What is the history of Pakistan's online bookstore? - Books.Sulemani
On a sunny afternoon early this year, as I exited Pakistan House's Pioneer Online Bookstore in Pakistan, I wasn't entirely certain of the bookstore's destiny. Internationally renowned author Mania Naqvi had been sharing numerous updates on Facebook about how she came to work at the once-sought-after bookstore and her experiences organizing the disorganized volumes and racks into nearly perfect or tot to draw consumers. She lamented the legendary bookstore's impending closure due to a decline in sales. The Pioneer Business Books in Urdu House is a physical feature of Karachi. It couldn't pass away that way. Mania Naqvi stated that "something has to be done" to save the Book House. Literary observations, on reprints and the alleged decline in sales of Urdu books: The frequently uttered complaint that "Urdu novels do not sell" stings. However, occasionally we stumble across Urdu novels in their second or third editions. Why do publishers continu