My Novel is Now Available in Flipkart!!
I hope you all remember my first novel – The Archers Revenge, a Crime Fiction set in India. I had published it as an eBook on Amazon.
But there are many readers (esp. in India) who prefer reading a paperback/hard copy book. That’s why I made the novel available on Pothi.com on Print-On-Demand (POD) basis. POD means, copies of the book are made immediately upon order and shipped. The delivery may take 5-7 days, but as an author, I don’t have to buy/stock hundreds of books, just to see my book in print. They print as many books as needed (even if it’s just one), whenever needed.
The price of the book is slightly higher than the cost of mass printed book, but at least the book is now available as a hard copy, and that matters. And Flipkart is currently offering free delivery for all books sold by their WS Retail. Of course, there is always the option of buying the cheaper eBook.
Have a look at the author’s copy that I ordered for myself from Pothi.com:
🙂 Isn’t POD wonderful? For two hundred and fifty rupees, I made my book available for anyone to buy, and bought a copy for myself as well!
Since my novel is a self-published book, I didn’t have much hopes of displaying/selling it in any bookshop in India. But then, I came across the Online Extended Distribution option in Pothi.com where we can make the hard-copy of our novel available on Flipkart (and Amazon) for Rs. 1500 a year. I am not sure if I’ll extend it after one year, but for now –
My book has been listed and is available to buy from the Largest (Online) Book Shop in India – Flipkart!! WoOoOo HoOoOoOoOo 😀 🙂 😀
Here’s the Flipkart product page, once again.
Don’t you think that’s cool? Thanks to Pothi.com 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congratz boss…btw you could have asked me about making the book cover. It would have been fun to do so. 🙂
Thanks. This cover was made a few months back – next time I’ll contact you too. You make good graphics, I have seen in your blog 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congratulations. I am proud of you.
Oh no, this is not an achievement or anything. I paid 1500 rupees to enable this service from Pothi.com, that’s all 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congratulations! 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congrats. I had heard about Pothi a few years ago when they had started. It was an article in either the HT or the TOI, I don’t remember. I think a Bangalore based couple thought about the idea of publishing books by budding authors. Love the concept of printing on demand.
The concept of POD is very good, but how well it will work for authors in India, is the real challenge.
But I have already decided to go the self-publishing way, let’s see how it goes 🙂
Destination Infinity
congratulations and did I tell you that I read it 😀
well I did and loved the unusual ending 🙂
Oh thank you so much for reading the book. I didn’t know that 🙂
Destination Infinity
Neatly printed book! Great move with the hard copy… but I am glad to be a freebie 🙂
Yes, eBooks have many advantages, but many people in India still prefer print books. This is just an experiment, I want to test the platform 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congrats DI. That’s really great. Now you are a published author. 🙂 Never knew they had a print on demand option available.
I have a kindle copy of the book and I liked the story. 🙂
Thanks for reading the book. Even Amazon has a POD service – CreateSpace, for US and UK.
Destination Infinity
Many congratulations DI 🙂 I read about Pothi sometime back. The idea is very good.
Thanks. Yes, the concept of Pothi is very good. But the effectiveness still remains to be seen. That depends on the authors also, I guess 🙂
Destination Infinity
Congrats.
Now going to check the flipkart page.
Thanks 🙂
I have ordered the book.
The book will be with me by 25th September.
And congrats, by the way. Great going, my friend.
Thank you so much 🙂 Do let me know what you thought of it.
Destination Infinity
Congratulations DI!!
Will surely read the book 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Destination Infinity