Lockdown: No 'Boi Utsab' this 'Nabo Barsha'

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Dey said since non-text and reference books don't fall in the category of essential services, "we are not able to deliver online orders and make up the loss."
Asked when the unpublished books can hit the stands, Chatterjee said, "we have plans to release our five titles during foundation day celebration of our publication in August. Dont know what others will do. But we are looking forward to improve the situation first."
A spokesman of Mitra o Ghosh Publishers said, "we had plans to bring out several new titles during this time. Nababarsho used to be an important occasion for years for our old publication. And this new book event at College Street had given new thrust in the Bengali book publishing business for past six years to counter the threat from e-books. But corona has suddenly changed everything."