Lets begin with the blatant truth. Before you embark on a journey to write an autobiography, you will need to ask yourself one question Why would someone want to read your autobiography? An autobiography is a self- authored story of a persons life. Unlike a book, an autobiography is steeped in the truth. Fiction gives authors plenty of reign to make things interesting. But the crux of an autobiography is your ...
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With over a million people accessing this website for information every month, Quora is a marketer's delight. A website that has a massive user base in India, the US, the UK, Canada, and China, a marketer cannot afford to miss out on an opportunity to leverage the full potential of Quora. For us authors, Quora is a treasure chest of potential readers, where we can wittily market our books and ...
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Here's the transcript of the podcast: [Music] Kiruba: Hello and welcome to the first book podcast - India's first podcast especially for those who have dreams and aspirations to become an author. My name is Kiruba Shankar and every week, I speak with experienced and bestselling authors to understand their writing habits, best practices, and tips to help you successfully author your first book. This podcast is supported by Notion PRess, India's ...
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This episode is unique because we are talking to one author who wrote the first draft of his book when he was in jail. Chetan Mahajan had a privileged education and an illustrious career spanning two decades in companies like O&M, Tata Interactive Services, Apollo group and Everonn. Unfortunately, in his own words, he joined the wrong company at the wrong time and he soon found himself in jail. In this ...
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We live in a world of 7 billion people; a beautiful planet that is home to amazing diversity. With thousands of languages spoken around the world, with people from different cultural and diverse backgrounds living together, and with so many things diversifying us at so many different levels, the world is indeed huge and not how the internet perceives it to be. Considering such vast diversity, we, as humans, have ...
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In the past, authors were known for their stints with typewriters or for bundles of papers and the trademark fountain pen. Times have changed today. Laptops have replaced the likes of typewriters, papers, and pens. This transformation is due to the advancement of technology and the advent of innovation in all fields, fostering the overall growth of us humans. In their day to day life, authors have to face a ...
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In this episode, we speak with Suman Kumar, the author of the newly launched coming-of-age novel, Ranga Half Pants. Suman has an interesting background. After spending a decade and half in large companies like Wipro, Dell and ESPNCricinfo, he took a very off-beat decision to quit a life of computers to follow his passion with words. He is now a movie script writer, a stand-up comic and an author. This podcast ...
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You can walk into any library today (online or the real deal) and the sheer number of books available can overwhelm even the most avid reader. There are a staggering number of books under each genre and each of them have something more appealing than the other. As a reader, the internet age is a truly glorious time for book lovers. As an author too, this is indeed a period ...
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Rajesh Setty has authored 18 books. And that's not even his profession. He managed to do this in spite of wearing multiple hats. He is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, an investor and mentor to many startups. He is a sought after speaker and consciously focuses on sharing his thoughts through writing, be it blogs, columns or books. Listen to the episode to learn about this writing journey and the ...
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Everyone has a type. Be it people, music, movies or books. With music and books especially, the 'my type' is more evident, which we call, the genre here. The genre is defined by Google as ''A category of literary composition determined by the tone, technique, and content". That is Google for you, but to simplify, just imagine, you are at a confluence of roads. There are five paths, each further ...
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Writing a novel and finishing it is hard, however getting a publisher to print the novel is harder. Unable to find publishers, there have been many authors who have taken the self-publishing route. With various self-publishing programs and websites that allow writers to publish their own stories, more authors are moving towards self-publishing. Here is a look at famous authors who chose self-publishing. If you already have a manuscript, learn How ...
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Drinking Hot Chocolate @Somerestaurant #yolo #foodporn #bestday #foodie #livetoeat Ever come across posts like this online? On photos, on check-ins, on status updates? Does your wall or profile get flooded by these random pieces of words clubbed by a hash symbol? If yes, welcome to the world of hashtags! It's a common scenario nowadays that you open your facebook, twitter, or Instagram handle and you see a post followed by tons ...
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As we know, promoting our book in the market is crucial in self-publishing. It requires us to come up with new, unique, and creative ways to take our book to the masses. One unique way we're going to venture into and reap benefits is through portfolios. For the uninitiated, create a Writing portfolios are compilations of an artist or a creator's best works that reflect his or her talent. Artists, ...
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Behind every author is a team of unsung allies and well-wishers, who actively take part in different stages of publishing. But the thing is we never considered their company and their efforts as a team work. We tend to forget our collaboration with them and overlook the importance of an author team. So far, we've been mentioning why an author needs to collaborate with cover designers, editors, and other professionals ...
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Okay, there's no debating on this one people do judge a book by its cover! If you've published a book already and wondering why your book hasn't sold volumes in the market, most probably your cover was too bad to be picked up. Before readers could get to reading blurb, bio and table of contents, they first look at the cover. Book cover is of prime importance and here, we've ...
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For the uninitiated, Goodreads is like LinkedIn for authors and readers. It has millions of users accessing from across the world and it's one of the best platforms you can use to reach out to your target audience. On Goodreads, readers list the books they've read and rate them; create lists of some of the best books in a particular category; and connect with other readers to know what they've ...
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Love is a universal feeling that transcends regions, boundaries, languages, ethnicity, and now even gender. It's the feel that everyone, throughout the world, can relate to. Perhaps, that's the reason why romance-fiction is one of the most popular genres in writing. So, if you've chosen to write a romance novel, there may be just two reasons you want to tap into the vast market of romance-fiction readers or you have ...
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Check out some of the fiction books lying in your bookshelf and you'll see that every story has a definite, basic structure to it. Structure is the building block for your story, without which your book will collapse. Imagine reading your favorite book from random chapters you start from chapter 10, then go on to reading chapter 4, and then to the last chapter, and finally the first. How would ...
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Let's come to terms with reality, readers no longer like to read stuff that has been washed, rinsed, and soaked n number of times. Readers are looking for something new to read; something that'll enchant them and enlighten them. So, if you want to steer clear from accusations on cliches to avoid while writing, follow some of the tips discussed below. But before that: What is a cliché? It is content ...
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Remember we mentioned that having a website or a blog is one of the most essential things to building an author platform? If yes, have you created a blog for yourself? If it's a yes again, you need to know how to differentiate your blog from tons and tons of blogs out there. For that, you need to write an engaging blog on the niche of your blog. If you think writing ...
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