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			{{Short description\|Indian book store chain and a publisher of books}}
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	*Suresh Shah, Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah and Bhanumati Suresh Shah ''(Directors)''<ref name="R7"/>		*Suresh Shah, Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah and Bhanumati Suresh Shah ''(Directors)''<ref name="R7"/>
	*Nitin Shah ''(Director, Managing director)''<ref name="R3">{{cite web \|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 \|title=LOVE KANNADA INTO THE HEART OF KANNADA WRITING \|publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com \|url-status=~~live~~ \|~~archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174047/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 \|~~archivedate~~=2018-05-06 \|df= }}</ref>		*Nitin Shah ''(Director, Managing director)''<ref name="R3">{{cite web \|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 \|title=LOVE KANNADA INTO THE HEART OF KANNADA WRITING \|publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174047/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 \|archive-date=2018-05-06 \|df= }}</ref>
	*Nijesh ''(Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway)''<ref name="R2"/><ref name="theceoinsights.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 \|title=Mr. Nijesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. Interviewed By: Sandeep Kshatriya, Facilitator, The CEO Insights \|publisher=theceoinsights.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030132453/http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 \|archivedate=2017-10-30 \|df= }}</ref><ref name="R6">{{cite web \|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 \|title=Personally Tech With SapnaOnline's Nijesh Shah \|publisher=gadgets.ndtv.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173603/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 \|archivedate=2018-05-06 \|df= }}</ref>		*Nijesh ''(Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway)''<ref name="R2"/><ref name="theceoinsights.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 \|title=Mr. Nijesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. Interviewed By: Sandeep Kshatriya, Facilitator, The CEO Insights \|publisher=theceoinsights.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030132453/http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 \|archivedate=2017-10-30 \|df= }}</ref><ref name="R6">{{cite web \|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 \|title=Personally Tech With SapnaOnline's Nijesh Shah \|publisher=gadgets.ndtv.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173603/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 \|archivedate=2018-05-06 \|df= }}</ref>
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	[[File:Sapna Book House (2).jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|View of the store]]		[[File:Sapna Book House (2).jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|View of the store]]
	'''Sapna Book House''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ book store chain and a publisher of books.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 \|title=Company Overview of Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. \|publisher=bloomberg.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003336/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 \|archivedate=2018-05-07 \|df= }}</ref> It is one of the biggest book shops in India.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 \|title=Bangalore's Sapna Book House is largest in the country \|date=29 January 2011 \|publisher=dnaindia.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506180558/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 \|archivedate=6 May 2018 \|df= }}</ref>		'''Sapna Book House''' is an Indian book store chain and a publisher of books.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 \|title=Company Overview of Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. \|publisher=bloomberg.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003336/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 \|archivedate=2018-05-07 \|df= }}</ref> It is one of the biggest book shops in India.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 \|title=Bangalore's Sapna Book House is largest in the country \|date=29 January 2011 \|publisher=dnaindia.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506180558/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 \|archivedate=6 May 2018 \|df= }}</ref>

	The ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' recognised Sapna as the largest book shop in India, for seven years in a row.<ref name="R3"/><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece \|title=Mostly about books \|publisher=thehindu.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615141230/http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece \|archivedate=2013-06-15 \|df= }}</ref> The [[Government of Karnataka]] presented the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti\|Karnataka Rajyostava Award]] to Sapna Book House, describing it as the largest Kannada book publisher, in 2008.<ref name="R3"/> As of May 2016, Sapna Book House has published more than 5000 books by 500 writers, including [[Jnanpith Award\|Jnanpith]] and Central Sahitya Academy awardees.<ref name="R3"/>		The ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' recognised Sapna as the largest book shop in India, for seven years in a row.<ref name="R3"/><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece \|title=Mostly about books \|publisher=thehindu.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615141230/http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece \|archivedate=2013-06-15 \|df= }}</ref> The [[Government of Karnataka]] presented the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti\|Karnataka Rajyostava Award]] to Sapna Book House, describing it as the largest Kannada book publisher, in 2008.<ref name="R3"/> As of May 2016, Sapna Book House has published more than 5000 books by 500 writers, including [[Jnanpith Award\|Jnanpith]] and Central Sahitya Academy awardees.<ref name="R3"/>
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	== SapnaINK ==		== SapnaINK ==

