Authoropod

31/07/2025

Today, touching a very important topic. And I hope everyone who reads it receives it well. 🤞🏻

To tell you the reason why I decided and hosted this ebook carnival, I will have to take you back to December 2024 when I visited Pune Book Fair. And I visited almost 10 stalls to network with publishing houses for Authoropod. Whatever little time I spent on the stalls, I noticed readers coming in to ask for classics at a cheap rate, they were fine with pre-loved classics too. And it was painful to see the stall owners/keepers decline them politely. It was commendable to see how they were trying to flip the situation by persuading a potential reader to give new authors and their books a fair chance, they were doing their work on point.

No offence to classics. But how do we as new authors reach readers who would give us a fair chance? For them to at least read a few sample chapters to get acquainted with our writing styles, we need to reach them in the first place. Sending paperback to every potential reader is not practically as well as economically feasible. Besides, the digital transformation has brought in this fantastic opportunity which is easy to access. I believed that kindle reading culture had not reached India in a ratio it has reached other countries. However, after multiple interactions with the next generation of readers, they don't mind good literature in any format. They are quite open and accepting that way. Of course, ebooks will never be able to give the joy of paperback, but the fact that they don't consume space, are a more sustainable option and can be accessed from any part of the world should be enough reason to be a part of this carnival, right?

Readers are evolving, and to make sure we reach them, we will have to evolve too. I myself am participating with 4 books, hoping and praying this ebook carnival brings some new fans and regular readers to all the authors who have registered.

Enroll your books here!

https://forms.gle/JdaBKQAD7hLYt9dz5


.bookchatter

24/07/2025

Important
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24/07/2025

The Google form for our much anticipated Ebook Carnival is now accepting submissions. If you are an author and you have your book on Kindle, enroll your books.

Read the rules carefully.

And, lastly, share it with fellow authors.

We have given you multiple reasons to participate, we are collaborating with 6 platforms that are communities of readers. Your chance to reach your target audience is 6x this time. So, go for it. 👍🏻



https://forms.gle/JdaBKQAD7hLYt9dz5

23/07/2025

StoryMirror is one of India’s largest storytelling platforms with over 1 million monthly readers, 100,000+ writers, and 950 million+ words published in 10 Indian languages. We’ve published 1100+ physical books and 3000+ ebooks across genres, with over 30+ national bestsellers. StoryMirror is committed to empowering authors and bringing meaningful stories to life through community, technology, and creativity.

21/07/2025

19/07/2025

Introducing .bookchatter as our social media partner.

BookChatter by Blogchatter is the definitive place for Indian reading. Whether trad or indie, on an award list or under-the-radar, readers can discover good Indian reads.

18/07/2025

Our 4th community partner for Ebook Carnival is Kolkata Bookworms.

Kolkata Bookworms is a community of readers based in and around Kolkata, formed with the aim of connecting like-minded individuals and encouraging more offline engagement around books. What began as a small initiative has grown into a space where reading habits are nurtured and conversations around literature are shared. The group hosts a “Book of the Month” every month, around which discussions and activities are centered. We regularly organize both online and offline events, including meet-ups, themed sessions, and interactive discussions, to keep members engaged and involved. With a membership of over 500 readers, including bloggers and book lovers from diverse backgrounds, Kolkata Bookworms continues to grow as a space for meaningful literary exchange.

17/07/2025

Here is our third collaborating partner: Book it up (Facebook Community)

Book It Up was started in the year 2020 as a space where readers could talk, discuss, and go gaga over their favorite books. It progressed to being a community of readers as well as authors. Now, the Facebook group calls itself a link between authors and their readers. The community supports a Free Library in the country by gifting new as well as pre-loved books under their initiative Book Santa. Till now, they have supported five such libraries like those educating the children working at Mica coal mines, Shaktii- an after-school program for girls, a school library in ludhiana devastated after Covid-19, and Free Libraries project in Ahemdabad.
Book It Up has been featured by the Better India project for their dedication to spread the love for reading among the youth.
Tagging the Founder and a dear friend: Aparna Salvi Nagda

16/07/2025

Our second collaborating partner is here:

Bookoholics Book Club started in year 2016 with mere 7 members in a WhatsApp group. The first offline meet was on 20th September 2016 at Café ABC owned by one of our members at that time, and from there on there was no looking back. Running successfully for 8 years and 9th running.
About Founders:
Jigna (Pasad) Malwankar, She is an IT professional working as Project Manager in a Multinational company in Pune. She is the Founder member of Bookoholics Book Club , a Book Community and a full-time mother to 10 year old daughter Aarohi.

Neh Akansha Suvarna: Her love for reading began when she was a 6-7 years old kid who was fascinated with Hindi magazines that her mom had subscribed to backt then. It took a while, almost a decade, to actually pick up books that made her the reader she is today. She is a voracious reader and mom to an 8 year old Kabir. Neh strongly believes that books are truly magical and life without them is unimaginable for her!!

This group was formed for people who love to read, meet people who love to read, discuss books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc.
The purpose of this group is – Socialize with the Book lovers , Get to know about different genres of books, libraries, and EXCHANGE the books with the people, connect authors with readers and post the book reviews.
Over the years this community has grown with almost 7000+ members on social media platforms and we have almost completed our 70+ odd meets offline and online.
There are a lot of activities that the community conducts for the readers and authors. They conduct monthly online/offline meets, BOTM ( book of the month), reading challenges each month with prompts, book reviews, author connects offline - online, book launches and author promotion on various social media platforms.

In the year 2021, we conducted a Short Story Contest in collaboration with First Forays Literary Agency and publishing partner Clever fox Publishing and we received overwhelming response. All the winner stories were compiled and we published a book name "Once Upon A Time"

Bookoholics has also won a few awards:
1) Best Reading Club award by Food 4 Thoughts Foundation at Hyderabad Literary Fest on 26th Jan 2020 and
2) 1st Runner up in Category Emerging Community at Global Book Community Awards in September 2020.
Bookoholics has hosted 30+ online Author sessions (both National and International) on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
Bookoholics also has Kids Club with focus on promoting children's literature and reading in this digital era. They had conducted Short Story Contest for Kids with an overwhelming response from age 4 to 10 years.

16/07/2025

Almost every fortnight we announce a poetry challenge, which makes us realise it can be used to learn a new form or way to write poetry every time. So, for the next few challenges we have some wordplays planned for you. 😊

Starting with a simple one, Alliteration.

Alliteration is the repetition of an initial consonant sound in words that are in close proximity to each other.

Example:
• “And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind, / Which, when it bites and blows upon my body.” —As You Like It by William Shakespeare.

Word limit: 100-500 words.

Language: English

Last date to share your entry: 31/07/25

Medium: In comments only (if it does not accommodate in one comment split it into two)

Format - no restriction

Three winning entries will be featured in the October 2025 edition. (15th edition)

Only one entry per person is allowed, so bring out your best and leave the rest!

It should be a freshly written poem (not published anywhere else previously)

AI content will be straight away disqualified.

If you are willing to be a part of this challenge and magazine feature (if you win), please refrain from sharing your poetry anywhere else apart from comments.

Tag 5 friends in comments inviting them to participate. Share this post on your story tagging us.

Results will be announced on 02/08/25.
Prompt no. 32