The short lists for each category are listed in alphabetical order.
| Publisher of the Year | |
| WINNER | |
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HarperCollins Publishers India Limited |
| RUNNERS UP | |
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Kalachuvadu Publications Pvt Ltd |
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Yoda Press |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Penguin Books India |
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Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Publishing Innovation of the Year | |
| WINNER | |
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Donate-a-book (Pratham Books) |
| RUNNERS UP | |
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Bloody Good Book |
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Eklavya (for Books in Mundar) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Instascribe (Mudranik Technologies Private Limited) |
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ThinkTankPlus (Pearson India Education Services Private Limited) |
| Bookstore of the Year | |
| WINNER | |
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Rachna Books (Gangtok) |
| RUNNER UP | |
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Kitabkhana (Maharashtra) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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CMYK (New Delhi) |
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Literati (Calangute, Goa) |
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Walking BookFairs (Bhubaneswar) |
| Printed Book of the Year | |
| WINNER | |
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A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces: Extraordinary Short Stories from the 19th Century to the Present (Aleph Book Company) |
| RUNNER UP | |
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Wild Fire: The Splendours of India’s Animal Kingdom (Aleph Book Company) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond (Niyogi Books) |
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SPICESTORY (Niyogi Books) |
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The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years (Rupa Publications) |
| Printed Children’s Book of the Year | |
| WINNERS | |
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Disaibon Hul (adivaani) |
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The Boy and the Drum (Pratham Books) |
| RUNNER UP | |
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So Ja Ullu (Eklavya) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Around the World in Eighty Puzzles (Scholastic India) |
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Bookasura: The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster (Scholastic India) |
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Raza’s Bindu (Scholastic India) |
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The Pterodactyl’s Egg (HarperCollins Publishers India Limited) |
| Digital Book of the Year | |
| WINNERS | |
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Korma, Kheer and Kismet (Aleph Book Company) |
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The Dramatic Decade (Rupa Publications) |
| RUNNERS UP | |
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Is He Fresh (Penguin Books India) |
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Kakk Mam Ani Gurbanjekka (Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Mazya Pillanchya Babas (Srujan Dreams Pvt. Ltd.) |
| Book Cover of the Year | |
| WINNER | |
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The Sibius Knot (Designer: Arati Devasher) |
| RUNNER UP | |
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The Second Coming (Designer: Preeti Koul Chaudhry) |
| OTHERS SHORTLISTED | |
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Bookasura: The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster (Designer: Priya Kuriyan) |
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The Cats Save the Day … Err … Night! (Designer: Anjali Nayar) |
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The Legend of Ramulamma (Designer: Nikheel Aphale, Illustrator: Laxman Aelay) |
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The Song of the Magpie Robin (Designer: Carl D’Silva) |
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The Surveyor (Designer: Pinaki De) |