Category: 2025
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Common Challenges Indian Authors Face in Promoting Their Books
In this blogpost, we share the book marketing challenges faced by every author. Writing a book is only half the journey. The other half is promoting it. This can often be far more challenging, especially for Indian authors navigating a crowded, evolving market. While publishing options have expanded with self-publishing…
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PR vs Marketing: What Indian Authors Need to Know
In this blogpost, we explain the difference between marketing and PR for authors. For authors, especially in India, promoting a book today involves more than just writing it. Whether you are self-published or traditionally published, understanding the difference between public relations (PR) and marketing is crucial to reach readers effectively.…
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When Traditional Publishers Choose POD: What It Means for Indian Authors
In this blogpost we explore the recent trend of traditional publishers moving to POD books for new authors in India. In recent years, an interesting shift has emerged in the Indian publishing landscape: even traditional publishing houses, which were long associated with large print runs, have increasingly begun to offer…
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From Grooming Talent to Releasing Stars: How Indian Publishing Has Changed in the Last Decade
In this blogpost, we explore the changes in Indian Publishing 2025. There was a time when Indian publishing was about nurturing voices. Editors would find raw, promising manuscripts, and work closely with writers to shape their stories into publishable form. It was a relationship built on trust and growth, the…
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The Secret Sauce to Amazon Success: The Role of Keywords and Tags in KDP Books
In this blogpost, we explain the role of Amazon Book tags and KDP SEO. You have written your book, edited it, designed the perfect cover, and finally uploaded it to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). You hit publish with excitement, only to find days or weeks later that your book…
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Discovering the USP of Your Book: Why It Matters and How to Find It
In this blogpost, we explore the role of USP and how to discover the USP of your book. In today’s crowded literary landscape, every author faces the same challenge: how to make their book stand out. With thousands of titles published every year in India alone, across genres, formats, and…
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Workshop: Healing Through Writing by Namrata
Namrata will be leading a workshop on Healing Through Writing for Myndstories. Words can be heavy, but they can also heal. Writing isn’t just about grammar or being “a writer.” It’s a way to make sense of your experiences, to tell your story, and to find strength in reflection. This…
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Impactful Marketing for Authors: Why Less Can Be More
In today’s blogpost, we explain the real meaning of impactful book promotions. Marketing is everywhere today, on our screens, in our feeds, in the conversations we overhear. For movies especially, it has become a massive, multifaceted machine. Recently, two big-budget films in India went all out with their promotions. The…
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Why Every Indian Author Should Have an Amazon Author Central Page
In this blogpost, we explain why every author must have Amazon Author Central Page. For Indian authors today, discoverability is everything. Your book may be beautifully written, carefully edited, and even published by a respected house, but if readers can’t find you, you risk being invisible in the crowded marketplace.…
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Crowdfunding Your Book in India: A Practical Guide for Authors
In this blogpost, we explore crowdfunding your book in India for authors and showcase the pros and cons. Publishing a book is a dream for many writers, but the reality of financing, printing, and marketing often turns this dream into a daunting challenge. This is where crowdfunding your book in…