How Jeffrey Archer's Books Reached India Within Days Of Release

Jeffrey Archer, known for his bestselling novels and a life that also included politics and a perjury conviction, died on Monday. He was 86. The British author's publisher, HarperCollins, said Archer died "suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions."Archer had a long relationship with India. He visited the country several times and even had a rather unusual reason for launching his books in India.Speaking at the Times LitFest in 2021, Archer explained why his books sometimes found their way to Indian readers almost immediately after their global release. "The day the book comes out anywhere in the world, some entrepreneurial Indian buys one copy, flies back to India and has it printed and on the streets three days later and there's nothing I can do about it," he said. His admiration for Indian readers also came up in an exclusive interview with NDTV last year.