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

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Last July, in frustration after two years of being given the run around in London, US of A and India by a series of agents eager to see the colour of your money first, yet glibly lying why you didn’t have a hope of approaching a published without ‘my approval of your mss’ and often, I managed to get a revised mss ‘Hello Again . . .’ published on this website. Sure, it hasn’t been a best seller, or even a big seller. I didn’t expect it to be any of those; just a turning of the door ...  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

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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

I've been re-reading Stephen King's awesome 'On Writing' and I'm delighted to find that there are several similiarities between the two of us! (Ahem!). He emphasizes that a writer must read all the time. So true! I read a lot. Fortunately we have a British Library in Delhi and I'm a member so I have a huge reservoir of fiction and literary stuff at hand. So what does one read? Should we, writers, read only heavy literary stuff? What about chick-lit? What about travel books? I read everything I ...  Read More

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