Booklet titled ‘Philosophy of life and other essays’
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Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 16-01-14 16:49:41
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Originally posted by seenimesh
Congratulations Dimple2001 !
any plan for Kobo edition ?
Seenimesh - Thank you very much.
At this time, I am bound to exclusivity to Amazon, although for print editions, brick/mortar retailers can buy from Amazon and resell. Sorry.
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Dimple2001
Congratulations Dimple and all the best for the next one..
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 16-01-14 19:45:32
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Originally posted by san-hugo
Congratulations Dimple and all the best for the next one..
Thank you so much.
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Dimple2001
Congrats, Dimple! It takes a very motivated and organized individual to author books while doing a full time job. You certainly come across as someone with a lot of those characteristics and so I'm not surprised you actually completed and published the book. Kudos to you and all the best for the next one!
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Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 17-01-14 09:35:40
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Originally posted by BlueLobster
Congrats, Dimple! It takes a very motivated and organized individual to author books while doing a full time job. You certainly come across as someone with a lot of those characteristics and so I'm not surprised you actually completed and published the book. Kudos to you and all the best for the next one!
BL - Thank you for your gracious words.
The most important reward I earned out of this writing project is the learning of so many new things that I was not previously aware. For one, grammar - I can't believe there are so many rules and contradictions of those rules. Granted, a common reader may not pick up on everything, but it makes for an interesting exercise.
Simple examples:
The usage of towards and toward. There is a history on that !!!
The usage of around and about when approximating time (around 2 pm or about 2 pm)
The usage of which and that (quite tricky)
The usage of who and whom (I still fail this one miserably)
Redundancy - The library is on Maple Street is better than the library is located on Maple Street (the latter creates use of redundant words)
The usage of on, of, in, for (confusing sometimes)
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Dimple2001
This is the very first page and the starting statement....went like this....
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What is philosophy
In past deep thinking on any subject was
considered as philosophy and thinker was called
philosopher.
I am not a proof reader. But it stands to reason why and if a book will be considered a success or a flop. It is all in the writing. You are the writer and it reflects upon your ability.
It should read "In THE past DEEP thinking of any subject MATTER was considered as philosophy and SUCH A thinker was called A philosopher....
I stopped reading after that. People who put their HEART and SOUL into writing a book should take the help from people who will PROOF READ AND submit a correction alongside for the consideration of the writer, either to change the mode or correct the paragraph to bring it in line or rewrite. It is a must, and prior to submitting it to a printer to the FINAL stage of publishing, should go through the same a second time (reading.) It is a second reading.
This is a VERY poor start. Please go over the same and rewrite it with a better understanding of the topic that you want to write. Have a smooth flow in your language, more grammatical in the formation of the sentences and in your expression, so that a reader will continue doing it, rather than stopping and discarding the book.
Good luck in your Second attempt.
FH.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 17-01-14 12:28:10
FH -
I hope you are directing your message to the OP and not to me, since I didn't write the philosophy stuff.
It just happened to be that I piggy-backed on this thread because of earlier posts of mine when the OP posted his 
But, I agree, proof-reading is critical, and more importantly, copy-editing is a MUST.
I must also state that even after several iterations of copy-editing, one can find an oops.
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Originally posted by Full House
This is the very first page and the starting statement....went like this....
1
What is philosophy
In past deep thinking on any subject was
considered as philosophy and thinker was called
philosopher.
I am not a proof reader. But it stands to reason why and if a book will be considered a success or a flop. It is all in the writing. You are the writer and it reflects upon your ability.
It should read "In THE past DEEP thinking of any subject MATTER was considered as philosophy and SUCH A thinker was called A philosopher....
I stopped reading after that. People who put their HEART and SOUL into writing a book should take the help from people who will PROOF READ AND submit a correction alongside for the consideration of the writer, either to change the mode or correct the paragraph to bring it in line or rewrite. It is a must, and prior to submitting it to a printer to the FINAL stage of publishing, should go through the same a second time (reading.) It is a second reading.
This is a VERY poor start. Please go over the same and rewrite it with a better understanding of the topic that you want to write. Have a smooth flow in your language, more grammatical in the formation of the sentences and in your expression, so that a reader will continue doing it, rather than stopping and discarding the book.
Good luck in your Second attempt.
FH.
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