	A platform SapnaINK,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://sapnaink.com/ \|title=Official website SapnaINK \|publisher=sapnaink.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206151837/http://sapnaink.com/ \|archivedate=2017-12-06 \|df= }}</ref> was started by Sapna Book House on December 2014, for new authors to publish their books.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece \|title=Writer to author in just 7 days \|date=6 May 2015 \|publisher=thehindu.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece \|archivedate=9 June 2018 \|df= }}</ref>		A platform SapnaINK,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://sapnaink.com/ \|title=Official website SapnaINK \|publisher=sapnaink.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206151837/http://sapnaink.com/ \|archivedate=2017-12-06 \|df= }}</ref> was started by Sapna Book House in December 2014, for new authors to publish their books.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece \|title=Writer to author in just 7 days \|date=6 May 2015 \|publisher=thehindu.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece \|archivedate=9 June 2018 \|df= }}</ref>

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	Sapna Infoway acquired Ishita Technologies Private Limited (including Bookadda.com, Acadzone.com and Koolskool.com) at a value of $13 million.<ref name="ParentCompany">{{cite web \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms \|title=Digital unit of Sapna Book House buys Ishita Tech, 3 brands \|date=4 December 2014 \|publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174018/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms \|archivedate=6 May 2018 \|df= }}</ref> In May, it extended its business by setting up offices in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].<ref name="R2"/><ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece \|title= Sapna Book House arm acquires Ishita Tech in all-cash deal \|date= 3 December 2014 \|publisher= thehindubusinessline.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece \|archivedate= 9 June 2018 \|df= }}</ref> As on December, the ~~group’s~~ online revenue touched the Rs 6.5-7 crore mark.<ref name="R1"/>		Sapna Infoway acquired Ishita Technologies Private Limited (including Bookadda.com, Acadzone.com and Koolskool.com) at a value of $13 million.<ref name="ParentCompany">{{cite web \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms \|title=Digital unit of Sapna Book House buys Ishita Tech, 3 brands \|date=4 December 2014 \|publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174018/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms \|archivedate=6 May 2018 \|df= }}</ref> In May, it extended its business by setting up offices in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].<ref name="R2"/><ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece \|title= Sapna Book House arm acquires Ishita Tech in all-cash deal \|date= 3 December 2014 \|publisher= thehindubusinessline.com \|url-status=live \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece \|archivedate= 9 June 2018 \|df= }}</ref> As on December, the group's online revenue touched the Rs 6.5-7 crore mark.<ref name="R1"/>

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	[[Category:Book publishing companies of India]]		[[Category:Book publishing companies of India]]
	[[Category:Companies based in ~~Bangalore~~]]		[[Category:Companies based in Bengaluru]]
	[[Category:Bookstores of India]]		[[Category:Bookstores of India]]
	[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1967]]		[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1967]]

