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| name = JustBooks CLC<br />
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| key_people = Sridhar Rajaram<br />
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'''JustBooks''' Solutions Pvt Ltd is a chain of rental libraries in India modeled on franchising. The company was founded at the NSRCEL incubator at [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|IIM Bangalore]] and was formerly known by Strata Retail and Technology Services Pvt. Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Vnn4jUejD4H0J6i9M7zHGL/Entrepreneurship-gains-ground-as-a-career-choice-on-campuses.html|title=Entrepreneurship gains ground as a career choice on campuses|date=28 October 2009|first=Archana|last=Rai|publisher=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Rent-Read-and-Return-JustBooks-clc/article16268244.ece|title=Rent, Read and Return @ JustBooks clc|date=26 June 2010|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/justbooks-at-chennai/article3316219.ece|title=JustBooks at Chennai|date=15 April 2012|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Initially operating in Bangalore, it has franchises in major cities across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG/2010/04/25&ID=Ar00200|title=BANGALORE'S BOOK PEOPLE, INDIA'S LIBRARY|date=25 April 2010|first=Nirmala|last=Govindarajan|work=The Times of India}}</ref> In December 2016, the company raised {{INRConvert|15|c|0}} from CoCreate Ventures and was rebranded as JustBooks Solutions Pvt Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/cocreate-ventures-raises-rs-15-crore-fund-to-help-startups-in-need/articleshow/56230932.cms|title=CoCreate Ventures raises Rs 15-crore fund to help startups in need|date=29 December 2016|first=Shadma|last=Shaikh|work=The Economic Times}}</ref> The libraries use [[Radio-frequency identification|RFID]] to keep track of books.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.forbesindia.com/article/work-in-progress/reading-made-easy-why-just-books-libraries-work/25832/1|title= Reading Made Easy - Why Just Books Libraries Work|date=15 June 2011|first=Nilofer|last=D’Souza|publisher=Forbes India}}</ref><br />
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The company has expanded its operations to [[Chennai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/a-new-library-in-anna-nagar/article5015383.ece|title=A new library in Anna Nagar|date=12 August 2013|first=Vipasha|last=Sinha|work=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Kochi,India|Kochi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-library-for-those-who-think-of-just-books/article2693729.ece|title=A library for those who think of 'just books'|date=7 December 2011|work=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Vishakapatnam]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/JustBooks-expands-reach/article11631615.ece|title=JustBooks expands reach|date=21 May 2014|work=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Mangalore]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=123592|title=JustBooks – A Book Lover's Paradise Opens at Bejai|date=1 December 2011|work=Daiji World}}</ref> [[Nagpur]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/For-the-pleasures-of-reading/articleshow/45083948.cms|title=For the pleasures of reading|date=9 November 2014|first=Barkha|last=Mathur|work=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Mumbai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/how-libraries-are-getting-their-groove-back/story-gRQEx7qWXBm1Z6mpBME7bI.html|title=How libraries are getting their groove back|date=16 August 2015|first=Bhairavi|last=Jhaveri|work=Hinduatan Times}}</ref> [[Pune]] , [[Hyderabad]] and other cities .<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/are-books-passe-these-new-age-libraries-beg-to-differ/articleshow/56506065.cms Are books passe? These new-age libraries in Bengaluru beg to differ]<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/reinventing-the-library/article8270616.ece Reinventing the library]<br />
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