dhagam
why can’t i enjoy eBook like a hard copy?
Okay, its kinda weird, i don’t know how many of you feel like me,
reading ebook, tried but seems that’s not my cuppa ‘chai’
for a person like me who is crazy about books, and always love to read anytime, any where,
i really don’t feel comfortable reading a whole book from laptop, iPad, eBook reader,cellphone etc
its an odd feeling, i enjoy reading in the old fashioned way, rather than hooked to an electronic device,
main issue is, the smell, any true book worm would agree with me, the smell of a book (new or old) can never be missed,
next comes the pleasure of page flipping, how can anyone miss the satisfaction of turning the pages?
nothing can match the rustle and the paper’s texture brushing our fingers while flipping pages 🙂 not even the virtual page flipping effects helps me.
most important thing i can’t compromise is choosing,browsing and buying books from book shops – love to shop books. I love the experince of choosing a book by its cover, (often by its back cover 🙂
and convincing myself whether to buy a paper back or a library edition,
to me when i hold a book and read it , i completely surrender myself to it, its like a rhythmic act,
there is nothing else apart from me and the book while i read it.
Nothing makes me happier than a good book on a rainy day with a cup of coffee 🙂
anyways i don’t have anything against e books 🙂 its just my personal choice.
i don’t think i can ever enjoy a complete book in any other form other than a real book.
செய்தியே சுவாசமாய்
செய்தியே சுவாசமாய் – செய்தியாளர்கள் பற்றிய புத்தகம்- k.abirami
புத்கத்தில் இருந்து ஒரு துளி…
புகைப்படம் எடுக்க நான் மிகவும் கஷ்ட்டப்படும் நேரம், கலவரம் முடிந்த பின் நிலவும் நேரந்தான். நான் மிகவும் மனக் கட்டுப்பாடோடுதான் இருக்கிறேன். மனதளவில் பாதிக்கப்படாமல் இருக்க முயற்சிக்கிறேன். ஆனால் அது மிகக்கடினம்.நாங்கள் இங்கு காணும் காட்சிகள் அவ்வளவு கொடுமையானவை. ஒருமுறை கலவரதிற்குப்பின்
ஒரு பெண் கையில் ஒரு குழந்தையுடன் கதறிக் கொண்டிருந்தார். அக்குழந்தையின் தாய் தந்தை கலவரத்தில் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தனர்.என்னிடம் அப்பெண் இவளை வைத்துக்கொண்டு நான் என்ன செய்வேன் ? எனக் கூறி அழுதாள்.
எனக்கு மிகவும் வேதனையாக இருந்தது.
என்னால் நிம்மதியாக உறங்க முடியாது , நான் ஓட வேண்டும், ஓடிக்கொண்டே இருக்க வேண்டும்,
குழந்தையை கண்ட அன்றுதான் மனம் தளர்ந்தேன்.
ஆனாலும் அப்பெண்ணையும் குழந்தையையும் படம் எடுக்க மறக்கவில்லை. இப்படி ஒரே ஒரு செய்திக்கே மனம் தளர்ந்தால் தொடர்ந்து பணிபுரிய முடியாது. இதுபோன்ற நூற்றுக்கணக்கான சம்பவங்கள் ,,,, அவை கொடுமையானவை. சகிக்க முடியாதவை, என்னால் என் உண்மையான பெயரைக்கூட வெளியிட முடியாது. வீடிற்கு செல்ல முடியாது. – அல்கேறிய கலவரத்தில்அடிபட்ட ஒரு பத்திரிக்கையாளரின் பேட்டி.
பேசாமல் பேசுவோம் – Body language
who said reading habit is receding?-the heavier & lighter side of Chennai book fair
34th Chennai book fair… to me Chennai book fairs are always ….fascinating event… i have been to these fairs since i was a kid…
every year… my publishing house participates in the fair and in recent years my books are displayed as well,
so now i enjoy book fair as a publisher and a writer.
