Vasant Shetty's Contact Details

Vasant Shetty's Company Details

MyLang

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • 9 Employees
Publishing

Books have been the most effective agents for spreading knowledge and culture over centuries, around the world. Today, Indian regional languages are impoverished due to lack of books that reflect contemporary ideas and knowledge. And, the vast majority of Indians who speak and read regional languages are unable to keep up with times due to scarcity of books that cover the breadth and depth of today's collective human understanding and imagination. We wanted to change this with MyLang Books by creating a modern eco-system for publishing in Indian regional languages, (focusing on Kannada first). We have leveraged digital distribution mechanisms and adopted best practices from global publishing companies in the pursuit of this vision.MyLang Books was launched as a digital publishing platform in 2020. Within an year's time, we have successfully onboarded 100+ publishing partners and over 1500+ Kannada books on the platform. The users of the platform can try, buy, read/listen to a vast collection of Kannada books using MyLang Books mobile app. They can also order and get physical copies of books delivered to their addresses. We want to drive the digital transformation journey of literature in as many Indian languages as possible in the future creating access, new market possibilities for writers and publishers from small towns and villages.Pavaman Athani and Vasant Shetty have co-founded MyLang Books.