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Authors meet at Goa - 2016

Authors meet at Goa

 Highlights from the eBook workshop taught by Saptha

Fr. Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust and Konkani Bhasha Mandal jointly organized an ebook workshop on 27th Nov, 2016 at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.

The workshop saw an attendance of about 40+ authors, including aspiring as well as established authors and publishers like Cinnamon Teal and Gulab Magazine.

Points discussed:

  • Publishing is a brutal business for both the publishers as well as authors.

  • Author is still the largest brand that sells a book1

  • By 2030, 140 million people will be in the college-going age group in India alone.

  • Smartphones and Mobile data drive eBook sales in India

  • More and more regional content is going to be available online.

  • By 2020, eBook sales to touch 25% of total book sales in India.

  • eBooks is the best option for those aspiring authors who want to start conservatively.

  • Mission of MagicAuthor.com is to help aspiring authors establish themselves.

  • The services at MagicAuthor.com is completely free to use.

The entire session was very much interactive, thanks to the enthusiastic authors for their active participation in brainstorming solutions for issues like plagiarism and discussing topics around the optimum number of pages advisable for an ebook, book marketing options, dealing with the competition from other multimedia in getting the attention of a reader, etc. Please check out the meeting presentation below:

Become a Magic Author from Saptharishi Suresh

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Footnotes:

1. "All About BOOK PUBLISHING" - VOL 7 - ISSUE 4 - AUG/SEP 2016 - Page# 30


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Location: Goa, India

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