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NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services'
With Foreword by Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (retd)
former Chief of Indian Army Staff
and Governor, Punjab & Administrator, Chandigarh UT
Copies now available at:
GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038),
Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714),
Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan
(9527463684)
SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim
(2417288)
MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010)
PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327)
BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800)
DELHI: Ritana (24617278)
ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com,
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On 29 December 2010 02:04, Roland Francis <[email protected]> wrote:
> A certain Goan had heard good reviews of Selma's book and in conversation
> with me was distinctly but indirectly fishing for my copy to be lent to
> him.
> When he saw that I was not forthcoming with it, he quietly stopped the
> hints.
>
Hi Roland, I have a slightly different perspective on this... just as I
believe pilloring those who spit on walls is (i) barking up the wrong tree
(ii) not the most important issue (iii) got more to do with how we define
The Problem, rather than what the problem itself is.
As far as books go: I don't think there's a problem if people don't buy
books. We have to put our thinking caps on and indulge in some lateral
thinking, which enables us to make books more unignorable than they
currently are. We have to pass the book around, lend them, share them or
whatever *and* at the same time somehow work to make books viable.
We need to build a reward structure for writers, so that they get the
respect due, knowing fully well that ours is a small market and authors are
poorly paid.
It doesn't worry me if people prefer to borrow/share books instead of buying
'em. It does worry me quite a bit if writer's don't review books. Or if
potential readers ignore them. I think the onus is on us to make sure the
interests of author, reader, publisher (and the environment) are balanced
off for optimum result.
