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SShabnam Srivastava

Shabnam Sudha Srivastava

PR, Marketing & Narrative Strategist — Indian Publishing

I build the campaigns that turn books into cultural moments, and the strategies that turn creators, authors, founders and brands into stories people actually follow.

Shabnam Sudha Srivastava, General Manager, Marketing at HarperCollins India.
  • 15+ years

    across HarperCollins India, Frankfurt Book Fair and Penguin Random House India

  • 1,50,000+

    copies sold within a month on a single campaign

  • No. 1

    on Nielsen India BookScan (Fiction)

  • 200+

    creator community, built from scratch and run by a team of three

Flagship campaign

Too Good To Be True

A debut romance novel got a soundtrack, a coffee blend, and a 14-city tour that ran like a concert schedule. It became the fastest-selling fiction title of the season. This is what happens when you treat a book like a world instead of a product.

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Author Prajakta Koli holding a Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters bag labelled “Too Good To Be True Blend” alongside a copy of her novel Too Good To Be True.
The Too Good To Be True Blend — a custom Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters roast created for the launch of Prajakta Koli’s debut novel. A first for an Indian trade fiction title.

What I Do

Fifteen years working where content, culture and community meet — launch strategy, media that actually lands, and the narrative work behind authors, founders and brands.

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  • Amazon India Popular Choice Debut Book 2025
  • Crossword Popular Choice Award (Fiction) 2025
  • Book of the Year (Fiction), Puri Literary Festival 2025
  • General Manager, Marketing, HarperCollins India