1/ #UnderTheSun What a wonderful feeling seeing my own book printed and stacked for ‘final cutting’. My book ‘UNDER THE SUN’ finally sees light of the day. All copies ready for delivery as I write this tweet. We commence the ‘logistics’ part now and prepare for dispatch. 
2/ The hard work, toil, frustration, challenges, stress, deadlines and interacting and handling numerous people on way to #SelfPublishing is something that we have institutionalised. We have a 89 page scrap book in which we noted any and everything along the journey. This is an
3/ absolute ‘must read’ for first time authors. Some extremely crucial meetings with ‘retailers’ or ‘book sellers’ was an eye opener. Without reading my work how the owners of book shops convinced me of how useless I was as an author, that ‘should be happy if few copies get sold’
4/ on how ‘self-publishing’ is suicidal, and how it makes ‘sense’ only to go to top 10 publishers etc. did open new doors to explore. I researched, walked streets, met book sellers and got humiliated only to have a stronger resolve to get down to finding truth. If you are
5/…..interested in #SelfPublishing or just curious, I will write how this breed of ‘book-sellers’ is on deathbed and why first time authors and self publishing will kill then. One bookseller, in top five in Delhi, only wanted pdf file or word doc of my book. He has REFUSED to
6/ …read hard copy. Can you see his intent? I refused. Copyright? I said YES filed with Govt of India. ISBN? I said my own. And a few more questions and he took a very condescending route to strip my dignity😂😂😂. I learn fast!! I knew the game now. Wait for a thread.
7/…… I will extensively write on retailers of books and their commercials. Till then try and get me ONE author who has given his books to a retailer and has got his money back. Just one. I will prepare a book that will have every challenge a first time author will face.
8/LAST …. Please preorder my book, come directly to me, the author and buy from me, respect the hard journey of #SelfPublishing I have taken and always willing to help all first time authors. LINK to buy colsanjaypande.com/under-the-sun-…
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