Not the tech related but i wrote my first Hindi poetry book and is called “Ankurit Prem / अंकुरित प्रेम”. It’s talk about love, life, nature, job, work and everything related.
The manuscript was rejected by a publisher and is now being self-published. It is not a perfect book and have flaws. However, i promise to improve myself based on all the feedbacks.
I would be really happy if you awesome people pre-book few books so i send the order quantity for printing.
Price: Rs 249, would sale around Rs180-190 minimum through amazon and other portal.
Prebook / Pre-order Price: Rs 149 only with free shipping. Buy two in Rs 280
The book will be officially available in September, 2025.
Cover - I kept it simple and minimal while i can draw myself in procreate, i want readers to focus on inner pages. i might put a drawing in future release.
it is hindi, the manuscript was rejected by a top publisher, not sure it is because of my bad writing or no social following or typo mistakes in Hindi. i have self published as i not wanted to run behind the publishers and get rejected. They don’t even share the rejection reasons to improve things.
if i get good feedback, i promise to bring better version of it.
i think the main reason would be not getting enough sales by publishing my book because of no social presence, background. they would spend on cover, marketing and they might have afraid to have a loss in this process.
i have no issue with rejections but if you not share the exact reason then you/a publisher is mainly working for profit.
Publishers have certain targets to meet. Many books are not sellable, or not readable. People like Chetan Bhagat has destroyed literature. People like Amish are trying to revive it. There is no middle ground. I don’t want to name and shame, but some of the top sellers are absolute trash. Maybe we have failed as a society of readers.
Good going… hand over free samples to random people who aren’t friends and family to see how those people take it. I dont know about copyright but you should do it so other cant copy and publish your work by their name.
Great, now you just need to hand out samples without worrying about copy paste. Dont get your hopes up, on your first writing journey, to sell. Most people won’t read books even if free let alone convince them to buy.
Also if you can, then do expand to stories. Especially horror and adventure stuff. I personally love these type of thrilling story more than romantic one, romantic story/poems target audience are mostly woman, that too less than other niche, in the time of digital media..
I’ve heard this line so often and wonder why people imply its like some forever thing instead of him cashing in on a temporary trend. A trend that constantly changes.
Will the next generation or even current care what the previous was into?
Another fatalist comment. Why?
If the top sellers are trash it’s a matter of time that people become more discriminating. Are there no counter currents that demand more
Whatever is in fashion now is a snapshot of society’s preferences. Nothing is set in stone unless you want to tell me otherwise.
I’ll give you an example for another domain. In hindi. For a long time I’ve never cared about bollywood. That is until I started watching serials and to my surprise I found myself engaged.
What changed? The format.
Instead of one shot movie there was more going on, more to say. The stories were engaging and worth a watch.
Am referring to movies and serials in hindi. Or any other regional language where subtitles are provided.
Is this available only in Hindi or are there plans to extend it to other languages as well?