Who We Are
APK Publishers is a Pune-based publishing house established in 2008 with the mission of helping first-time writers get published. True to our mission, we have published 350+ titles till date, almost all of them by first-time writers! We publish English books. We have published fiction as well as non-fiction (on many different topics).
Team
Prashant Karhade (Co-Founder, Mentor)
Prashant Karhade is a hardcore techie who did his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1995, and Masters in Electrical & Computer Science from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He started his career at Intel and worked in the Silicon Valley for 6 years before he came back to India for good in 20023. He has been in Pune ever since.
The writing bug bit Prashant after his elder daughter was born in 2003. He ended up writing ‘Memory Remains: Journey of an Indian to the US & Back’, his debut novel. Since then he has written 6 more books:
- Making It On My Own: 10 Inspiring Stories of Your Entrepreneur-Next-Door
- A Set of 4 children’s story books
- My Health My Responsibility: A Systmatic 15-Step Approach to Take Control of Your Health
Anagha Karhade (Co-Founder, CEO)
Anagha is a Commerce graduate from Mithibai College in Mumbai. She has been managing the day-to-day operations of APK Publishers since 2010.
Today, most of Anagha’s supporting staff members are all females. With the help of her ‘girl gang’ and guidance from Prashant, Anagha has plans to build on the foundation built since 2008 and grow aggresively in the years to come.
Support Staff
The support staff of APk Publishers includes editors, cover designers, printers, and marketers. They all work together to turn your dream – of going from a raw manuscript to a finished book – into a reality.
Why
Prashant went through all the harrowing experiences that most first-time writers go through while getting their book published. He finally found a publisher, but he did such a horrible job that Prashant thought, ‘I can do this 100 times better myself.’ And that’s why he started APK Publishers, almost on a whim. But the mission has been simple and straightforward from day one:
- Help first-time writers get published.
- Make the process enjoyable. In other words, replace 'harrowing experiences with sweet memories'.
- Do business ethically. Maintain honesty and transparency at all times.
What
Our Story
Prashant was bit by the writing bug in 2003, after his elder daughter was born. He ended up writing ‘Memory Remains: Journey of an Indian to the US & Back’, his debut novel.
When he tried to publish it, he went through all the harrowing experiences that most first-time writers go through while getting their book published. He finally found a Mumbai-based publisher, but he did such a horrible job that Prashant thought, ‘I can do this 100 times better myself.’ That’s how he started APK Publishers. And the second edition of ‘Memory Remains’ was the first book published by APK Publishers.
Prashant’s second book, ‘Making It On My Own: Ten Inspiring Stories Of Your Entrepreneur-Next-Door’, was the second book published by APK Publishers. Prashant ended up writing 5 more books:
A set of 4 children’s story books (2010) – 1) Jumbo the Aeroplane, 2) Kiki and Meeka, 3) The Dinosaur Cloud, and 4) The Hungry Python. These were stories that Prashant & Anagha came up with for their own daughters and then turned into real books.
My Health My Responsibility: A Systematic 15-Step Approach to Take Control of Your Health (2024) – Prashant went through an amazing health transformation. You can do it too by following these steps! This book will also bust a lot of myths and be a true eye opener for you!
After publishing 2nd edition of MR and MIOMO, Prashant started getting contacted by other writers. That’s how APK Publishers started publishing books by ‘outside’ writers. Fast forward to 2025, APK has published 350+ titles till date!
Our focus was on helping first-time writers. That’s why we have published fiction books, as well as non-fiction books on a variety of topics. And we will continue to do that in the future as well!
Going forward, APK Publishers plans to build on the foundation of the first 16 years of business and grow aggressively. As we build and launch our new capabilities, we will make announcements on all the social media platforms. Do follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to get all these updates.