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 Writing a book has always been fun. It's creative, it's imaginative, and it's a wonderful process. To create your own world, your own characters and then to send it out in the world.  However, writing a book, writing a novel is also a tedious task on the other hand. A novel which can have many chapters, it's not easy to write and connect all the dots without any guidance.  And that's why we're here to help you in guiding you how to write and get your book published:  1. Edit and proofread-  Writing a novel isn't sufficient. What makes a book perfect is the editing and proofreading that's been done on the book. No author, no matter how successful can write a book that's perfect in one go.  2. Identity a target audience for your novel-  It's important to know for whom you're writing a book. For example, are you writing a book for kids? Or women? Or men? Or athletes? Or doctors? Once you know for whom you're writing a book, it becomes easie

 The problem with traditional publishing is that it’s insanely competitive, and there are a lot of hoops to jump through to even have a chance at getting your book accepted by a traditional publishing house. But now, the game is changing, and it’s never been easier for writers to self-publish their book. Self-publishing is taking the book world by storm… so what is self-publishing exactly? If you’re a writer researching how to publish a book, you’re taking the right step by weighing all of your publishing options. Self-publishing has become a household term for writers and authors all around the world, thanks to technology. Being a writer in today’s digital age means you have more options than ever on how to become a published author—self-publishing being among the best for those that want full creative control over their book. Today, writers can use powerful technology and the internet to self-publish a book and share their stories with a global readership. Traditional publishers no l

 Writing a book has always been fun. It's creative, it's imaginative, and it's a wonderful process. To create your own world, your own characters and then to send it out in the world.  However, publishing your book is also as important as writing a good book, and often harder than the writing part. Until one publishes the book correctly, it doesn't matter how well you wrote the book, because there won't be an audience to buy or read or review it.  So it becomes very important to choose the correct platform for the publishing of the book to gain more sales, profits, brand name, recognition and popularity.  Gone are the days of getting your book traditionally published taking weeks and months. Now's the time to get your book self published in a matter of few hours or days.  Here are few benefits of self-publishing a book in India 1. Greater Creative Control- In self publishing, the author gets more creative freedom and control of designing their own covers, titles

 Writing a book has always been fun. It's creative, it's imaginative, and it's a wonderful process. To create your own world, your own characters and then to send it out in the world.  However, promotion and marketing of your book is also as important as writing a good book, and often harder than the writing part. Until one promotes and markets the book correctly, it doesn't matter how well you wrote the book, because there won't be an audience to buy or read or review it.  So it becomes very important to choose the correct platform for the promotions of the book to gain more sales, profits, brand name, recognition and popularity.  As of now, off market promotion strategies aren't as viable as online marketing strategies. Offline markets such as book stores do attract customers, but not as many as online market to sell your book online. That's where Social Media Marketing and promotion come into play to sell your book.  Social Media concerns many sites like

 Kurukshetra is one of the most famous and widely read poem by the renowned hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Based on the epic of Mahabharata in a modern sense, it depicts the futility of wars and violence in totality.  Ramdhari Singh was born 23 September 1908 and died on 24 April 1974, known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi and Maithili language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded Veer Rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi ('national poet') on account of his inspiring patriotic compositions. He was a regular poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan and is hailed to be as popular and connected to poetry lovers for Hindi speakers as Pushkin for Russians. As a student, Dinkar had to battle day to day issues, some related to their family's economic circumstances. When he was a student of Mokama High school,  i

 Parshuraam ki Pratiksha  Parshuraam ki Pratiksha is a poetry collection book based on the social issues. It's a collection of almost 18 poems. It was written by the very famous Hindi poet and writer, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Ramdhari Singh was born 23 September 1908 and died on 24 April 1974, known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi and Maithili language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded Veer Rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi ('national poet') on account of his inspiring patriotic compositions. He was a regular poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan and is hailed to be as popular and connected to poetry lovers for Hindi speakers as Pushkin for Russians. As a student, Dinkar had to battle day to day issues, some related to their family's economic circumstances. When he was a student of Mokama High sc

 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar born 23 September 1908 and died on 24 April 1974, known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi and Maithili language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded Veer Rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi ('national poet') on account of his inspiring patriotic compositions. He was a regular poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan and is hailed to be as popular and connected to poetry lovers for Hindi speakers as Pushkin for Russians. Some of his popular works are-  As a student, Dinkar had to battle day to day issues, some related to their family's economic circumstances. When he was a student of Mokama High School, it was not possible for him to stay on till school closed at four p.m.as he had to leave the class after the lunch break to catch the steamer back home. He could not afford to be in the

 While sitting in our office on one sultry September afternoon, we lazily asked each other about a new venture idea. With winters yet to come, summers gone, autumn setting in, we were wearing our creative hats ready to take on a new project. And then it occurred to us, why not do something in Hindi? One of the largest Northern Indian area is covered by Hindi speaking states and in dire need of unique platforms in Hindi.  Now that the language was decided, what should be the product? Someone suggested to design a phone in Hindi, and the other said to design a coding language. By evening and over a few cups of ginger tea, we unanimously decided to go for a writing, reading and publishing platform in Hindi to motivate the readers, writers of India and make their publishing dream come true in less budget and time. We even selected the name "Shabd", the literal meaning "words" for the venture and started "write" away on the project. We were that excited. Time a

