Feel Books Pvt. Ltd.

What Feel Books Pvt. Ltd. does

Feel Books Pvt. Ltd. operates Feelbooks (feelbooks.in), a direct-to-consumer online bookstore headquartered at 4381/4 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. The company sells academic and professional books across science, mathematics, engineering, humanities, social sciences, business and classics, with a catalog drawn primarily from international publishers including World Scientific, De Gruyter, Hurst Publishers, Mohr Siebeck and Reaktion Books. The platform is built as a standard e-commerce storefront with category browsing, title/author/ISBN search, shopping cart functionality and order processing, with global shipping capability from its New Delhi base.

The core business model is one-time retail book sales at unit prices ranging roughly from ₹223 to ₹8,618, supported by a standing minimum 20% discount on all titles (with discounts ranging up to 25% on certain items). Feel Books targets academic students, researchers and academics, working professionals and engineers, and general readers, with marketing concentrated on its own website (SEO), email newsletter sign-ups, and digital catalogs. Operational throughput is modest, with order processing and shipping typically completed within 2-5 business days, and the company is staffed by approximately 12 employees with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Feel Books Pvt. Ltd.

Legal name

Feel Books Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://feelbooks.in

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Feel Books Pvt. Ltd. is a New Delhi-based online bookstore selling academic, professional and classic titles from international publishers via feelbooks.in, serving students, researchers and general readers globally with a minimum 20% discount.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Academic Bookstore

NAICS

Book Retailers and News Dealers (4592), Book Retailers and News Dealers (45921), Book Retailers and News Dealers (459210)

akta.pro primary industry

E-book Retail & Reading Platforms (Stores, Apps, Devices) (MPAJAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

eBook & Digital Reading Platforms (BPAMAJAK), Lifestyle, Travel & Leisure Books Publishing (MPAJAAAH)

Keywords

• Academic bookstore
• Online book retail
• Technical textbooks
• Professional books
• STEM publications

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Direct retail sales of academic and professional books through their e-commerce platform. Revenue generated from one-time book purchases at various price points ranging from approximately ₹223 to ₹8,618, with standard discounts of 20-25% on listed items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Feel Books Pvt. Ltd. operates a direct-to-consumer online bookstore through feelbooks.in, retailing academic, technical, and professional books across science, mathematics, engineering, computer science, economics, business, humanities, and social sciences. The platform offers a minimum 20% discount on all titles, ships globally from its New Delhi headquarters, and sources inventory from international academic publishers including World Scientific, De Gruyter, Hurst Publishers, Mohr Siebeck, and Reaktion Books.

Product overview

Feel Books is an online bookstore operated by Feel Books Pvt. Ltd., offering academic and technical books across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, humanities, and business disciplines. The platform features books from partner publishers including World Scientific, De Gruyter, Hurst Publishers, Mohr Siebeck, and Reaktion Books. The product portfolio includes individual book titles across categories such as physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, economics, and literature. The platform operates as a standard e-commerce site with category browsing, search functionality, and discount promotions (minimum 20% discount on all books).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Feel Books Online Bookstore (feelbooks.in) An e-commerce platform for academic and technical books, featuring a catalog of scientific, mathematical, engineering, and humanities titles from international publishers, sold directly to individual consumers and professionals with a minimum 20% discount on all items.
• Dubliners Classic literary fiction collection sold through the Feel Books online bookstore as a featured title at a 20% discount.
• Lasers for Scientists and Engineers Technical textbook covering laser principles for scientific and engineering applications, sold as a featured title at a 20% discount.
• Real Analysis: Theory of Measure and Integration, 3rd Edition Graduate-level mathematics textbook presenting a unified treatise of the theory of measure and integration, sold at a 20% discount.
• Advances in 3D Integrated Circuits and Systems Technical book covering 3D integration technology for many-core microprocessors and memory integration, listed as a new arrival at a 20% discount.
• Asset Management: Tools and Issues Institutional asset management textbook covering analytical tools including econometrics, Monte Carlo simulation, and machine learning, sold at a 20% discount.
• Additive Manufacturing: Foundation Knowledge For The Beginners Book covering fundamental principles, classifications, and applications of additive manufacturing technologies including bioprinting and 4D printing, sold at a 20% discount.
• Practical Signal Processing and Its Applications: With Solved Homework Problems Signal processing textbook covering both continuous-time and discrete-time concepts with MATLAB examples, sold at a 20% discount.
• Public Finance: An International Perspective (Revised Edition) Textbook addressing contemporary public finance issues including fiscal sustainability and subsidies from an international perspective, sold at a 20% discount.
• Lectures on the Geometry of Manifolds (Third Edition) Mathematics textbook introducing differential and integral calculus on manifolds, connections, Riemannian geometry, and characteristic classes, sold at a 20% discount.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World ScientificcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor academic publisher partner providing specialized science, mathematics, and engineering books. World Scientific titles are prominently featured in Feel Books' catalog.
• De GruytercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational academic publisher offering humanities, social sciences, and science content. Featured as an esteemed partner on the Feel Books platform.
• Hurst PublishersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational publisher specializing in history, politics, and social sciences. Listed as an esteemed publishing partner.
• Mohr SiebeckminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman academic publisher specializing in law, economics, theology, and social sciences. Partnered with Feel Books for distribution.
• Reaktion BooksminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK-based independent publisher covering art, architecture, design, and cultural studies. Listed as an esteemed partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Flipkart (Books): India's largest general e-commerce marketplace, with books as a major category serving the same Indian consumer. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Feel Books on price, logistics and assortment depth.
• Amazon India (Books): Global e-commerce giant operating a deeply entrenched books marketplace in India, including academic titles from many of the same international publishers. Competes with Feel Books on price, delivery speed and catalogue breadth.

Direct peers

• Oxford Bookstore: Iconic Indian bookstore chain with a curated selection of academic, literary and professional titles. Targets the same educational/professional Indian consumer base and competes in the same shelf-and-online book retail market.
• Infibeam: Indian online retailer of books, electronics and lifestyle goods with a dedicated books vertical. Comparable to Feel Books as an online-only platform selling academic and trade books at scale within India.
• Crossword Bookstores: India's largest physical bookstore chain, also operating online retail of academic, professional and general books. Targets the same Indian reader persona as Feel Books and offers a comparable multi-category catalogue.
• Bookchor: India-based online bookstore focused on discounted new and used academic and trade titles. Closely matches Feel Books' discount-driven, catalogued e-commerce approach and Indian consumer base.
• Sapna Online: One of India's largest online bookstore chains. Operates an e-commerce platform selling academic, professional and trade books across South Asia — directly comparable in customer base, product mix and direct-to-consumer online retail model to Feel Books.

Emerging players

• Wordery: UK-based online-only book retailer specialising in academic and trade titles with deep discounting. Similar discount-led, catalogue-driven model to Feel Books for international academic buyers.
• ThriftBooks: Large US online retailer focused on discounted and used books across academic and general categories. Comparable lower-price, high-SKU online book retail thesis to Feel Books and a possible model for future expansion.
• Powell's Books: Independent US specialty bookstore with one of the world's largest curated academic, used and new-book inventories. Comparable to Feel Books in its curated/specialty positioning rather than as a mass-market retailer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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