After two years, we revamped the look of our online bookstore, The Dogears Bookshop. We decided to give it a more inviting appearance, one that encouraged customers to look what else we might have in store, and “linger” around a little. While we are, and will remain, primarily an online…
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Story Time in Kerala
by Rubin DCruz On a warm evening in 1972, when I was five years old and living in a village by the sea in Thiruvananthapuram, I accompanied my cousin to our village library. The librarian gave me a nice smile and took me to the old wooden shelves where the…
CinnamonTeal Publishing
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Publishing at the Speed of Light
There are moments when certain developments challenge your long-cherished beliefs about the business you are in. These developments pose questions that make you wonder if you were wrong to begin with, about the assumptions you made about your business, its core values, and about the customers you hoped you would…
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WordPress – Optimizing Images
Images can slow down your WordPress website !! It is said that Images capture time. But the irony is that the users are too impatient to wait for the entire page to load which leads to increase in the bounce rate. Worry not. Optimizing images helps you by keeping the…
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WordPress – Obtaining Google Analytics Tracking ID
Why should I use Google Analytics ? Google Analytics is a tool for the website owners to understand how their website is behaving out there in the actual world. This scans all the standard parameters of the website and reports back the status. If you want to improve your website,…
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Tutorial – Illustration using Mouse in Krita
Illustration without using a pen tablet ? Illustrations in Krita using the mouse is pretty much every beginners dilemma, as most don’t have access to pen tablets. To overcome this problem, we will now learn how to ink and color our sketches using just the mouse. Note : You can…
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WordPress – Sharing your activities on Social Media
Having problems sharing WordPress activities to social media automatically? We are biologically wired in sharing information about ourselves. I am assuming that WordPress is setup live on the server(if not go here). This tutorial will guide you to share the posts or recent activity of WordPress which will be directly…
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Tutorial – Cutting holes in meshes using Boolean Modifier
Can’t cut the holes in the meshes ? Use Boolean Modifier. Boolean Modifier is at your rescue. Modelling in blender can be a long and tedious work, but there are places where the process can be simplified. If you have ever attempted to model a gun, furniture or any other…
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8 New Interactive Features Ebook can now do
Heard about Interactive Ebooks ?? Ebooks are Not meant only for texts and images. With the advancement in the technology of Ebook devices and the advent of interactive Ebooks, every device is switching to a touch input. We have managed to summarize a couple of new interactives features that our…
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Tutorial – Multiple Colour Gradients Inkscape
Multiple colour gradients can be used in a very easy way using Inkscape. Let us learn to use the multiple colour gradients in Inkscape. Requirements : Software – Inkscape version 0.92 or higher. Time – 5 – 10 minutes. Now you can follow the steps given below : Step 1…