Author Archives: abhaga

Last date for Your Lover’s Diary writing contest extended to 17th Feb

Posted on February 13, 2013

We realized that by putting the last date for submissions on 14th Feb, we came into conflict with the very thing that we are celebrating. While we consider scribbling a lovely little tale of hearts while sipping a warm cup … Continue reading →

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Who can judge a diary?

Posted on February 11, 2013

The personal jotting of a heart struck by cupid, the hopes, the emotions, the euphoria! But in the cruel real world, someone has to. And this year, Chandrima Pal has graciously agreed to take upon the delicate task. Chandrima Pal is a … Continue reading →

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32 Indian authors coming out of copyright in 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013

Continuing our tradition from last year, we present the list of Indian authors whose work has entered public domain on 1st Jan, 2013. The criteria for entering public domain this year is for the author to have died in calendar … Continue reading →

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Five Questions to Answer When Self-Publishing a Technical Book

Posted on August 2, 2012

We asked Gayle Laakmann McDowell, author of Cracking the Coding Interview, a bestselling book for technical interview preparation, for some advice for technical self publishers. Here she outlines the five essential questions one needs to consider when self publishing a technical … Continue reading →

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[Author Interview] Gayle Laakmann McDowell, author of Cracking the Coding Interview

Posted on July 24, 2012

Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the author of Cracking the Coding Interview, a featured book in our Tech Publishing Festival. She used Pothi.com to bring out an Indian edition of her book which is available for sale on Pothi.com, Flipkart, IndiaPlaza … Continue reading →

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Technical Books, Self Publishing and Print-on-Demand

Posted on July 9, 2012

July 2012 is the Tech Publishing Festival at Pothi.com. You might be wondering why this special attention to tech publishing? There is a reason – actually multiple reasons. One of them we will explore in this blog post. Increasing pace of technology … Continue reading →

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Blog is now Book!

Posted on January 5, 2010

With the advent of new year, we are starting out in a very exciting direction! After 6 months in closed beta, we have finally opened BookSmith, our blog2book tool, for everyone. If you have not tried it yet, convert your … Continue reading →

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Indibloggies and Pothi.com

Posted on December 2, 2009

Voting for the final round of Indibloggies 2008 is on till 10th Dec. With close to 150 nominations across 17 categories, you are sure to find many new and exciting bloggers. Go here to see the nominations for Indibloggies and … Continue reading →

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[BBF09] ‘Best of Pothi.com’ Cover Page!

Posted on November 13, 2009

‘Best of Pothi.com’ is a collection of excerpts from 15 of the titles published through Pothi.com. The titles come from all sorts of genres – there are short stories, poetry, novels, memoirs and it looks beautiful – at least to … Continue reading →

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[BBF09] Our titles must be good

Posted on November 10, 2009

.. since somebody tried to shop-lift couple of them yesterday. Unfortunately for him, since I am a nervous first time retail shop operator, I keep a keen eye. Moreover he chose to take a book out of the only two … Continue reading →

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