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Far From the Madding Crowd

The official blog of CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, and of The Dogears Bookshop.

Far From the Madding Crowd

The official blog of CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, and of The Dogears Bookshop.

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Marketing your book!

Posted on February 22, 2011March 10, 2017

After your book has been written, edited and laid out and ready to be printed, you need to start thinking about ways to market it so that people know about your book and set out to buy it. Book marketing, perhaps, is most ignored by authors when they could themselves…

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Kaivalya – My Debut Novel

Posted on September 13, 2010March 10, 2017

Perhaps there is no greater pleasure on earth, than being immersed in a good book. For me, it has to especially be crime fiction. I guess I will be eternally indebted to innumerable authors who have lightened up my life every single day. How much ever crappy the day was…

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You are quite Clever !!

Posted on August 20, 2010March 10, 2017

by Claire Odogbo, Author of “Learning to Learn” I recently had a conversation with a senior colleague at work. She told me that she didn’t consider herself to be intelligent. I was shocked because I KNEW she was intelligent – I mean, that is how she got to rise in…

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The big mystery – where is crime genre in India?

Posted on July 8, 2010March 10, 2017

My romance with crime fiction started way back during my childhood. Thanks to Enid Blyton. Holidays, especially summer holidays meant trekking to the nearest library. The library close to my home in Malleswaram, Bengalooru, was actually a hole in the wall. It was a 10 feet by 15 feet window-less…

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Meet Our Author – U. A. Kiran

Posted on June 23, 2010March 10, 2017

U. A. Kiran was born in Cannanore in Kerala, India. From Kerala, he came to Howrah in West Bengal to learn Bengali, Hindi and finally English which became the medium of expression and the language of his creativity. Having completed his Diploma in Management in West Bengal he worked in…

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The Grammar Nazi and the Zen Grammarian

Posted on April 24, 2010March 10, 2017

Grammar Nazis and the Zen Grammarian Towards the fag end of the second World War, a rumour was running through the Allied countries, characterized by this paragraph from Time Magazine: “But what of the top Nazis who cannot hide? With a compact army of young SS and Hitler Youth fanatics,…

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Far From the Madding Crowd is the blog of CinnamonTeal Print and Publishing, and of The Dogears Bookshop, the first a self-publishing service, the second a physical bookshop, located in Goa (India). Our blogs cover topics mostly related to books, their production and sale, as also to the joyous topic of reading. wehave been in the book business since 2006, and we hope to share our observations of the Indian publishing industry with you.

We are also looking for guest bloggers who will share their thoughts with us, so if you are interested, please drop us a line at [email protected].

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