Sapna Book House
Sapna Book House is an Indian book store chain and a publisher of books. It is one of the biggest book shops in India. The Limca Book of Records recognised Sapna as the largest book shop in India, for seven years in a row.
Also recorded as Sapna Book House Private Limited · Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd.
Sapna Book House

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- Name
- Sapna Book House Pvt.
- Founded
- 1967.
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru.
- Activity
- publishing.
- Products
- book.
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Sapna Book House is an Indian book store chain and a publisher of books. It is one of the biggest book shops in India. The Limca Book of Records recognised Sapna as the largest book shop in India, for seven years in a row.
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Overview
Overview
The Government of Karnataka presented the Karnataka Rajyostava Award to Sapna Book House, describing it as the largest Kannada book publisher, in 2008. Around sixty percent of the store includes books and the rest of stationery, multimedia products, and sports items etc. It has its export of over 5,000 books in Kannada language, to the Kannadigas settled in Brazil. Its online business has eight million users.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd. • Parent — Sapna Book House • Status — Active • Founded — in Bangalore • Founder — Suresh C. Shah • Country — India • Headquarters — Bangalore • Keypeople — *Suresh Shah, Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah and Bhanumati Suresh Shah (Directors) • Nitin Shah (Director, Managing director) • Nijesh (Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway) • Url — https: www.sapnaonline.com/ • Illustration — View of the store
Store67
Store67
A store chain was started by Sapna Book House, named Store67 which included stationery products for students.
SapnaINK
SapnaINK
A platform SapnaINK, was started by Sapna Book House in December 2014, for new authors to publish their books.
Background
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, initially selling Lilliput dictionaries. Born in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, Maharastra, Suresh Shah's ancestors belonged to Dhoraji, Gujarat. Suresh Shah previously worked as head of Mumbai-based Pocket Book Distributing Company's new branch in Chennai Currently his eldest son Nitin Shah, is the Managing Director and grandson Nijesh is the Group President of Sapna Book House and CEO of Sapna Infoway. The company has 5 directors namely Paresh Suresh Shah, Deepak Suresh Shah, Nitin Suresh Shah, Bhanumati Suresh Shah and Suresh Shah.
2014
2014
Sapna Infoway acquired Ishita Technologies Private Limited (including Bookadda.com, Acadzone.com and Koolskool.com) at a value of $13 million. In May, it extended its business by setting up offices in Accra, Ghana. As on December, the group's online revenue touched the Rs 6.5-7 crore mark.
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1967
Sapna Book House established.
1967
Sapna Book House was established or created on 26 January 1967.
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Context
The circumstances in which Sapna Book House stands. Established or created on 26 January 1967. House has its headquarters at Bengaluru. Recorded as publishing house. House operates in publishing. House lies within Karnataka. Situated in India.
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- “Sapna Book House”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.tofler.in. SAPNA BOOK HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED.
- 2.financialexpress.com. The incredible story of 52 year old bookstore Sapna Book House. 27 August 2017.
- 3.indiatoday.in. Turning dreams into reality. 16 January 2008.
- 4.epaper.timesofindia.com. LOVE KANNADA INTO THE HEART OF KANNADA WRITING.
- 5.theceoinsights.com. Mr. Nijesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd. Interviewed By: Sandeep Kshatriya, Facilitator, The CEO Insights.
- 6.gadgets.ndtv.com. Personally Tech With SapnaOnline's Nijesh Shah.
- 7.bloomberg.com. Company Overview of Sapna Infoway Pvt. Ltd.
- 8.dnaindia.com. Bangalore's Sapna Book House is largest in the country. 29 January 2011.
- 9.thehindu.com. Mostly about books.
- 10.bengaluru.citizenmatters.in. Treating Bengaluru to books for decades. 22 July 2012.
- 11.livemint.com. The successful book store you haven’t heard of. 16 September 2015.
- 12.deccanherald.com. Sapna Book House opens on Residency Road. 23 May 2012.
- 13.sapnaonline.com. Official website Sapna book house.
- 14.business-standard.com. Sapna Infoway plans to raise Rs 60 crore. 24 April 2015.
- 15.thehindubusinessline.com. The paper tiger roars.
- 16.sapnaink.com. Official website SapnaINK.
- 17.thehindu.com. Writer to author in just 7 days. 6 May 2015.
- 18.tofler.in. SAPNA BOOK HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED.
- 19.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Digital unit of Sapna Book House buys Ishita Tech, 3 brands. 4 December 2014.
- 20.thehindubusinessline.com. Sapna Book House arm acquires Ishita Tech in all-cash deal. 3 December 2014.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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