Category: MyKitaab Podcast

Introduction Mark Lefebvre is the Director of Self Publishing & Author Relations at Kobo since 2011. He started his career as a technologist during the day and author during night. Mark is the writer of dark fiction that is often described as “Twilight Zone”style fiction. He has been involved in…

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Professional Speaker, Coach & Entrepreneur. She was voted as one of Top 100 creative professionals in 2013 by The Guardian of the UK. She is currently based out of London, England but spent 13 years as a business…

Introduction: Kovid is the creator of Calibre, an ebook management and conversion program. He has a Ph.D from California Institute of Technology and has worked on quantum computing. He has many and varied interests. He is a book lover and reads close to 100 books an year. In addition, he…

Introduction: In this podcast episode, Kiruba and Amar discuss how Quora can be an effective tool in a digital marketer’s toolkit. Quora is a site where users pose questions and experts provide responses. Founded in 2009, this site is a treasure house of information on a variety of topics ranging…

Naveen Valsakumar is a former technologist who co-founded Notionpress with his friends in 2012 with a INR 3,000 investment ($50). In four years, the company has grown to INR 6 Crores (nearly US 1 million) in sales, and is one of the self-publishing companies in India. Naveen and I talk…

Introduction: Leonard a mechanical engineer and MBA from Ohio State University worked in the IT sector for several years. He spent a few years in the United States and a stint in Istanbul, Turkey. He returned to Goa, India to start his own venture. Leonard founded an online store for…

Introduction: Jaya Jha is the co-founder of pothi.com, a self publishing platform. She is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow, an ex-googler and has two other ventures- Instascribe (for ebooks) and Summary Town (summaries of business books). She is a published author herself, with one novel in English and 3…

V Raghunathan has written and published book in multiple genres. He is an academician turned banker who is currently the CEO of a non profit. He dons the hat of a columnist and is an author of 14 published books. His academic affiliation was with IIM, Ahmedabad (1982-2001) as a Professor of…

Dr. Satish Deodhar is the Author of two bestselling books – “Day To Day Economics” and “Why Am I Paying More?” His books are a lighthearted read, but by no means they are light reading: Dr. Deodhar has explained complex concepts used in economics in simple easy to understand terms.…

Rajeshwari Victor is a faculty at XLRI in Jamshedpur and author of the book “My Life, My Choice: Midlife Career Choices.” She is an alumnae of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and has over 15 years of experience in the corporate sector. She has worked with organizations such as Hindustan…