The personal response that i receive is really important for my further work.
so thats the basic picture.
this year we had a very good response as usual
some unique features were…
we had many new visitors… many first timers who ventured into the world of reading
Tamilputhakalyam Dhagam Stall @ 34 chennai book fair
thats an inspiring change …
we had the usual regulars … they had a blast checking out the books sipping coffee
another thing i observed in the Chennai book fair was, we had a good response to Tamil books rather than english books and games dvd’s/cd’s.
most publishers said that poetry books did not received a good response… any ways thats not my area of interest 🙂
but serious political,history books rocked this year! – a healthy growth that i welcome
on this note i need to point out one thing,
before few years we had a craze for historical books… this was well pocketed by some mushroom publishers … who published books with fancy titles on history,politics… these books were unimpressive.
i personally bought these books and felt cheated … for the books were very light… and so boring…
this year these books were well identified and omitted by the readers… that includes me as well:)
in contrast all the good books on history and politics had a great response…
how can we choose a good book from a bad one?
go by the author / publisher
have a glance at the writing style …
if you understand and find it interesting,you are holding the best and right book…
as usual famous historical novels were sold out
lifestyle books had a great response too…
children story books had a warm welcome this year… we had cute little curious visitors to our stall… 🙂
a serious book addict @ tamilputhakalayam
curious little readers @ tamilputhakalayam stall
a serious book addict @ tamilputhakalayam
- curious little readers @ tamilputhakalayam stall
biographies were not that popular this time,
great news is lighter interest books had low response – cookery,beauty tips, books on astrology, etc
so over all its a happy picture and we can now ask with a smile..
who said reading habit is receding?
okay now moving a bit off track… the canteen facility was no so tasty …
thanks to all the coffee/tea / popcorn stalls without them survival would have been tough 🙂
next new thing… the book fair pathways were named after famous creative writers and thinkers… poets Barathy, Barathydasan, Shelly, Tagore, Gandhiji etc
path ways named after poets/authors
one thing that was bad was the flooring in the fair… it was terrible and many walkers slipped and fell to floor 😦
the evening events attracted very few visitors…
we had few unexpected visitors to our Tamilputhakalayam stall this year like mr.maniratnam, mr.ila.ganesan -bjp , mr.sanjaysubramaniam, and some usual visitors like mr.pazha.karruppaia, mr.duraimurugan,mr.jagathratchagan, and many more
mr.pazha.karuppaia & mr.akilan kannan @ tamilputhakalayam stall @34th chennai book fair
Author Akilan’s books ,
Valgavilunthu gangai varai,
history & political books
fictions
lifestyle books/philosophy – i am happy about the response my books received this year :)(yahooo000!)
k.abirami’s lifestyle books
and our stall had descriptive posters ..among which the poster on corruption was well received by everyone.
KARPAGAM’S FLEX ON CURROPTION @ TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM
our photo display file of our publication and authors ‘ ninaivalaigal ‘ grabbed every one’s attraction 🙂
tamilputhakalayam photo album
we had a pongal pot display this year in our stall,
PONGAL POT @ TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM STALL CHENNAI BOOK FAIR
our bookmarks and pongal cards were well appreciated 🙂
TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM BOOKMARKS
TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM PONGALGREETINGS
TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM POSTERS
TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM POSTERS ON ITS POLICIES
TAMILPUTHAKALAYAM BANNER-DRIVEWAY
so we had a great time this year at the Chennai book fair
and there were the funny moments too …
when i was walking around the fair one cute liitle boy was yelling to his father ‘ actor surya’s picture ! surya’s picture’
the father was patiently explaining ‘ no its not surya .. its a real police’
the boy was ponting to his finger to an ips officer’s (who was dresses in his police attire) poster in a book stall! 🙂
next comment was a parent seriously warning his kid ‘ hey don’t entre into all the book stalls … most of the books are for writers… not for you… go into the stall that has books for you okay! ‘
the four year kid was bewildered by the warning… so was i 🙂
anyways it was so much fun….
by the way i bought loads of books …
mostly on sri lankan history
indian politics
folklore
atheism / religion/culture
Chinese revolution,
journalism
media
and a lots more…
PESAMAL PESUVOM - பேசாமல் பேசுவோம் 