This Kerala creator makes tiny libraries filled with miniature books
Prabin C, a software developer from Kuttipuram, has created 'My Little Library', a miniature bookshelf filled with tiny books. The product has gained popularity on social media, leading to customisation requests and sales of over 3,000 units. Each library can be tailored to include books in various languages, with prices ranging from ₹1299 to ₹4899.
- ▪Prabin C combined his love for reading and creating miniatures to develop My Little Library.
- ▪The smallest shelf can fit 50 books, while the largest can hold over 400 miniature books.
- ▪He has sold more than 3,000 little libraries in the past year and a half.
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Imagine a bookshelf that you can hold in one hand, slightly bigger than your palm. Inside it are 40 of your favourite books in miniature form — a little personal library. My Little Library is just that: a diminutive bookcase filled with miniature books, the kind you can carry with you, place on your workspace, or fix it on a wall! Prabin C, a Kuttipuram-based software developer, combined his two loves — of reading and creating miniatures — when he struck upon the idea of creating miniature libraries lined with his favourite books. He says, “We may not all possess the books we have read or want to read. For example, if you borrowed them from the library.
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