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Dear Diary! They say books are your best friends. Perhaps that is why I have few human friends, because I love reading books. When I was a five-year-old, I remember papa gifted me a Barbie doll; along with it was a tiny book – with other Barbie dolls. That was my first book, the one I still have. From there began my friendship with dear books. My colleagues at school often tease me that though grown up I am so crazy about dolls and books on them. Hardly does anyone know I have a secret love for romance books too. The Fault in Our Stars is my favourite. I imagine myself as a 16-year-old Hazel and wonder if ever my Augustus will come. Neither at school nor at college is anyone who sees me that way. I feel sad and try to move on – same as the protagonists in my reads. I wish I could in fact write a book someday. If not in real, maybe how I imagine my Prince Charming can be a story. I have heard book publishing world has gone rather easy, though I wonder if I could only get ...

Are you wondering how to publish a book in India? Has no one guided you the right way to being a bestseller author? Or are you still wondering how to begin? This article may help you. Harry Potter fame JK Rowling says her manuscript was rejected by over 30 publishers, Chetan Bhagat says his was rejected over 20 and Amish Tripathi says his was some 20 times. It was so that Amish decided to self-publish his book, for just himself is what he had thought. Who knew he would be one of the most widely read authors in the second most populous country in the world? They now believe looking for best self publishing companies can lead to your destination. He has often spoken how self-publishing has helped him and, following him, many debut authors have chosen this path. New sensation Savi Sharma is a result of self-publishing. She says when she was looking for a publisher for her first book, none entertained her and she decided to self-publish. She published her book and became a...

Some years ago when reading technology was still being upgraded, new devices were being launched for the book lovers who found it tough to carry 5-6 books at a time, I read somewhere, “ Get free Ebooks .”, Wait! What? Free? What could have been better! I too thought it to be the time to try the Kindle reading device, after all, who doesn’t like a few extra bucks saved? The changes the world has witnessed in the last 200 years have been vital in the field of technology. It so happened when the people around the world met each other and exchanged cultures. With these exchanged ideas have come exceptional inventions – and these inventions are no doubt from the read people from around the world. When we say ‘read’, it means most of these celebrated geniuses are well-read. Free ebooks today are an additional motivation to read more, however, books, not only today or a century ago but even millennia ago, were a motivational tool for a change. Free ebooks are now an added motiv...

In 1581, the idea of a coffee table book was first mentioned in an essay. Years later, in the 1950s came the first book into existence, a hardbound book with a lot of pictures and just a handful of text. Since electronic gadgets have come into play, books are losing their charm with time. People today are too busy with their fast-paced life; they have little time to read, so lately, personalised books have gained a prominent position in the book industry. These books serve multiple purposes, to be used as a photo album or a traditional textbook. For the same reason, such books are loved by most of the people, pictures speak more than the text. Countless art books have been published worldwide on various subjects – on art, cultures, dance, jewellery, cuisine, wildlife, places, people – but not many are dedicated to successful and enterprising families. But recently many people have started getting books personalised on them. These are the books for personalised stories are b...

With time changes everything... sometimes life becomes better, at times difficult. What helps the book lovers are the new books. And with changing times and technological advancements, books too have changed. The challenge of finding copies of some books has been beautifully addressed by technology. Find and download free ebooks , or the paid versions, and read it on the go! While earlier, one went to the bookstores, browsed books, read a few pages and bought books with excitement to complete them, things have changed today. You go online, search for the book you want to read or gift, order it and get it delivered home. Cherry on the cake, you get discounts too. This all began some two decades ago in America but in India the credit goes to the Bansal brothers of Flipkart, who earlier worked for Amazon. After completing their studies, when they joined Amazon, who would know they would return to their country to rule the ecommerce market. And by the time Amazon entered India ...