Publishing Next, the conference that dwells on a single point agenda, the “future of publishing”, will be held in Goa on the 14th and 15th of September 2012. This year the conference has expanded its scope to include panel discussions, “how-to” workshops and insight talks. The conference, which will be…
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Meet the Author: Deepak Shergill
Commander Deepak K L Shergill, psc. , author of The Beast of the Dragon (CinnamonTeal, 2012) took voluntary retirement from the Indian Navy on 1st September 1999 after over 23 years of service. He now sails as a Master Mariner on AHTSVs and has extensive experience and insight in the…
Looking Back: Publishing Next 2011
by Vinutha Mallya Going to Goa for a conference? No one around me could hide the tone of incredulity in their question, when I was invited as a speaker for Publishing Next 2011. I was thrilled at being able to go to Goa, where my ancestors hailed from, for something…
E-book Reading Software
We have had many of our authors request us for our e-book development services only to later realize that they often do not have the tools to view these e-books in the absence of an e-reader. This post explains how to view these files on your PC through software programs…
dogearsetc.com will soon sell e-books
In a couple of months from now, we will be launching our own e-book development and distribution service via dogearsetc.com and cinnamonteal.in. While the technical aspects of this service are ready, a few loose ends to be tied and we will be ready to go. Although e-book development and sales…
Arte da Lingoa Canarim
Thomas Stephens, arguably one of the first Englishmen to come to India, ultimately spent 40 years of his life here, most of them in Goa. Born at Clyffe Pipard, Bushton, Wiltshire, England in 1549, he fled to Lisbon to escape religious persecution wrought by Henry VIII against the Catholics. In…
Copyright: Not a Right to Copy
by Vinutha Mallya The World Book and Copyright Day is being celebrated the world-over today. In India, books and publishing have seen a boom in the last decade. The ushering in of the knowledge-based economy in the new millennium has contributed to the surge in the demand for books. But…
At What Price?
As Indian publishers gradually take to eBooks, they will have to contend with the question of how these eBooks should be priced. In the mature markets of the West, there is still no consensus on this issue. Amazon prices its books starting at $1.99 and going up to $9.99 but…
The Margao Book Club
It was always our dream to have a book club in Margao. So when we finally moved to a new office space in the city that gave us enough room to host a book club meeting, we jumped at the opportunity. Two months into moving in, we had our first…
More eBook Hype
We’ve just got back from the World Book Fair in Delhi. This time around we were more perceptive to the environment and learnt a few things during the 9 days we spent there. But more on that later. However, if there was one aspect of the fair that could not…