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The holy book of the Sikhs is known as the Guru Granth Sahib and it is considered as the eternal guru for all times after the tenth guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, declared that the lineage of living gurus will end with him. The original name of the Guru Granth Sahib was Adi Granth and it was Guru Gobind Singh who elevated it to the status of the eternal and immortal guru by naming the book, Guru Granth Sahib. This holy book which comprises the sermons of the Gurus called the Gurubani, is written in the Gurmukhi script, ... Read More

According to the International Publishers Association, China and America publish almost half of the books published in the world every year. In the year 2015-16, about 16 lakh books came out in the market and half of them (about 8 lakh) was published by only China and America. China alone published 4.70 lakh books while the number of books published by America was 3.39 lakh. Britain got the third spot by publishing 1.73 lakh books. France and Germany got the fourth and the fifth spots by publishing 1.06 lakh and 0.89 lakh books respectively in the year 2015-16.