Summary:
All the checking, rechecking and stocking up is done by Desingh and his parents, at the Chennai Used Books godown in Manakappam. All through his student life, Thilak Desingh found it a pain to source second-hand books. His website, chennaiusedbooks.com, now offers everything from guide books and second-hand textbooks to novels of different genres, delivered across the country. “There are three platforms through which we function,” says the software engineer, “When someone types ‘Chennai used books’ on Google Maps, the search throws us up. Most of our orders are in Chennai and Bengaluru, and we also ship a large number of books to Delhi..