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. It was co-founded by the Padmanabhan family in 1962, starting out under the name East West Books. Tata owned it from 2008 as a subsidiary under

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. It has been owned by

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under Amazon Eurasia Holdings SARL since 2017. Imprints included Context, Eka, Red Panda, Tranquebar. In February 2022, Amazon announced that it will be shutting down Westland Books, after having carried out a "thorough review".Amazon to shut down publishing house Westland
The Hindu, 2 February 2022.
Mint, 6 February 2022. This is what global giants do: Authors heartbroken over Amazon’s shutdown of Westland
The News Minutes, 9 February 2022. In April 2022, it was announced that the Westland team was going into partnership with Indian online digital platform Pratilipi to continue publishing books.

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