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{{Infobox publisher
| name = Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd.
| image = Sapna-book-house-logo.jpg
| parent = Sapna Book House<ref name="ParentCompany"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tofler.in/sapna-book-house-private-limited/company/U22190KA2007PTC042576 |title=SAPNA BOOK HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED |publisher=tofler.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153316/https://www.tofler.in/sapna-book-house-private-limited/company/U22190KA2007PTC042576 |archivedate=2018-05-07 |df= }}</ref> 
| status = Active
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1967|01|26}} in [[Bangalore]]<ref name="R2">{{cite web |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/the-incredible-story-of-52-year-old-bookstore-sapna-book-house/826966/ |title=The incredible story of 52 year old bookstore Sapna Book House |date=27 August 2017 |publisher=financialexpress.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003114/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/the-incredible-story-of-52-year-old-bookstore-sapna-book-house/826966/ |archivedate=7 May 2018 |df= }}</ref>
| founder = Suresh C. Shah<ref name="R5">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080128-turning-dreams-into-reality-735146-2008-01-16 |title=Turning dreams into reality |date=16 January 2008 |publisher=indiatoday.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173623/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080128-turning-dreams-into-reality-735146-2008-01-16 |archivedate=6 May 2018 |df= }}</ref>
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| country = [[India]]
| headquarters = Bangalore
| distribution =
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*Suresh Shah, Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah and Bhanumati Suresh Shah ''(Directors)''<ref name="R7"/>
*Nitin Shah ''(Director, Managing director)''<ref name="R3">{{cite web |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 |title=LOVE KANNADA INTO THE HEART OF KANNADA WRITING |publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174047/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F13&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 |archivedate=2018-05-06 |df= }}</ref>
*Nijesh ''(Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway)''<ref name="R2"/><ref name="theceoinsights.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 |title=Mr. Nijesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. Interviewed By: Sandeep Kshatriya, Facilitator, The CEO Insights |publisher=theceoinsights.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030132453/http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 |archivedate=2017-10-30 |df= }}</ref><ref name="R6">{{cite web |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 |title=Personally Tech With SapnaOnline's Nijesh Shah |publisher=gadgets.ndtv.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173603/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/personally-tech-with-sapnaonlines-nijesh-shah-657795 |archivedate=2018-05-06 |df= }}</ref>
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[[File:Sapna Book House (2).jpg|thumb|right|250px|View of the store]]
'''Sapna Book House''' is an [[India]]n book store chain and a publisher of books.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 |title=Company Overview of Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. |publisher=bloomberg.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003336/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279081018 |archivedate=2018-05-07 |df= }}</ref> It is one of the biggest book shops in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 |title=Bangalore's Sapna Book House is largest in the country |date=29 January 2011 |publisher=dnaindia.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506180558/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-s-sapna-book-house-is-largest-in-the-country-1500360 |archivedate=6 May 2018 |df= }}</ref>

The ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' recognised Sapna as the largest book shop in India, for seven years in a row.<ref name="R3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece |title=Mostly about books |publisher=thehindu.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615141230/http://www.thehindu.com/books/mostly-about-books/article4765988.ece |archivedate=2013-06-15 |df= }}</ref> The [[Government of Karnataka]] presented the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Karnataka Rajyostava Award]] to Sapna Book House, describing it as the largest Kannada book publisher, in 2008.<ref name="R3"/> As of May 2016, Sapna Book House has published more than 5000 books by 500 writers, including [[Jnanpith Award|Jnanpith]] and Central Sahitya Academy awardees.<ref name="R3"/>

Around sixty percent of the store includes books and the rest of stationery, multimedia products, and sports items etc.<ref name="R4">{{cite web |url=http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/4356-treating-bengaluru-to-books-for-decades-sapna-book-house-4356 |title=Treating Bengaluru to books for decades |date=22 July 2012 |publisher=bengaluru.citizenmatters.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173526/http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/4356-treating-bengaluru-to-books-for-decades-sapna-book-house-4356 |archivedate=6 May 2018 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Fb3RZJVJKKWryTH5L5UcoJ/The-successful-book-store-you-havent-heard-of.html |title= The successful book store you haven’t heard of |date= 16 September 2015 |publisher= livemint.com |url-status=live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174030/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Fb3RZJVJKKWryTH5L5UcoJ/The-successful-book-store-you-havent-heard-of.html |archivedate= 6 May 2018 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/251765/sapna-book-house-opens-residency.html |title=Sapna Book House opens on Residency Road |date=23 May 2012 |publisher=deccanherald.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904162753/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/251765/sapna-book-house-opens-residency.html |archivedate=4 September 2012 |df= }}</ref> It has its export of over 5,000 books in [[Kannada]] language, to the [[Kannadigas]] settled in [[Brazil]].<ref name="R1"/> Its online business<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sapnaonline.com/ |title= Official website Sapna book house |publisher=sapnaonline.com}}</ref> has eight million users.<ref name="R1">{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sapna-infoway-plans-to-raise-rs-60-crore-115042400901_1.html |title=Sapna Infoway plans to raise Rs 60 crore |date=24 April 2015 |publisher=business-standard.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507085245/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sapna-infoway-plans-to-raise-rs-60-crore-115042400901_1.html |archivedate=7 May 2018 |df= }}</ref>

