Book publishers on one hand are complaining about the decline in sales of stationery items, on the other hand, ruled notebook prices are increasing rapidly.
For example a 180 page notebook of camlin cost Rs 22 sometime ago, a 176 page notebook of ankit enterprises cost Rs 25 a few months ago and in December 2015, a 176 page ankit enterprises notebook cost Rs 28
On the other hand, prices of printed books and magazines has declined to a great extent.
In most smaller shops, commercial records are kept in the notebook either a small notebook or a long book. Even smaller internet companies prefer to keep some of their records on notebooks which was observed during a visit to a internet company in an industrial estate.
It is surprising that no company seems to interested in addressing the demand for the keeping business records offline in smaller companies, A business owner who did not keep any paper records for a small business in 2001, now needs a large amount of stationery due to corporate espionage, identity theft and cybercrime