MyKitaab: Publish and Market Your Books

In this episode, we bring you two guests- Ruchira Khanna and Mukesh Gupta. Ruchira lives int he United States and she has written a children's book, and now writes fiction. Mukesh is writing his second book, his debut novel was a nonficiton book. Both are self published authors. You can find the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/ruchira and www.mykitaab.in/mukesh respectively.

Michal Stawicki published his first book in 2013, and in a little over three years he has published 15 books. I interviewed him for MyKitaab Podcast to learn how he has been able to achieve this goal. Michal's answer was simple yet powerful: developing a habit and following it consistently. You can get the shownotes by visiting www.mykitaab.in/michal

Greg Hickey is an author, screenwriter, forensic scientist and endurance athlete. His debut novel, Our Dried Voices, was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Science Fiction Book of the Year Award. He is also the writer of the award-winning screenplay, Vita. His blog, KineSophy, analyzes topics in physical fitness, health, society and philosophy. He lives in Chicago, USA with his wife, Lindsay.
You can get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/greg

We are in the month of November, which is time for Nanowrimo. We are re-posting an interview of Joanna Penn, who is a New York Times Bestselling Author and an Authorpreneur. he wrote and published one of her novels during Nanowrimo a few years ago.

This episode was originally published in January 2016, and was the first episode of MyKitaab Podcast. I am posting this interview again for a couple of reasons: My wife and I met Vikrant last week in Vadodara, and he gave us a signed copy of his book "Rau", the English translation of the Marathi book by the same name. The Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani is based on this book. Secondly, Vikrant and I are exploring how to convert this book into an audio series, if not an audiobook. Given these recent developments, I thought it was apt to re-publish this episode. New author interviews will be available from November 10th onwards.

This episode was originally published in January 2016, and was the first episode of MyKitaab Podcast. I am posting this interview again for a couple of reasons: My wife and I met Vikrant last week in Vadodara, and he gave us a signed copy of his book "Rau", the English translation of the Marathi book by the same name. The Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani is based on this book. Secondly, Vikrant and I are exploring how to convert this book into an audio series, if not an audiobook. Given these recent developments, I thought it was apt to re-publish this episode. New author interviews will be available from November 10th onwards.

Sriram Subramanian is the author of Rain, which is his debut novel. During his interview, Sriram talks about getting rejections from literary agents, finding a publisher in India, book marketing, and getting reviews on Amazon. He also talks about his philosophy towards writing, Bob Dylan, and finally, his advice to authors. Sriram also tells us how he got a quote from Pranay Chulet, the founder of Quikr, for his book.
You can get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/sriram

Aruna Chakravarti is a well-known academic, creative writer and translator. She is an award winning author, best known for her book Jorasanko. In this interview, we talk about Aruna's journey from a translator to an author, the research that she carried out for Jorasanko and the sequel, upcoming novel Daughters of Jorasanko.
You can get the shownotes at www.mykitaab.in/aruna

Amanda Jones is a healthcare professional and a poet. She has written two poetry books where she conveys the message about diabetes. Her first poetry book, Poems For You & Your Neighbour: Health Disorders Simplified, was published in 2015, and her second poetry book will be released on November 14th 2016: World Diabetes Day.
Amanda and I talk about her interest in poetry, why she feels that poetry can be an effective medium for conveying such an important message, her writing, editing and publishing experience. You can learn more at www.mykitaab.in/amanda

Dmitry Selemir is the Co-Founder of Scriggler, which is defined as “a writing, blogging and debating platform. An informal place to write and read on any subject, in any level of detail. A place to express views and ideas, share stories and poetry.” You can learn more about Dmitry and Scriggler by visiting www.mykitaab.in/dmitry and you can also sign up to the MyKitaab Podcast newsletter on that page.