshekhar
with the Westland titles he purchased from Bookworm, and signing copies of his bestselling book. Thank you Sir!
For author-signed copies of Despite the State, kindly drop by our store or call/whatsapp on 9845076757 for delivery. We ship all over.
Dear Armys, this tweet has caused doubt & confusion among many with pre-order date. This is due to different country edition. Rest assured that pre-order we have taken for "BEYOND THE STORY: 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS" & will give you is original edition from official Indian publisher
We also thank
@Ram_Guha
sir for visiting our store, interacting with our readers and signing copies of his books as part of the Bangalore Bookshop Love Weekend.
Today morning batch of all India deliveries packed & ready to be posted.
We thank all the readers across India who are getting your books from bookstore and not online. All of us at Bookworm are very grateful for your continued support for independent bookstores like us🙏🏽
⚠️Election day special at Bookworm ⚠️
If you have voted, kindly visit our store & show indelible ink mark on your finger and GET EXTRA 10% DISCOUNT on all the new books just for today. This is in addition to our regular 20% off.
#ElectionDay
#Elections2023
#Elections
It was our pleasure to host historian and writer
@vikramsampath
for a special book signing session & reader interaction at our store. In case you missed it, author-signed copies of his books are available at Bookworm. Visit us or contact us on 9845076757 for copies.
As the year draws to a close, we THANK YOU all from the bottom of our heart for your support. For visiting us, for ordering & buying books from us. For being there for us. All of us at Bookworm wish you a very happy 2022 & look forward to being of service for years to come 🙏
Participating in a Book Secret Santa? 📚
We can help!! With our large collection (& recommendations if needed). Just let us know which book(s), your Santee's details & we will ship it to them anywhere in India.
Thank you for supporting independent bookstores🙏
#SecretSanta
#Books
Support independent bookstores. We don't mean just Bookworm bookstore.
@ChampacaBooks
, Blossoms, Gangarams, Goobe's, Nagasri Boook House, Ankita Pustaka. We are all part of the community, your community. The choice is yours where you buy from, but kindly support indie bookstores
So next time you see news of a bookshop (or any retail shop) shutting down, think of what a physical shop has to go through in order to sustain itself instead of merely expressing sadness. (9/9)
Kindly message us with payment screenshot to cancel your order before 11:59 am Monday, 15/5/23. Note that after this, cancellation and refund will not be possible.
If we get more copies of the BTS book, we will announce it here. Keep an eye out.
Thank you for your support!
If you are still looking for
@WestlandBooks
,
@ContextIndia
or
@EkaWestland
titles that are officially out of print from today, we have quite a few of them in stock at our store. Please drop in to pick up these wonderful books or call us on 9845076757 for home delivery (all India)
Here are some of the author-signed books available with us. In case you were looking for a copy for yourself or as a special secret santa gift!
Limited copies, so please drop in or call us on 9845076757 to reserve copies.
You are cordially invited to a meet & greet session with
@jsaideepak
, the bestselling author of India that is Bharat, and India, Bharat and Pakistan at our store on Church Street this Sunday, 11/9 at 11:30am. He will also be signing his books on the day. Do come!
Here is the wonderful
@Ram_Guha
signing copies of his latest must-read book, Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom, for Bookworm. Thank you sir!
For your own author-signed copy, kindly drop in. For delivery, call or msg 9845076757. We ship all over India.
Team Bookworm cordially invites you to BIC this evening as we celebrate Krishna's 25 years as a bookseller, and for the launch & screening of a special documentary "The Bookman of Bengaluru" by
@VRFerose
.
Thank you
@josyjosephkj
for visiting our store, spending time & signing copies for our readers.
Author-signed copies of "The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State" are now available with us. Drop in for your copy or call/whatsapp on 9845076757 for delivery (all-India).
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
― Virginia Woolf
(Picture by
@FarheenKHussain
)
The follow-up to the bestselling "India that is Bharat" & the 2nd book of
@jsaideepak
's Bharat Trilogy, "India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation" is now available at Bookworm. Get your copy today! For delivery, kindly call 9845076757.
If you needed another reason to get this must-read book by
@josyjosephkj
, here it is: With every purchase of
@TheSilentCoup
you now get this lovely t-shirt! Only at Bookworm.
Kindly drop in to get your copy (& t-shirt) or call/whatsapp us on 9845076757 for delivery across India.
Exams are almost over! And what better way to keep your little ones occupied when at home than reading? We welcome you to explore our large collection of books for children of all ages, including activity books & YA books. Bring your children here to play & let them also choose!
Now available at Bookworm: The massive
#1
NYT bestseller, Iron Widow by
@XiranJayZhao
. Pacific Rim meets Handmaid’s Tale in a futuristic sci-fi retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor. Do drop in for a copy or call/msg us on 9845076757. We ship pan India.
NOW AVAILABLE at Bookworm! Pioneering data journalist
@Rukmini
's timely "Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India", that will give you a wholly unexpected picture of India. Pls drop in for a copy or call/whatsapp 9845076757 for delivery.
The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told contains 50 brilliant stories - selected & translated by poet, editor A.J. Thomas - that portray with brilliance & nuance the complex tapestry of the Malayali experience down the ages. Get a copy at special discounted price of ₹699 only!
It was our our pleasure to host
@UnamPillai
as well so many of his readers and history buffs at the Bookworm for his book signing session. Here are some glimpses of today's well-received event:
The new edition of INDIA AFTER GANDHI is now available at Bookworm. This revised & expanded 3rd edition brings the narrative up to the present.
We thank
@Ram_Guha
sir for visiting us & signing copies for our readers.
For copies kindly visit us or call 9845076757 for delivery.
One of our valued patrons Vivek Shanbhag sir visited our store today. He also kindly agreed to autograph copies of ಘಾಚರ್ ಘೋಚರ್ as well as Ghachar Ghochar, the English translation for our customers. If you want an author-signed copy of this classic, pls call/whatsapp on 9845076757
Cricket fan? We have some wonderful
#cricket
books at our store. A few are shown here. Drop in to our store see the full collection and pick up copies! For home delivery or enquiries, kindly call or msg on 9845076757.
Looking for a good read? Please visit our store on Church Street and discover your next favourite book as you browse our collections over a cup of coffee.
We thank Praveen Sudevan &
@the_hindu
for featuring us in article on Bengaluru bookstores.
We also thank our valuable patrons who supported us in difficult times. Our heartfelt gratitude to all our readers who support independent bookstores like Bookworm
Introducing
#BookwormsRecommend
where our esteemed patrons recommend 7 books fellow readers will enjoy.
This week, here are the 7 books that avid reader Padmaja Pathak suggests bibliophiles will enjoy. Visit our store to check out the books, read her notes & pick up copies.
Exams are almost over! And what better way to keep your little ones occupied when at home than reading? We welcome you to explore our large collection of books for children of all ages, including activity books & YA books. Bring your children here to play & let them also choose!
As an independent bookstore, we try to give the best price possible to our valued patrons. All the new books at Bookworm are minimum 20% discount on MRP. We give much bigger discount on used/second-hand books. We stock old books. We try to get signed copies. We organise events.
It's the book everyone is talking about! The fastest-selling non-fiction book ever: SPARE by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in which he tells his story with raw, unflinching honesty. Get your copy from Bookworm today at a special price of ₹1199/-.
#spare