Calling all WriterBabus!

hey great idea..am for it!

Please ask more people to comment here

great idea!

i am also for it. good idea.

Okay, keep commenting and posting ideas.

yup...

We can venture forth regarding this matter..A reputed publisher is needed otherwise the readability gets restricted and also we need to decide how many works of authors can be included.

good idea.. i'm up for it :)

@NISHANT lets pick up the best stories and then make a book of about almost 300 pages or so and then present it. I would be the best if someone here has any touch with some publisher or so who can accept out idea. What say?

Please Bring more people in. I will let Srijan Bro know too.

pls reveal ur name..pls

I will, I will

ur gal, poetic, teen haha

almost all of your preds are wrong :P

hahahaha

k ur guy, unpoetic, old

This guessing game is not for you :P just bring people in

just pulling ur leg..

oh i know u r sam! how cd i miss u

:P

Yup..we will do that.

I'm in on it!!

Yup, a good idea!

Please bring more people in.

Indeed a great Idea. We can give it a real try.

A similar attempt was made last year but I was not able to get the book published in hard bound book so I created the book section and published it here only ... :P Many many people read the book. Its called Liquid Imaginations.

The biggest challenge is to figure out the content of the book. As in which posts to include and which posts not to. And yet bigger challenge is to get it printed in hard bound book. The smallest print run is of about 500 to 1000 copies. And each copy of abut 100 pages costs about 100 rupees approx. So that makes it a capital requirement of 50,000 to 100,000 and I was not able to product that much money last year. Other thing that can be done is to ensure publisher that all the copies will be sold, a promise actually, which I was not sure myself last year.

So lets get the publisher ready for a lower cost printing without compromising on the paper quality. Who will take up the tasks?

Tasks:

1. Decide what will be the book all about, ... Get the content ready with a decent consensus.
2. Get contacts with publishers
3. Convince them for a free/low cost print
4. Sit through the editing and pint set-up ... with the print designer guy
5. Design the cover page
6. Approve the first sample print with quality check
7. Get it distributed across India( that I can do, I have contacts)

We can get things done if we distribute the tasks, I failed to do it all alone last year ... so guys decide!! and Act!!

Also last year one of the biggest legal hurdle was that writerbabu was not a registered entity with govt. of India and I could not publish it on personal account as it was a compilation of all writerbabu's posts.

This time we have our company WriterBabu Online Services Pvt. Ltd. I can provide the CIN number and other things whenever required at any step.

how to disribute the work? its a bit hectic task . all have busy schedule full day long. ?

Okay I have some suggestions. We will divide the work. I will be commenting by tonight.

In other news I have revealed my name :P

this is a Nice IDEA :)

So this is what I think. Anyone more has any other opinion, please pour in.
1. Topic will be chosen, we can have some kind of poll or pick randomly.
2. I have some publishers in my friend list or we can send our proposal to them directly through E-mail. Shristi publishers are currently the best according to me.
3.The publishers will print everything for free once the proposal is accepted.
4. The editing part comes next year. If any of my story gets selected and the proposal is done then by next year I will be available. The editing stages requires a lot of time maybe sometime in mid next year. Hopefully.
5. Cover page designing will be done by the publishing team. If not I am always ready.
7. Distribution will be again done by the publishers and through the authors.
8. This point which I wanted to add. Supposed there are 10 stories and 10 authors. Everyone might claim atleast 50 copies for themselves, then 50 X 10 means 500 copies will be booked initially itself.

The task distribution will be done once all get all the entries. I wish to start the submission of entries by next year, extended to 2-3 months and then after my exams I would be free to do the majority of the task.

This is indeed a great idea... I am in too... I have 2 short stories ready each of around 4000 words... Just need to do some editing on it...

@Ullas Lots of time there now, you can do it slowly. Just be sure not to publish it anywhere on the net.

