Sameer Kamat https://www.sameerkamat.com/ How to get published in India Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.sameerkamat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/favicon.jpg Sameer Kamat https://www.sameerkamat.com/ 32 32 Book marketing plan that got Business Doctors sold out in under a year https://www.sameerkamat.com/book-marketing-plan-business-doctors/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/book-marketing-plan-business-doctors/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:30:15 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=830 My self-published book, Business Doctors, shows an Out of Stock status on Flipkart. My year-long publishing experiment is over and I won’t be printing any more physical copies. This puts Business Doctors in an unusual situation, with a dormant demand building up for it but no new stock to quell it. Here’s the book marketing ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/book-marketing-plan-business-doctors/feed/ 20 My Self-Publishing Experiment: Business Doctors https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-book-business-doctors/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-book-business-doctors/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:07:42 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=754 Many readers and writers have been asking me about it. So, I thought I should share the story here to help other aspiring authors who want to explore non-traditional ways to reach their readers. My first book, Beyond The MBA Hype (non-fiction) was published by a leading publisher with an international presence. It has done ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-book-business-doctors/feed/ 41 Why I chose to self-publish my Ebook https://www.sameerkamat.com/why-i-chose-to-self-publish-my-ebook/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/why-i-chose-to-self-publish-my-ebook/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:53:32 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=682 I finally took the plunge. No, not marriage. That happened a long time ago. Not swimming either. That goes further back in time. It was the big question that most authors have on their mind – ‘Which is better – traditional publishing or self-publishing?’ My dilemma was a little different though. My MBA book (Beyond ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/why-i-chose-to-self-publish-my-ebook/feed/ 44 How to improve your creative writing skills https://www.sameerkamat.com/how-to-improve-your-creative-writing-skills/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/how-to-improve-your-creative-writing-skills/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:11:01 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=663 Almost all the posts you see on this blog focus on what to do after you have completed writing your book. Some focus on writing query letters, pitching to literary agents and publishers, dealing with rejection letters. There have been none on how to improve your creative writing skills. All this while we’ve been ignoring ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/how-to-improve-your-creative-writing-skills/feed/ 13 Role of Literary Agents in the evolving Indian publishing world https://www.sameerkamat.com/role-of-literary-agents-indian-publishing/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/role-of-literary-agents-indian-publishing/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:21:28 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=649 A Times of India reporter reached out to ask me about my views on literary agents (here’s the published article). The interest in the topic was triggered by the recent announcement that Amish Tripathi (author of the Shiva trilogy) has recently got an eye-popping Rs 5 crore advance for his next series. That’s a million ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/role-of-literary-agents-indian-publishing/feed/ 33 What you should know about digital printing https://www.sameerkamat.com/digital-printing/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/digital-printing/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:00:13 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=620 It was good to see that the second print run for my MBA book (Beyond The MBA Hype) was sold out on Flipkart. The book was published 1.5 years ago with very little fanfare. I jumped up in slow motion, pumped my fist in the air and froze there hoping the credits will start rolling. ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/digital-printing/feed/ 7 Is Self-publishing harming authors & the publishing industry? https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-harming-industry-authors/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-harming-industry-authors/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:09:09 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=606 Self-publishing has been growing at an impressive or alarming rate, depending on which side of the fence you are. Authors tired of waiting for the bigger publishing companies are taking the reins of writing, editing, cover designing and publishing into their own hands. Some are making money. Most are falling by the wayside. Are self-published ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/self-publishing-harming-industry-authors/feed/ 26 Promoting books and authors in the Indian media https://www.sameerkamat.com/promoting-books-and-authors-in-the-indian-media/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/promoting-books-and-authors-in-the-indian-media/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:00:14 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=584 Apart from trying to get your kick-a$$ manuscript for your soon-to-be best-seller novel on the tables of influential editors, I hope you have also been working on the less glamorous but equally important task of strengthening your ‘author platform’. It’s not just important for publishers to discover you and your work. It is also important ... Read more

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]]> https://www.sameerkamat.com/ebook-market-in-india/feed/ 8 Average commission rates charged by literary agents https://www.sameerkamat.com/average-commission-rates-charged-by-literary-agents/ https://www.sameerkamat.com/average-commission-rates-charged-by-literary-agents/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:15:34 +0000 http://www.sameerkamat.com/?p=569 After all these posts, I realised the most frequently asked questions relating to literary agent commissions in the minds of new authors haven’t been directly tackled yet. What’s the average commission rate for literary agents? What is this commission applicable on? How do literary agents get their share (i.e. how do they get paid)? Does ... Read more

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