Comments for Gopium http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications Looking, seeing, marveling, questioning Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on A best-seller? Well, maybe. by P A Krishnan http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/best-seller-says-who/#comment-346 P A Krishnan Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:58:24 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=188#comment-346 A sobering piece. My publishers were decidedly better. The Delhi launch had about 60 people and the Chennai one, which was held in Taj Connemara, attracted 120 people. The sales too are OK - just less than 2000 copies in three months. Flipkart includes my novel, The Muddy River, in the genre of political fiction and presently it ranks just above Atish Taseer's Noon. Does this make the book a best seller? I am not sure. Incidentally, my first novel, The Tigerclaw Tree, which was published by the Penguin in 1998 and the sales of which were nothing to gloat about, has come in a second edition. The sale of this book too is not very bad - around 1400 copies in three months. P A Krishnan A sobering piece.
My publishers were decidedly better. The Delhi launch had about 60 people and the Chennai one, which was held in Taj Connemara, attracted 120 people.

The sales too are OK – just less than 2000 copies in three months. Flipkart includes my novel, The Muddy River, in the genre of political fiction and presently it ranks just above Atish Taseer’s Noon.

Does this make the book a best seller? I am not sure.

Incidentally, my first novel, The Tigerclaw Tree, which was published by the Penguin in 1998 and the sales of which were nothing to gloat about, has come in a second edition. The sale of this book too is not very bad – around 1400 copies in three months.
P A Krishnan

]]> Comment on A best-seller? Well, maybe. by admin http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/best-seller-says-who/#comment-157 admin Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:47:30 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=188#comment-157 Sanjeev — Yes, I agree that we authors may be much better off trying to push our books ourselves. I have just returned from a book promotion that was mostly disastrous. In both Bangalore and Kolkata, thanks to the publishers not being on top of their work, invitations went out too late and no one attended. I wonder how many other writers (other than Chetan Bhagat of course) have faced such a situation. Sanjeev — Yes, I agree that we authors may be much better off trying to push our books ourselves. I have just returned from a book promotion that was mostly disastrous. In both Bangalore and Kolkata, thanks to the publishers not being on top of their work, invitations went out too late and no one attended. I wonder how many other writers (other than Chetan Bhagat of course) have faced such a situation.

]]> Comment on A best-seller? Well, maybe. by Sanjeev Sabhlok http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/best-seller-says-who/#comment-154 Sanjeev Sabhlok Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:10 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=188#comment-154 Gopinath, I'm intrigued by this, since it confirms what I was told by my publisher (Anthem Press) in 2008. India definitely has a very poor reading habit. Nevertheless, I've estimated that at least 26,000 copies of my book, Breaking Free of Nehru, have been sold/downloaded in the past three years. Unfortunately, only The Telegraph, among maintream newspapers, reviewed it. Other reviews were non-traditional. I've provided some details here: http://sabhlokcity.com/2011/11/breaking-free-of-nehru-one-of-indias-most-widely-read-if-not-best-selling-books/. Gopinath, I’m intrigued by this, since it confirms what I was told by my publisher (Anthem Press) in 2008. India definitely has a very poor reading habit.

Nevertheless, I’ve estimated that at least 26,000 copies of my book, Breaking Free of Nehru, have been sold/downloaded in the past three years. Unfortunately, only The Telegraph, among maintream newspapers, reviewed it. Other reviews were non-traditional.

I’ve provided some details here: http://sabhlokcity.com/2011/11/breaking-free-of-nehru-one-of-indias-most-widely-read-if-not-best-selling-books/.

]]> Comment on Sneak Peeks by Karan Agrawal http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/sneak-peeks/#comment-83 Karan Agrawal Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:18:57 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?page_id=25#comment-83 The book thus sounds interesting... will surely place my hands over it once I am done with the current one! The book thus sounds interesting… will surely place my hands over it once I am done with the current one!

]]> Comment on Joining dots in Bangladesh by Oby Obyerodhyambo http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/joining-dots-in-bangladesh/#comment-64 Oby Obyerodhyambo Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:24:52 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=235#comment-64 I have read this twice over in the hope that the expletives that keep forming in my head will expunge themselves. How on earth! This is very well written in a TIMEesque style. It's a lovely ready but very disturbing. One wonders how the development partners respond to this. I guess that there are many 'interventions' that leave many such tragedies in their wake. I have read this twice over in the hope that the expletives that keep forming in my head will expunge themselves. How on earth! This is very well written in a TIMEesque style. It’s a lovely ready but very disturbing. One wonders how the development partners respond to this. I guess that there are many ‘interventions’ that leave many such tragedies in their wake.

]]> Comment on A best-seller? Well, maybe. by Ashok Mahadevan http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/best-seller-says-who/#comment-46 Ashok Mahadevan Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:43:12 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=188#comment-46 Spoke to my friend Ajay Shukla, of McGraw Hill. Here's what he said — For fiction/general books – the kind you find in Crossword type bookstores – a title with sales of about 8,000 units in the first 6 months would put it as a contender. A title with > 15,000 units in the first 6 months is definitely going to be on the list. BTW for non-fiction business titles a sale of 5,000 units would be more than enough to quality as a bestseller. Spoke to my friend Ajay Shukla, of McGraw Hill. Here’s what he said — For fiction/general books – the kind you find in Crossword type bookstores – a title with sales of about 8,000 units in the first 6 months would put it as a contender. A title with > 15,000 units in the first 6 months is definitely going to be on the list.

BTW for non-fiction business titles a sale of 5,000 units would be more than enough to quality as a bestseller.

]]> Comment on A best-seller? Well, maybe. by Mihnea http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/best-seller-says-who/#comment-43 Mihnea Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:21:44 +0000 http://blog.cygopinath.com/gopifications/?p=188#comment-43 I believe that, back home in Romania, a local bestseller must reach it 1000th sale before it goes on any list. Here in Thailand things are more like in India where any odd number of copies sold can have your book nominated as a bestseller. (Did you really buy 470 copies of your previous book, or were you just being sarcastic?) I believe that, back home in Romania, a local bestseller must reach it 1000th sale before it goes on any list.

Here in Thailand things are more like in India where any odd number of copies sold can have your book nominated as a bestseller.

(Did you really buy 470 copies of your previous book, or were you just being sarcastic?)

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