MyKitaab: How To Publish and Market Your Books

Amanda Jones is a healthcare professional and a poet. She has written two poetry books where she conveys the message about diabetes. Her first poetry book, Poems For You & Your Neighbour: Health Disorders Simplified, was published in 2015, and her second poetry book will be released on November 14th 2016: World Diabetes Day. Amanda and I talk about her interest in poetry, why she feels that poetry can be an effective medium for conveying such an important message, her writing, editing and publishing experience. You can learn more at www.mykitaab.in/amanda

Dmitry Selemir is the Co-Founder of Scriggler, which is defined as “a writing, blogging and debating platform. An informal place to write and read on any subject, in any level of detail. A place to express views and ideas, share stories and poetry.” You can learn more about Dmitry and Scriggler by visiting www.mykitaab.in/dmitry and you can also sign up to the MyKitaab Podcast newsletter on that page.

Manasi Subramaniam, Rights editor at Harper Collins India, conducted a master class on publishing rights during Publishing Next 2016. During the masterclass, she talked about translations, film and other rights for books. Manasi also gave examples of how the B2B books rights process works at Book Fairs. You can get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/manasi The entire session is available at https://audioboom.com/channel/mykitaab-publishing-next--16-cast

Anna Erishkigal is a lawyer turned author from the United States. She has translated many of her books in Hindi (and soon in Kannada) languages. In this interview, we talk about Anna's approach to translation, why she prefers to pay up front for the translations, and how she markets her books. You can learn more about Anna and get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/anna

Alind Maheshwari is associated with Rajkamal Prakashan, a Hindi language book publisher from New Delhi, India. He talks about the impact of technology includes ebooks, audiobooks and App for the publishing house. We discuss the submission process for manuscripts, book publishing and distribution, translations, and international sales. You can get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/alind

In this episode, we have interviews of Leonard Fernandes, Co-Founder of Cinnamon Teal Publishing and Publishing Next, as well as author Savi Sharma. Leonard talks about the events that are planned for Publishing Next, some of the speakers and the key sessions. He also tells us why one should attend this event. Author Savi Sharma talks about her debut novel Everyone has a Story, which became a bestseller. She talks about her bookwriting, creating the characters, self publishing and marketing the book. Once her book sold more than 5,000 copies through Amazon, traditional publisher Westland offered her a two book deal. You can visit www.mykitaab.in/savi for the shownotes. You can also subscribe to MyKitaab Podcast on #iTunes at www.smarturl.it/mykitaab or on Stitcher radio at www.smarturl.it/mykitaabcast. Note: MyKitaab Podcast is podcasting partner of Publishing Next 2016. #indiepub #conference #podcast #books #authors #bestseller

Mainak Dhar is a Corporate Executive and a Bestselling Author.In this interview, he talks about writing habits, managing work-life balance, bookwriting as a passion versus a career option, productivity, book marketing, and writing across genres. Mainak also talk about how he writes on flights, and the influence of his family (his grandfather and parents) on his writing. You can listen to this podcast episode by visiting www.mykitaab.in/mainak You can subscribe to the MyKitaab Newsletter by visiting www.mykitaab.in and competing the sign-up form on the right hand side of the page. MyKitaab Podcast on Twitter: @Mykitaabcast on Instagram: @MyKitaabcast #productivity #bestselling #author #writing #habits

Robert Delgado was a promising football player from Uruguay, who became a Monk, lived in Argentina, UK and India; and now is the author of The Rishis series of fiction/fantasy books. Robert and I talk about his bookwriting journey, publishing experience and the Rishis Series. Shownotes are available at www.mykitaab.in/robert Robert is the author of Imitation of Christ: A Vedantic Interpretation, which is the only Vedantic commentary ever written on that Christian bestselling classic; and has translated Ramakrishna's main biography into Spanish. In 2004, Robert Delgado moved to India, where he spent two years studying different philosophies and the complex Indian culture. In 2007, he made his last trip to India and became Swami Chidakarananda. In 2013, he moved to the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He is at present staying in Argentina, where he recently published The One Infinite Being, and continues to work on the fiction series The Rishis. #monk #argentina #spanish #TheRishis #Vedanta