== Store67 ==

A store chain was started by Sapna Book House, named Store67 which included stationery products for students.<ref name="R2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/the-paper-tiger-roars/article7403735.ece |title=The paper tiger roars |publisher=thehindubusinessline.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/the-paper-tiger-roars/article7403735.ece |archivedate=2018-06-09 |df= }}</ref>

== SapnaINK ==

A platform SapnaINK,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sapnaink.com/ |title=Official website SapnaINK |publisher=sapnaink.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206151837/http://sapnaink.com/ |archivedate=2017-12-06 |df= }}</ref> was started by Sapna Book House on December 2014, for new authors to publish their books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece |title=Writer to author in just 7 days |date=6 May 2015 |publisher=thehindu.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/writer-to-author-in-just-7-days/article7174872.ece |archivedate=9 June 2018 |df= }}</ref>

==Background==
Sapna Book House was started by Suresh Shah, on 26 January 1967 near [[Majestic, Bangalore]] on a rent-based store, and later as an independent mall in [[Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore]],<ref name="R4"/> initially selling Lilliput dictionaries.<ref name="R2"/> Born in [[Ghatkopar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharastra]], Suresh Shah's ancestors belonged to [[Dhoraji]], [[Gujarat]].<ref name="R5"/> Suresh Shah previously worked as head of Mumbai-based Pocket Book Distributing Company's new branch in [[Chennai]]<ref name="R2"/>

Currently his eldest son Nitin Shah, is the Managing Director<ref name="R4"/> and grandson Nijesh is the Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway.<ref name="R2"/><ref name="R6"/><ref name="theceoinsights.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 |title=Mr. Nijesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. Interviewed By: Sandeep Kshatriya, Facilitator, The CEO Insights |publisher=theceoinsights.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030132453/http://www.theceoinsights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:mr-nijesh-shah-founder-a-ceo-sapna-infoway-pvt-ltd&catid=35:ceo-interviews&Itemid=77 |archivedate=2017-10-30 |df= }}</ref> The company has 5 directors namely Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah, Nitin Suresh Shah, Bhanumati Suresh Shah and Suresh Shah.<ref name="R7">{{cite web |url=https://www.tofler.in/sapna-book-house-private-limited/company/U22190KA2007PTC042576/directors |title=SAPNA BOOK HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED |publisher=tofler.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174008/https://www.tofler.in/sapna-book-house-private-limited/company/U22190KA2007PTC042576/directors |archivedate=2018-05-06 |df= }}</ref>

===2014===

Sapna Infoway acquired Ishita Technologies Private Limited (including Bookadda.com, Acadzone.com and Koolskool.com) at a value of $13 million.<ref name="ParentCompany">{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms |title=Digital unit of Sapna Book House buys Ishita Tech, 3 brands |date=4 December 2014 |publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174018/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digital-unit-of-sapna-book-house-buys-ishita-tech-3-brands/articleshow/45368140.cms |archivedate=6 May 2018 |df= }}</ref> In May, it extended its business by setting up offices in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].<ref name="R2"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece |title= Sapna Book House arm acquires Ishita Tech in all-cash deal |date= 3 December 2014 |publisher= thehindubusinessline.com |url-status=live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180609073334/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Sapna-Book-House-arm-acquires-Ishita-Tech-in-all-cash-deal/article20924069.ece |archivedate= 9 June 2018 |df= }}</ref> As on December, the group’s online revenue touched the Rs 6.5-7 crore mark.<ref name="R1"/>

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