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    The Paperback Badshah
    The Paperback Badshah
    The Paperback Badshah
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    The Paperback Badshah

    By Abhay Nagarajan

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    ‘In life...you can choose to become a specialist or a generalist. But in
    love, please don’t become a reluctant fundamentalist. Instead become
    a love scientist.’
    — Raghu Balakrishnan
    Raghu Balakrishnan is a laidback 25 year old, who quits his regular job
    as a financial advisor to focus single-mindedly on his dream of becoming
    a published aurthor in India. He stays with his parents. They reluctantly
    tolerate his new-found creative ‘nonsense’ as he works on his book, a love
    story, which he titles The Paperback Badshah.
    As time passes by, he realizes that writing the book is just one part of the
    dream.
    How did one go about getting it published?
    What about the marketing and promotion?
    What about reactions from the readers?
    Would it open up the faucets of love in their hearts or would it irritate them, given the sheer absurdity
    of the plot?
    Along the way, will Raghu also get lucky in matters of the heart?
    Find out by joining him in his entertaining journey, as he chases his writing dream to eventually become
    a published ‘100 Rupee’ paperback author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSrishti Publishers
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9789380349961
    The Paperback Badshah

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