Check out Voice Verso’s latest publication: Who Owns Mhow? by P. Narahari and Miss. Pervin Jahangir

Posted in BookWorld by Namrata Ganti

Who Owns Mhow?

Authored by – P. Narahari (ex-Collector of Indore) & Pervin Jahangir

Genre – Political/Academics

eBook Published at – VoiceVerso.com

About the Book:

Who Owns Mhow? is the first hand experience of an IAS officer Mr. P. Narahari & his fellow friend Miss P. Jehangir about small town named Mhow ( abbreviation for Military headquarters of War). This book out poured the anecdotes from P. Narhari’s posting as an SDM in 2014 to the very heart of central India. It gives us the detailed and insightful understanding of the entire social, political, geographical and topological first hand account of the formulation of Mhow. One of the most important task for Sub Division Officer(SDO) Revenue & Sub Division Manager(SDM), Mhow is liasoning with the Army. Since, it was the cantonment and Army area, the discussion in the entire book anecdotes upon the interaction of civilians & non civilians living and finding a neutral ground to build the socioeconomic upfront for the town. In this book and ex -SDM and now posted as the collector of Indore, Madhya Pradesh; showcases the very front view with in depth understanding of many civilians were seen running pillar to post as resumptions were being done by the Army. This book will be of interest for all the original inhabitants of Mhow, the civilians who own Mhow & the non-civilian temporary residents. This book can be of academic interest because of primary sources of data such as Gazetteers of British, Holkar & Indian governments. This book can be of interest for Research Fellows on Mhow.

This inspired the authors to come up with this book.

Book Buying Links:

Kindle – US

Kindle – India
Kobo
Kindle – UK
Barnes & Nobles
Smashwords

About Voice Verso:

Voice Verso is an innovative Startup that provides eBook Publishing & marketplace for authors. It also serves as a social networking platform for authors & readers too.

Using their proprietor DIY (Do it Yourself) Drag & Drop flipbook based writing canvas, authors can interact & publish their eBooks & sell them

online. If you wish to try out the platform and kickstart your eBook Publishing journey, you can request an invite.

18Apr2017

A glimpse into SWEEK, a mobile platform whose motto is that stories never end!

Posted in BookWorld, Uncategorized by Namrata Ganti

Nowadays, people are moving more towards ebooks instead of investing in a physical copy of books. This is proving to be quite useful in many ways, making it easier to carry books around. With Sweek, reading books on mobile devices is made easier and more user friendly. An interesting concept, read on to know more about the app and how it came to be.

About Sweek:

Sweek is a mobile platform which allows anyone to read, write and share stories. All over the world. In an instant. For free.

It allows the user to read from a number of options, write or publish their own work and reach a large reader base, as well as share their favourite stories with friends via the various social media platforms.

Sweek’s mission statement:

‘Sweek stimulates community based writing and reading on a global scale by enabling everybody to easily publish, read and share stories with the world at no cost. By providing mobile and online reading, Sweek contributes to a more sustainable future.’

History of Sweek:

Sweek was incubated by Mybestseller, the European market leader in self-publishing. The founders of Mybestseller saw an opportunity in the rising trend of mobile publishing. Key were changing reading habits, serialization of content and short stories. After some research and deliberation, the Sweek concept was born!

In September 2015, Sweek was formally established. Since then the team grew considerably and now consists of 14 members.

Now, since June 2016, Sweek has been available to the public on both Android and iOS platforms!

Publishing perspectives:

By introducing Sweek, Mybestseller offers publishers a comprehensive proposition and innovative tools for self-publishing and mobile publishing that can be easily integrated in their strategy in the fast changing publishing world. The focus is on creating synergies between traditional, mobile and self-publishing.

Benefits for publishers

Next to directly increasing sales via the marketing tool, publishers can benefit in other ways from using Sweek. Big data is very important to publishers, as it gives insight in reading behavior and trends, and in the reader demographics of their writers. Publishers can also use Sweek to scout upcoming writers with a large online follower base, who have already proven themselves: the new rockstars of writing will arise from mobile publishing.

Sweek self-publishing

Next to the Sweek mobile publishing platform, users are offered the opportunity to publish their paperbacks or e-books via Sweek self-publishing. For free. The state-of-the-art publishing platform enables any author to easily publish, promote and sell books. All relevant sales channels and a variety of additional services are available to the user. The best thing is, there are no costs upfront and authors receive a royalty per sold copy. Even though stories are available for free on Sweek, the team is convinced that fans would love to have an e-book or a printed copy.

