February 14, 2014

Partridge India Publishing Company on Facebook

How would you like your book to reach 900 million potential readers? And what if you could do it for free? Well, it can. And it is. All you have to do is sign up for Facebook. For just a little of your time and effort you can meet people from around the world and even create your own communities. Obviously not every Facebook member is going to be...

February 12, 2014

Partridge India Presents 5 Reasons Why Indian Authors Self-Publish

Partridge India was recently introduced by Penguin Books India to offer the country’s writers even more opportunities to share their stories with the world. Established as India’s premier publisher, Penguin’s library features many of Indian literature’s most significant contributors, including Booker Prize-winners Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. So to help Partridge India better explain the advantages...

February 11, 2014

Have you heard of the Ramayana series? Bestselling author Ashok Banker’s series is published through Penguin Books India. His books have sold almost 1.5 million copies in 56 countries and have been translated into 12 languages. Banker’s secret? He was the first Indian author to publish an e-book. Every Partridge India title is released in digital...

July 24, 2013

Market Your Self-Published Books Today

To help you with your marketing efforts, here are 3 simple ways to effectively market your self-published books: Establish your presence online – This is one of the most inexpensive and most effective ways of marketing your book. Create a blog for yourself and for your book with regular updates to it. If you can’t afford to get your own domain...

July 9, 2013

Partridge Publishing: 5 eBook Publishing Formatting Guide

Image courtesy of adamr / FreeDigitalPhotos.net eBook Self-Publishing Guide to Formatting Various types of books, such as eBooks, Audio Books, or Paper Books, require their own formatting. In the case of eBooks, compatibility with different e-reading devices, like Kindle or Nook, must be considered. The following is a simple 5 step eBook formatting...

July 3, 2013

Three Basic Things You Need To Know About ISBN

Image courtesy of scottchan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net When thinking about publishing your own book, there are a lot of things that you need to consider. One of the first is your ISBN. An ISBN or International Standard Book Number is an identification number composed of 13 digits that identifies each book published on the market, no matter what the...

June 28, 2013

Avoiding The 3 Common Self-Publishing Issues

Image courtesy of Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net What are the common self-publishing pitfalls? The new breed of aspiring writers often believes that the easiest path to being a published author is through self-publishing. But there are a lot of things they need to know especially the most common yet vital parts of self-publishing. If you...