I am looking for the Malayalam translation of "Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone".  Late in 2003, it was announced that Manjul
Publishing House would be releasing translations of the book in four
languages native to India.  The first, Hindi, was released on
Children's Day in November 2003.  All I've been able to find says that
the other three, including Malayalam, are to be released in February
2004.

I am looking for:
1) A concrete release date for the Malayalam translation of Harry
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
2) An actual link to an online bookseller's listing of the above title
and translation.  The link must point to the actual listing for the
actual product - a URL of an online bookseller that simply sells
Indian books is not enough.  Additionally, the bookseller must be able
to ship to the United States.

The fee listed is for finding the answer to #1.  The fee will be
trippled (via tip) for finding the answer to #2.

Thank you,
Paul Lalli

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 16 Feb 2004 02:52 PST

Hello again Paul

The publishers have told me in which month (not February) they expect
to release "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in Malayalam,
and have provided full contact information for the distributors.

Would this be a satisfactory answer? I haven't had any replies from
actual bookshops.

Please let me know if this would meet your needs and I'll be happy to
post all the details.

Thanks - Leli

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Clarification of Question by mritty-ga on 16 Feb 2004 05:40 PST

Leli,

Thank you for responding.  The information you describe is obviously
not *exactly* what I want.  Based on my own research, however, I doubt
very much I'd be able to find any thing more than what you have found
(at least at this time).

Therefore, I am willing to accept your information as an answer, and
double (rather than tripple) the listed fee via tip.

Thank you,
Paul Lalli

Thank-you for getting back to me.

The publishers have told me that the Malayalam edition of "Harry
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" will be released in April 2004,
and will be distributed  by DC Books, whose address is:

DC Books
Good Shepherd Street
Kottayam,  
Kerala 686 001
India
Phone:    0481 256 3114/ 230 1614
Fax:      0481 256 4758
email:    ceo@dcbooks.com

I notice that DC Books have a special children's event each year on
World Book Day, April 23rd. and can't help wondering if it will be
linked to Harry Potter this year.

DC Books for children
http://dcbooks.com/children.htm
and:
http://dcbooks.com/kcbt.htm


DC Books home page
http://dcbooks.com/

DC Books contact page
http://dcbooks.com/contactus.htm

DC Books Malayalam page
http://dcbooks.com/malayalam.htm



The email address I used to write to the Manjul Publishing House was
found by searching google with the name of the firm plus the name of
the director, Vikas Rakheja, but they now wish people to use another
email address, which is included with this contact information:

Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
H-10, Nishat Colony, 
74 Bungalows
Bhopal - 462003, 
India
Phone: 91-755-5240340
Fax: 91-755-2736919
email: manjulindia@sancharnet.in


I hope this information will be useful even though it is not your
"ideal" answer. If by any chance I hear anything more, I will of
course let you know.

Best wishes - Leli



searches used included:

Manjul Publishing Rakheja
Malayalam books
India bookstore
Kerala books
Harry Potter Malayalam

Thank you very much for the information you were able to find!

Hello Paul

I've sent out some emails requesting information about the publication
date, and about possibilities for buying the book online. Of course I
will let you know as soon as I hear anything.

Leli

Thank-you, Paul!

Hope you have the book before too long - Leli