Aniruddha Pathak's Blog
October 30, 2018
An Idiot Author’s Guide to Facebook Marketing (2020)
Facebook has been a healthy platform of showcasing for both writers and authors since many years. There have been many authors who’ve effectively used Facebook Marketing to generate book sales and engagements, and still employ strategies for the same.
Facebook has more users than Twitter and YouTube combined, no joke! So it could be the one of the efficient platforms to start marketing your book and most importantly yourself. Let’s delve into it more.
Up until 2017, Facebook worked great for bo...
August 18, 2018
How to Start a Blog that attracts Traffic: A Definitive Guide for Writers and Authors
It’s 2020 and writers are storming the social media each passing day.
However, social media waves with an ever-changing algorithm, and if you are a writer, it’s now highly unlikely that your posts receive the same kind of traffic that they did earlier. That’s where blogging can come to your rescue. Today in this blog post, I will elaborate on all the things that you need to start a successful blog that drives traffic not only from social media but also from search engines! This post includes ev...
June 13, 2018
Anthologies In India For Which You Pay: Why It’s A Terrible Idea
Let’s get straight to the point.
One thing that I can definitely state now is that there are countless self-publishing houses in India today. Each day (not really each day, but yes, on a regular basis) I see a publishing house emerging out of nowhere. Additionally, most of them are self-publishers. And what is their favorite hobby? Publishing a Paid Anthology!
The other day I was strolling in my Facebook group to find a dozen prom...
April 12, 2018
Amazon Kindle Grayscale Mod for Android
The thing is, I am a devoted ebook reader and I couldn’t find a grayscale effect in the official Kindle App for Android. Now that I didn’t get that thing, it immediately struck me that I should add the effect. And I couldn’t add the values to the app and code every bit of it – it would have wasted my time if I did so.
So I tweaked some strings to change the Sepia mode to Kindle Gray color and compiled the app.
Now I feel comfortable wi...
February 2, 2018
A Definitive Guide to Self Publish Books in India
When I looked to self publish my book in 2016, I had a fewer options than I have today. People had the notion that traditionally published books do a lot better than the self published books, and that was a huge barrier while marketing. But today, the scenario has completely changed. The readers now judge the books according to the content that they bear, and not just the publishers with whom they are published. This massive change has ...
January 2, 2018
The Goal Keeper of 2018 by Aniruddha Pathak
A very happy new year to all of you! We all have now officially entered the year 2018!
A considerable amount of the world population must have made New Year resolutions, and the others would be following their daily schedule, without being disturbed by the fact that it is a new year and a new day now.
This is my first blog post of 2018. This year, I am more determined towards following my goals, one of which is blogging.
Now, as I browse through the internet and social media, I see many people a...
December 9, 2017
Book Review: Right Behind You by Neil D’Silva!
Here’s my take on Right Behind You by Neil D’Silva.
Right Behind You is a collection of 13 horror stories of different genres. The thing that connects these stories is the emotion of our inner fears that resides in all of us. We might mask these fears, we might even deny them, but they emerge when least expected and then they begin to encroach upon every aspect of our lives. In this collection of assorted horror stories, you will find noir horror, urban myths, fantasies, campfire tal...
