History of Book Publishing and Distribution [part 2]
Your Market is Unlimited
[An excerpt from “The Art of Spiritual Life – Memories of Srila Prabhupada - 1969”, by Syamarani dasi]
Prabhupada’s endeavors in the field of publishing and distributing transcendental literature did not begin when he came to the West. They began over two decades earlier.
History of Book Publishing and Distribution Part 1
[An excerpt from “The Art of Spiritual Life – 1969”, by Syamarani dasi]
All of the devotees in the Boston temple felt that the purchase of this house was Krsna's will, because a few days later, Prabhupada wrote us a letter saying that now that we had this big house, he wanted to set up "our printing department in Boston immediately." He wrote us that one of the building’s big halls could accommodate a large printing machine, and he requested Advaita and Vaikunthanatha to leave New York and come to Boston to begin printing operations. The Boston Temple was set to expand greatly, and Prabhupada had already made it clear in his letters that we were not the causes of the expansion. Rather, we would be his instruments.
Book Distribution or Love Distribution?
Book Distribution or Love Distribution?
By Radhakanta das
The term ‘Book Distribution’ stirs up different emotions in all of us. For some it is agony, and for others it is ecstasy. What is it about this devotional activity that generates such an extreme degree of conflicting emotions? Through this article, I humbly attempt to present to my respected Vaisnava readers some thoughts to uncover the real nature or ‘svarupa laksana’ of transcendental book distribution.
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