It is now three years since I first conceived abook2read.com in the bath. I am delighted that we now have well over 70 Authors signed and 100 books on the site, plus around another 25 at various stages of publication. This has been a major learning curve right from the off-set, but I am proud of what has been created by the hard work of Ian, Anthony, Nicholas (Art Department) and our readers who will probably wish to remain

...  Read More

Welcome to Sadasivan’s Oxygen Parlor World!

Sadasivan’s novels—three already published in ebook format--present you with the light you’ll badly long for when you find yourself inside some of the infinite dark tunnels in your life. Not only are they a far cry from escapist fantasy like Harry Potter, chick-lit, or striptease but also grounded on realities in life

...  Read More

Hello, everybody! This is in response to Susan's comments on the blog. I think all of us would be able to empathize with her struggle, frustration at not being accepted by mainstream publishers, and joy at discovering 'abook2read.' Yes, it's a long and hard road. I also struggled for years. It's even harder in India, where there are so few quality writers writing in English. Unfortunately the publishing community here is celebrity struck. The writers that are published are usually ...  Read More

Hello there, I am Susan G the author of four of the novels on this site and I thought some of you may be interested to read a little about how I got into this writing game. I guess it all started some years ago when I was a member of a forum that ran a 'short story' writing competition. The prize was a book that I had my eye on, so with nothing to loose, I got scribbling. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing experience so as soon as ...  Read More

Abook2read.com has now been live for 13 months and in that time we have now signed 50 authors from all over the world. India, South Africa, Australia, America, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have been the predominant suppliers of quality work.
I think what has taken us most by surprise is the pure volume of submissions week in week out. On average now 25 books a week arrive via admin@abook2read.com
These

...  Read More

5. EDITING AND PROOFREADING

Here I shall impart a few trade secrets to help you do an awful lot of the drudgery that editors would have to do before they get down to the finer side of their work. Most of it will make common sense, I hope, and you could therefore cut their bill considerably. Also remember that Editors are a moody lot (so would you be with eye-strain day in day out) and each very covetous of their own particular style. In fact, no two may ever

...  Read More

...  Read More

This next section is short, because it is actually very easy to do, but it contains information that can prevent a lot of pain if followed correctly. And this applies internationally.

Open any real book and shortly after its title page you will find another dedicated solely to the author’s copyright and other legalistics that need to be spelt out clearly.

YOUR COPYRIGHT

Copyright is the easiest of all rights that a creative person can apply

...  Read More

The concept, or reason for our book in the first place, and its title, which is going to entice folk to buy and read it, are the two most important considerations, not necessarily in that order, before we even start typing the first sentence.

Together they need a lot of preplanning and dreaming about. And they go hand in hand — The title can often set the entire tone of our ebook from which the concept is derived or, in some cases, we may

...  Read More

Writing a book is great fun even if it is only to pass one’s leisure time — I strongly recommend it especially if you feel you have a message. One doesn’t particularly need a degree in Journalism nor an extensive correspondence course. However, publishing it and getting it sold and read are fraught with problems and this is where I hope to assist.

This opening chapter then is simply to introduce you to a few details without too much elaboration — That will come in later

...  Read More