Connect with Sweek:

If you want to read more about the Sweek story and the team, just check out the Sweek blog.

Further you can connect on social media at:

Inkitt’s Novel Writing Contest

Posted in BookWorld, Uncategorized by Namrata Ganti

Read about a new Novel writing contest that is currently running on Inkitt. It is an exciting opportunity for aspiring writers to get their work noticed and even published.

Inkitt is a free platform where a writer can upload their work and reach a wider audience. It is extremely user friendly. Under the on-going competition, the Novels which gain the most popularity among Inkitt’s readers, win and stand a chance of getting published.

Why should Inkitt publish you?

They invest Minimum $6,000 in Your Book Marketing via a Proven Strategy (read about some of their book successes here) with a dedicated marketing team, professional editing & 25% in Royalties.

Note: Submit a work of fiction at least 20k words, without having any works on Inkitt before, language must be English in all genres.

Exception to kind of submission: no Fan-fiction, no short-story collection

Read about it further and sign up here. (Also clicking the banner will take you to the sign-up page)

7Jan2017

Inkitt – app launch for Android

Posted in BookWorld, release, Uncategorized by Namrata Ganti

I was asked by the Inkitt team to promote the app on it’s release date (which is today!) and spread the word. Read further to know all about it!

THE INKITT APP BRINGS THOUSANDS OF NOVELS BY INDIE AUTHORS TO ANDROID

Inkitt empowers readers and publishers to discover world’s next best sellers

BERLIN, JANUARY 7, 2017: Inkitt, the world’s first readers and data-driven book publishing house is introducing an Android app for phones and tablets, globally available from today.

Inkitt’s iOS app became available back in November and was well received by users: The app was not only featured on the US App Store but also on numerous other App Stores around the world, as well as on the front page of Product Hunt, ranking in the top 10 in Tech.

Inkitt for iOS featured as a top Books app in the US App Store

Following the warm welcome by the iOS community, and in order to meet the demand of their own fast growing user base, Inkitt is now bringing their digital library with thousands of novels by emerging authors to Android devices.

“It was a great reward to see Inkitt featured as a top app in numerous App Stores around the world and receive such great feedback from users” says Inkitt’s Founder and CEO, Ali Albazaz. “Readers were really excited about the iOS app but kept asking when we’re launching on Android too. We heard them, worked really hard and today we’re bringing Inkitt to Android devices. All readers will now be able to discover tomorrow’s bestsellers on the go and read great novels by upcoming authors wherever they are.”

Inkitt for Android – 4 key features:

Access to thousands of novels from all fiction genres: fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, horror, romance, drama, action, adventure, YA and more
Personalized reading suggestions: hand-picked novels based on a reader’s favorite fiction genres

Customizable look to match user preferences (e.g. font size, color combinations)

Online/Offline: readers can save novels to their offline library to access them anytime

Beyond being a platform connecting aspiring authors with book lovers, Inkitt’s mission is to become the world’s fairest publishing house: Its in-house developed algorithm analyzes reading behavior to determine the potential of a novel to become the next bestseller. Using this unique data-driven approach, Inkitt wants to ensure that great works by new and talented writers never again stay in the dark.

Since July, Inkitt has published 7 novels: Catalyst Moon: Incursion by Lauren L. Garcia (Fantasy), Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan (YA Romance), I Was A Bitch by Emily Ruben (YA Romance Mystery), Esper Files by Egan Brass (SciFi) and Caged by Onaiza Khan (Psychological Thriller), King’s Lament by Lilia Blanc (Fantasy Romance) and Three Fat Singletons by J.M. Bartholomew (Humor Romance), six of which became bestsellers on Amazon.

Inkitt for Android will be available to download on Google Play from the 7^th of January 2017

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About Inkitt

On the surface, Inkitt (www.inkitt.com) is a platform where aspiring writers can share their novels and inquisitive readers can unearth fresh content. But under the hood, we are democratizing publishing: The Inkitt algorithm analyzes reading behavior to predict future bestsellers. In other words: if readers love it, Inkitt publishes it.

MEDIA CONTACT

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