Aleph Book Company is an award-winning publishing firm based in New Delhi. Since its founding in May 2011 by David Davidar in partnership with R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications India, it has twice won the prestigious Publisher of the Year award. Its authors have won or been shortlisted for a slew of international and Indian literary prizes, including the Booker, DSC, JCB, Sahitya Akademi, Windham-Campbell, Tata, Commonwealth, Hindu, Publishing Next, Kalinga, Crossword, W. H. Smith, Shakti Bhatt, Atta-Galatta, and Oxford, to name a few.
Aleph publishes books of enduring literary quality by Indian writers. Books relating to India by international writers also feature on the firm’s list every year; occasionally, standout books on other subjects that could be of interest to Indian readers are published. It puts out approximately fifty titles annually in the following categories— fiction, history, biography, autobiography, politics, current events, reportage, travel, popular science, art, music, nature studies, the environment, business, translations, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and popular culture—as well as works of narrative non-fiction that are not easily categorized. Every book the company publishes reflects its emphasis on excellence in editorial quality, design, printing, and packaging.
Aleph’s team comprises A. K. Singh (and his team), Aayushi Gupta, Aienla Ozukum, Amrin Naaz, Anshika Kandari, Bena Sareen, Geetu Martolia, Harshita Sabharwal, Kariha Javaid, Princy Kaundal, Priyanshi Sharma, Pujitha Krishnan, Purushotam Kumar Sharma, Rahul Verma, Rajkumari John, Rizwan Khan, Saurabh Gupta, Vidisha Ghosh, and Zohra Negar Zeba.
