India’s best-selling English author Chetan Bhagat has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Amazon Publishing for his next six books.

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This deal makes Chetan Bhagat, the first Indian author to be signed by Amazon Publishing.

The global deal with Amazon Publishing includes three fiction and three non-fiction titles. The first title is expected to be a mass market or commercial fiction book and will be published in October 2018.

The deal will give the author of Five Point Someone's books not only a global reach but will a deeper penetration in tier two and tier three cities.

This deal ends his long association with Rupa & Co, which published his seven novels and two collections of essays over the last couple of years.

Amazon Publishing will publish these books globally in print, eBook and audio formats. Westland Publications, which is part of Amazon, will distribute the print editions in India.

Amazon had acquired Westland in January 2017. The books are also expected to be available in multiple languages to cater to the non-English speaking population.

First Published:Apr 27, 2018 7:00 PM IST