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Ritesh is a former investment banker turned entrepreneur in the book publishing space. He is the Co-Founder of Read Out Loud, a Mumbai based book publishing, marketing and distribution company. Ritesh and I talk about how to price your books in India, trends in publishing, how International authors can market and sell their books in India, how to use WhatsApp for book marketing, the controversy about the Times of India competition for authors;and finally, film options for books. Shownotes are available at www.mykitaab.in/ritesh You can subscribe to MyKitaab Podcast on iTunes by visiting www.smarturl.it/mykitaab or on Stitcher Radio at www.mykitaab.in/mykitaabcast. You can connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/mykitaabcast or on Twitter: @ Mykitaabcast and Instagram @mykitaabcast

In this episode, we bring to you the first chapter of the book NRI:Now, Returned to India, written and narrated by Amar Vyas, the host of MyKitaab Podcast. Our aim is to illustrate that it is possible for authors to produce good quality audio narration of their books. Your comments and feedback are appreciated! Now, Returned to India is a Back-to-Rags story of a NRI who left for India and never went back. When Amol Dixit left Chicago for India eighteen months ago, he had not imagined that he would find himself sleeping on the streets of Mumbai one day. He had planned to spend a year with his family in Pune and return to North America. When the year came to an end, he chose to stay back. And that's when things really started going downhill. Very soon, he would be broke, unemployed and married. But Amol knew that his life was soon going to change for the better. Gyaani Baba had told him so. You can subscribe to the NRI:Now, Returned to India podcast by visiting www.smarturl.it/nricast

In this newscast, we have three stories: interview of Kanishka Gupta from Writers Side Literary Agency in The Hans India; article on Savi Sharma, Author of Everyone has a Story, in Femina; and finally, a chain of bookstores in Mexico that is named after Mahatma Gandhi. Shownotes and links are available at www.mykitaab.in/newscast14

Garrett is an author, filmmaker and podcaster. He has authored 12 books till date, including the Nightblade and The Academy Journal Series. His latest book The Firemage's Vengeance: A Book of Underrealm (The Academy Journals 3) released this week (July 2016). Garrett and I talk about his career journey from audio production to filmmaking to now bookwriting. We talk about his writing habits, experience in publishing a book in India through Pothi.com, benefits of writing a fantasy series, his plans to launch a fiction podcast, and his upcoming books. The shownotes are available at www.mykitaab.in/garrett You can subscribe to MyKitaab Podcast on iTunes by visiting www.smarturl.it/mykitaab or on Stitcher Radio at www.mykitaab.in/mykitaabcast. You can connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/mykitaabcast or on Twitter: @ Mykitaabcast and Instagram @mykitaabcast #selfpublishing #publishing #podcast #youtube #audiobooks #fantasy #series

In this episode of the news and analysis cast (Newscast13), we have four news stories related to books and publishing in India. a. Water leakage damages new books in National Library in Kolkata (The Hindu, July 14th, 2016) b. Amazon Kindle Oasis Launch (The Mobile Indian, July 11, 2016) c. Graphic novels in India (The Asian Age, July 7, 2016) d. $1.25 million investment in Sharechat and what it could mean for authors. Links and shownotes are available at www.mykitaab.in/newscast13

Ganesh V is the Author of the book The Underage CEOs, which traces the stories of 11 entrepreneurs from small towns and Tier II cities of India. Ganesh is an engineer who worked in the area of marketing communication, and now is a writer with interest in travel, music, culture, lifestyle, health, communities, parenting and entrepreneurship.In this interview, we talk about Ganesh's writing, his journey as an author, the process he followed to write the manuscript, experiences with publishing and finally, the feedback from readers and his upcoming book. This is the first interview of MyKitaab Podcast to be recorded in video as well as audio, the link to the Youtube Video is https://youtu.be/fMyUHW_iuog You can listen to this podcast interview and read the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/ganeshv