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Shop DC Books from Abroad
DC Books was founded in Kottayam in 1974 and publishes more than 1,500 titles a year. Order to your Indian address and we send the books on to you.
How do I buy Malayalam books from DC Books if I live abroad? Order on DC Books' online store as a customer in India, with your free India Rabbit address in Kerala as the delivery address. If they cannot deliver to your country, we receive the books, photograph them, hold them free for 30 days while other orders arrive, and ship everything to you in one box.
What DC Books publishes
DC Books was founded in 1974 by Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri and is headquartered in Kottayam. It says it is among the top ten publishing houses and book retailers in India, publishing more than 1,500 titles a year, and runs bookshops across every district of Kerala. Its catalogue covers novels, literary fiction, short stories, poetry, plays, essays, memoirs, biographies, children's books, crime, history, self-help, spirituality, travel, reference and textbooks, in Malayalam and English, with a section of books in translation.
Its imprints include Mambazham for Malayalam children's literature, DC Life for health and wellness, Sadhana for spirituality, I Rank for exam preparation and DC Reference.
Ordering from abroad
- Sign up for a free India Rabbit address: our warehouse in Kerala, with your suite code.
- Order on DC Books' online store with that address for delivery, and pay online.
- We photograph every parcel when it arrives. Order from other Malayalam publishers too; everything waits free for 30 days.
- Ask us to ship, and the books travel in one box.
Shipping books
Books are dense, so they are priced on their real weight rather than their size; a stack of paperbacks takes little space. Taking them out of bulky outer cartons and packing them flat keeps the box small. For a large order, it is usually cheaper to send one heavier box than several light ones. Check the calculator for your country.
For Malayalam books from other publishers too, see buying Malayalam books from India.
Questions
Can I order DC Books from outside India?
Order on their online store with your India Rabbit address as the delivery address. If they cannot deliver to your country, we receive the books in Kerala and forward them to you.
Can I combine DC Books with books from other publishers?
Yes. Order them all to your India Rabbit address; they wait free for 30 days and ship together.
Do children's books from Mambazham ship the same way?
Yes. Books of every kind travel as ordinary declared goods.
Will I pay duty on books?
It depends on your country, and rules have changed in some, the USA among them. Check your destination page before a large order.
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Where this is going
Transit times, what customs will want to see and what your country will not let in.
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Bahrain
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Spain
- Belgium
- Austria
- Sweden
- Norway
- Sri Lanka
- Philippines
- Japan
- France
- Nepal
- China
- Bangladesh
- South Africa
- Poland
- Nigeria
- Thailand
- Kenya
- Hong Kong
- Denmark
- Mauritius
- Indonesia
- Zambia
- Georgia
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Maldives
- Kazakhstan
- Ghana
- Finland
- Armenia
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