 Hello Booklouses. We here at Shabd have a great news for you. We’re organizing a writing competition for all you writers out there and not only that, you can win prizes up to Rs 100000. And if you think that’s the only goodie, well that’s not all. We will also publish your book in a paperback print. To participate in the competition, register yourself for free on platform: FAQ’s Question- Can I participate from the middle of the competition? Answer- Yes. You can decide to take participation in the contest from any date falling in between 10th May to 10th August. Question- Can I give my already published works in the competition? Answer- Yes, but the creations should be your original works with your copyrights. Question- Can I give more than one book in the contest? Answer- Yes, you can if you wish. Question- Can a writer participate in the contest in more than one category? For example, can I publish my multiple works in multiple categories like stories, novels, poems? Answer-Yes, you

 Online book publishing in India There were times when people used to wait for ages to get their manuscripts approved from traditional publishing houses and then used to again go around bookstores and bookstalls to showcase their books, in both places, they had to pay huge sums- first to get their books approved and published, and then to ensure they're available in market.  Publishing a paperback copy of your book costs a lot, because a lot of tangible items are used, like paper, ink, cover. Also, in paperback publishing, most publishers print at least 10-20 copies in one go, not just one, so it's always an assembled costs.  However, with time we moved to a digital world. Earlier, people used to read real books, now most people, even avid readers find it easier to read more and more books online and on digital devices which is cheaper and more convenient.  One needs to be where the market is. If most of the readers are now preferring online books, authors are flocking together

 Top Websites For Writers Gone are the days when writers used to write on papers with pens and then used to send these handwritten manuscripts to tons of traditional publishers to get their book published in paperback format, and get rejected in most of these publishing houses.  In 2022, obviously times have changed and people have gone digital and online. Writers now write on digital devices like on their smartphones, their tablets, their laptops, their computers and then simply email it to the publishing houses.  Even better, most publishing houses have introduced the feature of self publishing on their websites which enables the writers to publish their own book at low costs in a matter of few weeks without needing anyone's approval or guidance.  They even need not write on any other platform like MS Word or notepad, they can simply and directly write into the writing spaces provided by these websites, save as draft and publish once done. Even if not as a complete book, writers

 Ten years ago, traditional book publishing was in full swing and digital media wasn't still very popular with the population of the world. eBooks, digital media and news houses, websites, blogs etc. were present but not in a huge numbers. Most people still didn't have smartphones or other high end digital end devices to read digital content at that time.  However, slowly and steadily, the rise in digital devices like smartphones, tablets, computers with each person gave rise to the publishing of content on digital medium.  Today, right now, we have hundreds of big and small publishing platforms in India, be it books, news, websites, or blogs. Every publishing company that was just in traditional publishing, is now operating in self publishing plus in digital formats. Now people find it easy to read books, news or other important information, or even watch new content on their phones especially rather than carrying books or newspapers around or researching in libraries about th

 Divya Prakash Dubey was  born in Lucknow on 8th May, 1982 and is currently 40 years old. He completed his Computer Science degree from College of Engineering Roorkee, and then pursued MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. After being placed in an MNC job, he started writing and got his stories published.  He has written numerous books in Hindi like Musafir Cafe, October Junction, Ibnebatuti, and also has couple of short films. He also write songs. He has also took up two ventures known as "Sunday wali chitti" and "StoryBaazi", both working on story telling. Some of his notable works are: शर्तें लागू  There are books that feel like a book while reading and then there is ‘Sharten Laagoo’. The simple and lively stories compel you to take a look back at your own life and remember when you put these incidences at the back of your mind. It’s not just a collection of stories and a true incident, but also a reflection of what every one of us has seen

  Sudha Murty an Indian writer, philanthropist, author, social worker, chairman of the Infosys Foundation. She was born on 19th August, 1950 in Karnataka. Murty was the first woman Engineer hired at the TELCO after she had written a personal letter to Mr. J.R.D Tata against the practice of only interviewing and appointing men for the job, in reply to which she was screened on a special interview and immediately hired by TELCO. She had also been awarded with Padma Shree in 2006. She married co-founder of the Infosys Mr. Narayana Murty and has two children. Sudha Murty has written quite a lot of books which have been translated in all major Indian languages, and they include short stories, complete novels, children’s books. She has also written actively for newspapers, and a quite lot of her work revolves around students and youth. Some of must read Sudha Murty books available online are: How The Onion Got Its layers Have you noticed how the onion has so many layers? And have yo

 Divya Prakash Dubey was  born in Lucknow on 8th May, 1982 and is currently 40 years old. He completed his Computer Science degree from College of Engineering Roorkee, and then pursued MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. After being placed in an MNC job, he started writing and got his stories published.  He has written numerous books in Hindi like Musafir Cafe, October Junction , Ibnebatuti and also has couple of short films. He also write songs. He has also took up two ventures known as "Sunday wali chitti" and "StoryBaazi", both working on story telling. Dubey writes stories in Hindi, but not in the traditional or conventional way. He has changed the style of Hindi writing and has become one of the first names in the market modern contemporary Hindi authors in Indian Market.  His popular book "Musafir Cafe" revolves around the life of Sudha and Chandar, both unique and different in their own ways and how they meet up despite the

Sudha Murty And The Kids Sudha Murty , an Indian writer, philanthropist, author, social worker, chairman of the Infosys Foundation. She was born on 19th August, 1950 in Karnataka. Murty was the first woman Engineer hired at the TELCO after she had written a personal letter to Mr. J.R.D Tata against the practice of only interviewing and appointing men for the job, in reply to which she was screened on a special interview and immediately hired by TELCO. She had also been awarded with Padma Shree in 2006. She married co-founder of the Infosys Mr. Narayana Murty and has two children. Sudha Murty has written quite a lot of books which have been translated in all major Indian languages, and they include short stories, complete novels, children’s books. She has also written actively for newspapers, and a quite lot of her work revolves around kids. Some of her notable works for kids are: Grandma’s Bag of Stories Memories of a grandparent spinning tales around animals and mysterious characters