A New Look
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…
The pros and cons of having an ecommerce-enabled website
When we launched CinnamonTeal Design earlier this month (July 2017), our repertoire included a whole bunch of services that we were already offering our authors previously as part of our self-publishing portfolio. Hitherto hidden behind…
Across Regions and Genres
Driven by our passion for literary awareness and with the sole motive of spreading it among all readers, Dogears Etc has now moved across different regional languages and genres. The online bookstore was originally conceptualised…
The Story Behind Your Story – Effective Book Promotion and Marketing
The journey of a book starts even before it is written. No matter how touching the story is or how real the characters are. No one will pick the book off the shelf unless you…
An Empire for Sale
by Frederick Noronha, Publisher, Goa,1556 Goa — which teetered on the brink of collapse in the tumultuous seventeenth century — actually became a thriving cultural, religious and diplomatic hub in the eighteenth century, says a…
Social Media for Authors
-Percy Parry Traditional publishers have right from the beginning decided whether or not to publish a book based on the platform that the author’s book can generate in the market. And many aurthors think that…
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…
No easy answers
The dangers of losing out to e-book piracy is a real one. It can mean hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars in lost sales and little to show for the author’s efforts. In situations where the…
Canoodling the Customer
In a rather interesting blog, Jürgen Snoeren, Manager Operations and Digital with Amsterdam-based publisher MeulenhoffBoekerij, exhorts small publishers to establish relationships with their customers rather than with retailers. Obvious as it may seem, it is…
Last Mile Issues
Today, a rather interesting commentary on the distribution system in India, was made in an article on The BookSeller: Examining the Indian market, Pan Macmillan Asia m.d. Daniel Watts, who is based in New Delhi,…