I haven't yet and i dont think i will after seeing this post... :)

And A minor suggestion from my side: We can select many stories... And then classify them into adventurous, non-fiction, romantic, science fiction books... That means, a single book for romantic stories and so on... In that way, more number of authors will get chance to be published... We can send the proposals for all the book compilations at once... Suppose, if one is not selected then the other book may get selected... What say???

First lets get one done then we will come to another :P
And if a genre is not mentioned then stories might vary by large extent and we cannot afford that. Genre is a must.

Yeah... Agree with you... :)

pls include a book of humor..MALLU's humor..heehee

i can help with commenting haha
seriously..editing too

@Mallu of course if the publication team is in Mumbai then :P

Fingers crossed I will talking to a publisher today.

All the best ... :D

Deciding on which stories to include I.e., the content will take time.
Every author would want their story/article/poem to be included.

We will mention a specific genre I guess

I am in. Let's do it

I got a reply, they have asked to submit the proposal !

Okay, so lets submit the last year book "Liquid Imaginations" first if they want the proposal immediately because selecting the stories will take atleast two week time.

Which publisher is it?

No an already published material wont be entertained. Sristi Publishers

And there is no hurry we can take time to submit a fresh lot

This is important to note that published materials on the net even on blogs wont be accepted the entries should be fresh. Now when we have started work on this then I guess we need a good place to discuss everything and announce updates. I have created a group on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/658840487501137/) please join to follow up.

You mean to say that people can't write their articles on WriterBabu if they want to submit it there?

I've a few articles posted on my blog but I can take them down.
Also, articles on writerbabu can be included right?

No. Once you press the publish button you can not re-publish it again and if you wish to get it published then we will have to go for self publishing and that would cost a lot.

now that will require writing new stuff! because i guess most of us here might have posted their best works on WriterBabu or their individuals blogs!!

That doesn't mean one won't write again and best can't be decided unless one has retired.

o.O you mad bro! i mean c'mon.. include WB's best works ever and it will also be a way to popularise the site...

Then you shall pay the whole amount for publishing :P
I repeat published materials are not eligible and who said writerbabu's name won't be there? The anthology itself will be from team writerbabu and the people submitting the entries must be writerbabu members.

:/ daFuQ? This thing is freaking my mind out...

Anthologies are published this way, I am surprised that you guys are not willing to write anything new :/

My 3 best articles are posted here and they're quite popular.
And I really want at least one of them to be published.

But the terms and conditions can't be denied. I didn't make this rule I can't help it.

Well give it a shot guyz... let's try to write something new...

yes we will!! :)

wow

So it took me half an hour to read all the stuff various people had posted..:P. Gong to a publisher is a very very energy sapping thing I speak from personal experience of getting rejected by many.. Still I have my hopes and a pen to write .. Anyways Why not have a competition like we had to the Poetry thing.. Ofcourse this would mean getting your story published here which would defeat the purpose like the Author said... So why not follow the criterion the Big publishing houses use when they buy the rights to a writers works. i.e his personal portfolio... In this case all our profiles will have a list of works that we have published over the past several months... Let everyone read everyone else's previous works and then decide which people truly deserve to be published.. I have honestly seen many works where which are much better than mine and am sure that the authors can come up with a better story.. So heres the summary of the plan...

a) Read the previous posts
b) Select the best writers based on genre/ popularity/ whatever
c) Commision these writers to come up with a short story they want to publish which has not yet been written/ published online...
d) Support these writers...

Just a suggestion you all can mull over...

naveen..maybe der r good writers who never wrote before

1. Who will judge?
2. Think of a cricketer who scores a century in every match and goes out on a duck in the world cup finals. The quality in the present material matters. :P (P.S - Sachin is God )
3. Selecting authors in this process means there may be different genres

Writers keep patience for now ;)

Hello
I read this post today. Has this idea progressed and reached to fruition or still a proposal?

Nein ..man..nein

when will u ppl publish it.mind if I join too?