A1Books.co.in is a venture of Webnotions, Inc. Mr. Shinu Gupta founded Webnotions, Inc over a decade ago and today it is a leading on-line marketplace solution for the consumer products and business-to-business categories. Webnotions has operated primarily in the online book market and has successfully transformed in an enterprise comprising of an Online Division, Wholesale Division and Retail Division. Webnotions has grown from a company of one man with a vision to an enterprise poised to redefine the online marketplace for books, other consumer products and beyond. Webnotions is currently one of the world's largest marketplace sellers for Amazon.com due to its dynamic and proprietary pricing engine, fulfillment, distribution, inventory assortment and depth, value pricing and management team.

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A1Books.com was started as an on-line bookseller for consumers in the USA. Currently A1Books.com, the USA website, operates in the consumer trade and the mass-market book trade. A1Books.com has positioned itself as a leader in book assortment, inventory depth, fulfillment, distribution and value pricing. It boasts over 1 million titles from leading publishers and distributors. Every title in the A1Books.com assortment is priced utilizing a1Books' dynamic and proprietary pricing engine, which enables A1Books.com to aggressively discount prices while maintaining competitive gross margins. A1Books.com boasts a 98% fulfillment rate and ships within 24 to 72 hours of receiving an order. A1Books.co.in is set to be the largest online book marketplace for Indian publishers.

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A1Books USA has been selling books online since 1995 and is now launching A1Books.co.in. This is a platform to buy and sell books from Indian and International publishers and sellers under one roof. A1 is the pioneer in launching a marketplace exclusively for books in India. A1Books USA has already served over 4 million customers and is now aiming to achieve the same in India. We understand technology extremely well and have the means to integrate and bring the most researched database of millions of books, through a website, to your doorstep. We have partnerships with more Indian and foreign publishers than any other website in India. The Internet removes physical boundaries and A1 aims to shrink the distances through this launch.

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Bridging the gap between the buyer and the seller and making knowledge more affordable and accessible is the purpose of A1Books Marketplace. We are here to help you get the largest selection of books, at the best prices, in the easiest way possible, to your doorstep. We bring you books in all Indian languages and from Indian as well as foreign publishers. We have more sellers for the same book, which gives you the most competitive prices without the hassle of having to go to a bookstore. And finally, A1 has made accessibility very high by removing physical limitations so that buyers can access this database from anywhere at their own convenience. Often the hassle to go to a bookstore restricts us from buying books. A1 is here to solve this problem and create a revolution in the domain of Indian Internet users.

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A1Books.co.in offers its customers low prices, convenience and a wide selection of foreign books as well as books in all Indian languages. Customers can buy almost any book on A1. Next, we focus on continuous innovation to provide further convenience to our customers. A1Books employs a combination of its own proprietary technologies and commercially available licensed technologies. We use a set of applications for accepting and validating customer orders, placing and tracking orders with suppliers, and ensuring proper shipment of products to customers. The transaction processing system handles millions of items, a number of different status inquiries and multiple shipment methods. These systems and applications manage the process of accepting, authorizing and charging customers credit cards. All this helps us to provide the best available technology and service and to guarantee customers a smooth and highly secure experience of buying with us.

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A1Books.co.in is a place for publishers and sellers of all sizes to sell books worldwide. International exposure and over a decade of experience in selling books online in the US have taught us our job well. Physical bookstores have space and size limitations, which is not the case with A1Books.co.in, which provides millions of titles at a click. A1Books.co.in is using the powerful medium of the Internet to take the Indian publishing industry to an international audience.

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The Indian publishing industry has more than 30 languages and 70,000 new titles every year. It has 600 million readers, around 15,000 publishers and book exports worth almost Rs. 4, 290 million. These are figures that need to travel from the roads of Nai Sarak to the world of our marketplace so that they are easily accessible by millions of users. To make this a reality and to further increase their growth, A1Books is trying to integrate a space where every new book is in the market instantly and every publisher's database is readily accessible. A1 is helping make the transition smooth and technologically easily usable by both the buyers and the sellers. It will increase sales and margins for sellers and reduce costs for buyers. This platform of A1Books is for anyone to sell and everyone to buy, regardless of physical location.

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Shinu Gupta, Founder & CEO Mr. Gupta is the Chairman and CEO of Webnotions, parent company of A1books.com which he founded in 1995. Prior to founding Webnotions, he was a Technology Software Project Manager for Compact Software from 1988 through 1992. After that, Mr. Gupta was the Assistant Vice President for DKB Financial Products from 1993 through 1997. In 1995, Mr. Gupta launched A1Books.com, an online book selling business, which he successfully grew since. He is accomplished in both technology and the book industry, with a total experience of 15 years. Some of his biggest achievements are that he has led several companies, including Webnotions, Inc. and Fountain Head, Inc. and has successfully launched and sold "eOrganizer", one of the first online calendaring systems to Mail.com. Mr. Gupta has a Master's degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from IIT, India. He achieved Summa Cum Laude honors from both of these institutions. Bobby Govilla, CFO Mr. Govilla joined Webnotions after a successful career at the Dream Group where he was responsible for reporting on over 70 different P&L's. In addition to his duties as CFO of the group, he managed the entire buying and HR departments. He was responsible for the complete overhaul of their information systems and created an entire technology and transportation division that led to considerable savings. Mr. Govilla also raised over $3 million in debt financing that aided the company to achieve above average growth rates. Prior to the Dream Group, Mr. Govilla ran the financial operations for one of the largest American teleconference companies. He was responsible for both the US and European operations of the company and spearheaded the company's initiative in Germany, when the deregulation of German Telco took place. He was responsible for raising over $1.5 million towards the cash flow needs of the company. He was one of the key members of the team that led to the successful sale of the company to one of the largest players in this segment. Prior to this he was a Senior Associate at a large CPA firm, and worked in their review and taxation group before which he was a successful Chartered Accountant in India. Ramesh Iravathan, CTO Mr. Iravathan is responsible for having prototyped and developed many highly successful software programs and web-based applications by implementing various design patterns. He led the team that developed the platform for A1Books. He is responsible for the integration of A1Books' back-end systems with various vendor platforms like Amazon, Half, eBay and payment gateways like Paypal. Prior to Webnotions, he was a web architect with Quantum Business Solutions where he was involved in the development of a web-based contract management system. His primary responsibilities included architecting the system, designing and developing the application using Java technologies. He also built a web based calendaring system for Mail.com. Prior to that Mr. Iravathan was the chief architect at MVP system for Bitfone. Bitfone's Mobile Variance Platform (MVP) is a standards-based, OTA (Over-The-Air) software management server for mobile phones. Mr. Iravathan has also developed various financial applications for Prudential's Intranet.

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