Thursday, December 15, 2011

AUTHOR AURA

AUTHOR AURA




Author aura brings all the budding writers/authors a unique opportunity to bring out their talent and also support them post-publication.

The activities are broadly divided into 2 categories:

1)  Author Support Activities (pre-publication)
2)  PR Activities ( Post-Publication)


Author Support Activities:Objective and Goal

Through Author support activities, the agency will help the writer to furnish his work.

              Key Elements of the action plan
1)    Assistance in Plot development
2)    Editing
3)    Proof-Reading
4) Cover Designing
5)    Assistance to send manuscript to different publication houses
           


PR ACTIVITIES :Objective and goal

Through the PR exercise the agency would look at the following outcome:

Objective: To maximize post launch visibility for the book, Author and the publication who is publishing and reach out to the right target audiences

End Goal: To drive sales of the book in the relevant target groups

Key Elements of the action plan

Agency would focus on the following PR activities to achieve our communication objectives:
1. Author Profiling & Book Reviews in Leading Newspapers

2.  Book reviews in popular blogs and online Papers, Magazines

3. Contests and Book Giveaways


4. Online Promotion



1.    Author Profiling & Book Reviews in Leading Newspapers

Agency role: Agency would liaison with the relevant media people to initiate book reviews to talk about what the book is about

What would we require from the client? Agency would require NBIs for the books as created by the publisher and brief backgrounder on the books, the way they need to be positioned. We would also require copies of the books to be sent out to media for review.

Minimum Deliverable: 7 Book Reviews in leading newspapers

2.    Book reviews in popular blogs and online Papers,Magazines

Agency role: Agency would liaison with the bloggers and reviewers and bring out reviews in popular blogs and online papers

What would we require from the client? Agency would require copies of the books to be sent out to bloggers for review.

3.    Contests and Book Giveaways

Agency role: Agency would liaison with different popular book groups to arrange contests, giveaways etc.

What would we require from the client? Agency would require copies of the books to be sent out for giveaways.



1.    Online Promotion

Agency role: creating internet web presnce with a website and utillizing social media toolas as youtube facebook twitter being integrated at commom platform to generate online buzz in web social sphere





NOTE :
1)      Author’s aura doesn’t ensure that your work will get published
2)      Each person is free to choose what kind of service he or she requires and the pricing will be on that point only
3)     
4)      THE PR ACTIVITIES WILL GO FOR AROUND 3-4 MONTHS



Founded by Saptarshi Basu : Saptarshi Basu is the author of two novels.His Debut novel-  LOVE {LOGIC} AND THE GOD'S ALGORITHM is now a national best-seller .His second Novel ,  AUTUMN IN MY HEART published by Vitasta Publishing along with Times group which was launched in November has already created a lot of stir on causes of broken heart and homosexuality.Saptarshi Basu's diverse professional background mixed with his prolonged abroad experience along with his brilliant education backdrop makes him the ideal person to share his thoughts and experiences on topics such as leadership, passion, values, team building, motivation, achieving goals etc 





For details contact : Saptarshi Basu : 
  Emailauthor@saptarshibasu.com


 Website : www.saptarshibasu.com

Thursday, July 7, 2011

LOVE,LOGIC AND THE GOD'S ALGORITHM - NOW IN FLIPCART !!!

DEAR ALL,
    It’s my proud privilege to share with you  My Debut Novel – LOVE,LOGIC AND THE GOD’S ALGORITHM


The novel is about our College life and the after –life i.e. our  Professional Life.
I look forward to your love and support to make it a success.
The book is now available in FLIPCART .COM AT A SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT
http://www.flipkart.com/books/8192043339
DEAR ALL,
    It’s my proud privilege to share with you  My Debut Novel – LOVE,LOGIC AND THE GOD’S ALGORITHM


The novel is about our College life and the after –life i.e. our  Professional Life.


I look forward to your love and support to make it a success.

The book is now available in FLIPCART .COM AT A SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT

http://www.flipkart.com/books/8192043339

Sunday, June 26, 2011

NOW KNOW YOUR BOOK SALES FIGURE THROUGH NEILSON BOOKSCAN !!!


BookScan India
The Nielsen BookScan service is the world’s largest continuous book sales tracking service operating in India, the UK, Ireland, Australia, US, South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and Denmark.
We collect total transaction data at the point of sale directly from the tills and dispatch systems of all major book retailers. This ensures that detailed and highly accurate sales information on which books are selling, and at what price, is available to the book trade.
The Indian panel was launched in October 2010.
The Indian panel covers a significant market of organised book sales in India. In an average week the panel will measure 1.44 Lakhs units, representing R38.7 million and 28,000 different titles.
Data is available to subscribing clients and contributing retailers on a weekly basis just 6 days after the measured periods ends. Information is available via BookScan Online, our flexible, web-based analysis tool.  Bespoke ad hoc reports can also be commissioned.  Individual retailer information is confidential and retailers have to participate in the panel to have access to India panel information.







http://www.nielsenbookscan.co.uk/controller.php?page=1021

Monday, May 2, 2011

HOW WRITERS BUILD THE BRAND?

every author knows, writing a book is the easy part these days. It’s when the publication date looms that we have to roll up our sleeves and tackle the real literary labor: rabid self-promotion. For weeks beforehand, we are compelled to bombard every friend, relative and vague acquaintance with creative e-mails and Facebook alerts, polish up our Web sites with suspiciously youthful author photos, and, in an orgy of blogs, tweets and YouTube trailers, attempt to inform an already inundated world of our every reading, signing, review, interview and (well, one can dream!) TV ­appearance.

read more below:


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/books/review/how-writers-build-the-brand.html

Friday, April 29, 2011

COME JOIN THE BUDDING AUTHORS ENCLAVE



Dear all budding writers,I am opening this community where we can freely interact and share our experiences of book publishing.Mostly it caters to the Fiction section.
Do invite all of your friends who have a flare for writing as well as reading.