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| image_caption = Fiction novels at Blossom Book House<br />
| name = Blossom Book House<br />
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| foundation = 2001<br />
| location = Church Street, [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]<br />
| industry = [[Retail]]<br />
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| website = {{url|blossombookhouse.com}}<br />
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'''Blossom Book House''' is an independent bookstore selling new and used books in [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]. The stores are located on Church Street, [[Bengaluru]]. Apart from books written in English, the bookstore also sells books written in [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Hindi]].<ref>Ranjani Krishnakumar. [http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/2941-blossom-book-house-mayi-gowda "Man behind Blossom Book House"], ''[[citizenmatters.in]]'', 19 April 2011</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Blossom Book House was created in 2001, by Mayi Gowda, former engineer,<ref name="accenture">Mamta Bharadwaj. [http://www.accenture.com/Microsites/vaahini/entrepreneurship/Pages/sell-books.aspx "This Engineer Decided To Sell Books"], ''[[Accenture]]''</ref> who quit his job to start selling books on [[MG Road]], Bengaluru.<br />
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The original store of 200 sq ft<ref>Priya Iyer. [http://www.supportbiz.com/articles/top-story/conversation-mayi-gowda-blossom-book-house.html "In conversation: Mayi Gowda, Blossom Book House"], ''supportbiz.com'', 5 April 2012</ref> has grown to a three-storey building and now measures 3500 sqft.<ref name="accenture"/><br />
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More recently, Blossom Book House has entered the online market with the launch of their [[online bookstore]], confident that it will help the store regain the losses due to the rise of online shopping retailers like [[Flipkart]].<ref>VIJAY NAIR. [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/deathknell-for-the-bookstore/article3267719.ece "Deathknell for the bookstore? "], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 1 April 2012</ref><br />
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==Achievement==<br />
With 200,000 books in the store, Blossom Book house is the largest second hand bookstore in India.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|https://blossombookhouse.in}}<br />
*http://overheardatblossoms.tumblr.com/<br />
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[[Category:Bookstores of India]]</div>122.172.93.227