The short lists for each category are listed in alphabetical order.

Publisher of the Year
WINNER
HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers India Limited
RUNNERS UP
Kalachuvadu Kalachuvadu Publications Pvt Ltd
Yoda Yoda Press
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
Penguin Penguin Books India
Rupa Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Publishing Innovation of the Year
WINNER
pratham book logo Donate-a-book
(Pratham Books)
RUNNERS UP
Bloody-Good-Book-Logo Bloody Good Book
eklavya Eklavya (for Books in Mundar)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
instascribe Instascribe
(Mudranik Technologies Private Limited)
thinktankplus ThinkTankPlus
(Pearson India Education Services Private Limited)
Bookstore of the Year
WINNER
Rachna Books Rachna Books
(Gangtok)
RUNNER UP
Kitabkhana Kitabkhana
(Maharashtra)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
cmyk CMYK
(New Delhi)
Literati Literati
(Calangute, Goa)
Walking BookFairs Walking BookFairs
(Bhubaneswar)
Printed Book of the Year
WINNER
clutch-of-indian-masterpieces A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces:
Extraordinary Short Stories from the 19th Century to the Present
(Aleph Book Company)
RUNNER UP
Wildfire Wild Fire: The Splendours of India’s Animal Kingdom
(Aleph Book Company)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
indian-classical-dance Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond
(Niyogi Books)
spicestory SPICESTORY
(Niyogi Books)
dramatic-decade The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years
(Rupa Publications)
Printed Children’s Book of the Year
WINNERS
disaibonhul Disaibon Hul
(adivaani)
boy-and-drum The Boy and the Drum
(Pratham Books)
RUNNER UP
So_Ja_ulloo So Ja Ullu
(Eklavya)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
around-the-world Around the World in Eighty Puzzles
(Scholastic India)
bookasura Bookasura: The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster
(Scholastic India)
Razas Bindu Raza’s Bindu
(Scholastic India)
pterodactyl The Pterodactyl’s Egg
(HarperCollins Publishers India Limited)
Digital Book of the Year
WINNERS
korma Korma, Kheer and Kismet
(Aleph Book Company)
dramatic-decade The Dramatic Decade
(Rupa Publications)
RUNNERS UP
special edition Is He Fresh
(Penguin Books India)
kakk-mam Kakk Mam Ani Gurbanjekka
(Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
mazya_pillanchya Mazya Pillanchya Babas
(Srujan Dreams Pvt. Ltd.)
Book Cover of the Year
WINNER
28_The Sibius Knot The Sibius Knot
(Designer: Arati Devasher)
RUNNER UP
27_The Second Coming The Second Coming
(Designer: Preeti Koul Chaudhry)
OTHERS SHORTLISTED
08_Bookasura The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster Bookasura: The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster
(Designer: Priya Kuriyan)
26_The Cats Save the Day ... Err ... Night The Cats Save the Day … Err … Night!
(Designer: Anjali Nayar)
19_Legend of Ramulamma The Legend of Ramulamma
(Designer: Nikheel Aphale, Illustrator: Laxman Aelay)
29_The Song of a Magpie Robbin The Song of the Magpie Robin
(Designer: Carl D’Silva)
30_The Surveyor The Surveyor
(Designer: Pinaki De)