“During the questioning the shopkeepers revealed that the NCERT books have very nominal margins hardly ₹10 to ₹15 ($0.12-$0.18) per book and the pirated books have high margins such as ₹70 to ₹90 ($0.85-$1.09).”
Printed book piracy is a much bigger problem than ebook piracy in countries like India, where paper and ink are cheap, and some consumers are indifferent to print quality.
This past week, per the Hindustan Times, “the chief minister’s flying squad, police and team of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducted raids at at least six shops at Sadar Bazaar, Gurugram, which were allegedly selling pirated NCERT books for classes 6 to 12.
“Police said the shopkeepers were buying these books from suppliers from different areas and were selling poor quality pirated books in the market at cheaper rates causing huge revenue loss to the NCERT.
Inderjeet Yadav, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) with the chief minister’s flying squad, said the pirated books are directly supplied to sellers for selling as genuine ones.
“During the questioning the shopkeepers revealed that the NCERT books have very nominal margins hardly ₹10 to ₹15 ($0.12-$0.18) per book and the pirated books have high margins such as ₹70 to ₹90 ($0.85-$1.09).”
Read more at the Hindustan Times.
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