“SETAM VADA EKAM MA LIKHA”

You can talk hundred things but do not write even once

“All have death, except authors”

Works to be consulted….. • The writer has to review the material discussed in the following works

Samhitha (Treatises):

• BhriatTrayee, Laghu Trayee,

• Kashyapa,Harita & Bhela

Nighantu (Lexicons)Ashtanganighantu

DhanvantarinighantuKaiyyadevanighantu

MadanapalanighantuRajanighantu

NighanturatnakarShaligramanighantu

Koshas (Dictionaries)Vadiyakashabdasindhu

Shabdhakalpadruma

Sanskrit dictionariesApte’s

William Monnier

Yoga Sanghraha Grantha (Compilatory Works)VrindamadhavGadanighrahaRajamartandaChakraduttaVangasenaLolambarajiyamYogaratnakaraBhaishajyaratnavali

Many scholars regularly publish their research in the

journals or academic monographs but never consider writing

a textbook.

Many lecturers become frustrated because a course that

they want to teach has no obvious textbook to recommend to

students. If this is the case, why not write your

own?

“If you wish to be a writer – Write”As innovative teachers working with the latest theories and

approaches, we often find that student textbooks do not keep

up with the trends explored in our research, meaning that

students can struggle to grasp these ideas.

journALS, MonoGrAPHS & TEXT BooKS

Many publishers prefer that textbooks have an authorial

team rather than one author. This is because the ideas that

make up a textbook’s content are not solely the intellectual

product of one person but of a synthesis of the field, so it

makes sense to have a number of scholars on board preparing

the content.

Co-AuTHorS

Looking for a textbook publisher is a different procedure

from finding one for a monograph. Make sure your research

which is the key player in the field, as the top monograph

publishers may not be the best for textbooks.

If you are a full time academician you will find that textbook

publishers come to you. You will be approached by publishers

offering free ‘inspection copies’ of their existing books to

encourage you to adopt the books as recommended texts for

your courses. Alternatively, publishers’ representatives often

visit universities and arrange face to face meetings with

academics to discuss this. As an author you can take this

opportunity to see whether the publisher would be interested

in your proposed textbook.

FInDInG A PuBLISHEr

Find 3-5 books that you think are similar to your idea.

For each book, you need to explain what your book offers

and try your best to pick newer titles.

You need to create an outline and table of contents for your

book.

This is where it starts to get serious, and we find out if we

really want to write a book, or if we are just toying with the

idea.

FIGurE ouT

Author has to thoroughly read the books already published to

form an idea with regard to “How to start” the writing

Language:

Lucid and terse expression.

Ambiguity must be avoided.

Hyperbolic expression must be carefully avoided.

Explanation of the concept is highly essential.

Different concepts appearing about the subject must be

explained in the light of modern researches carried out.

BEGInnInG oF wrITInG EXErCISE

wHoM you ArE ADDrESSInG

TyPES oF STuDEnT•Below average•Average•Above average•Intelligent

Write the first 1-3 chapters. This is another good test to

prepare you for the process.

If you can provide a publisher a solid proposal for the book

that includes 1-3 solidly-written chapters, you’re making an

excellent case for why your book needs to be published.

And writing those chapters will give you a great idea of how

long it will take you to write the entire book. For example, if

it takes you 3 months to write the first chapter, that could be

a big red flag.

wrITE A CHAPTEr FIrST

You’ll need to tell publishers the importance of the your

work and the market for it.

You’ll also need to include the table of contents and any of

the chapters you have written.

ProPASAL For THE BooK

EArnInGS THrouGH BooK wrITInG

1. ROYALTY

Don’t expect to get rich from writing a book. You’ll likely get an advance of 5,000-10,000 rupees if a

publisher accepts your book. Remember this is an ADVANCE,

which means you’ll have to pay this money back to the

publisher.

The advance is against the money you will make from

royalties on the book. So if your publisher gives you a 5,000

rupees advance, you have to pay that back first from your

royalties. Which means you won’t get any royalty payments

until you’ve covered your 5,000 advance. If you never sell

enough to cover your advance, then you don’t get any royalty

payments. But either way, you keep the 5,000 advance.

EArnInGS THrouGH BooK wrITInG

2. COPYRIGHT

“Every author has a right to copy to write”Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country, that

grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use

and distribution, usually for a limited time, with the intention of

enabling the creator (e.g. the photographer of a photograph or the

author of a book) to receive compensation for their intellectual

effort.

Copyright is a form of intellectual property, applicable to any

expressed representation of a creative work. It is often shared,

then percentage holders are commonly called right’s holders:

legally, contractually and in associated "rights" business

functions.

PArTS oF THE BooK

SPINE

COVER

AUTHOR

ILLUSTRATOR

TITLE

PREFACE & FORWARD

PROLOGUE & EPILOGUE

TABLE OF CONTENT

INDEX

GLOSSARY

PArTS oF THE BooK

SPINE

The part of the book opposite of the opening, which is visible

when the book is shelved. Also known as back, back strip,

and shelf back.

COVER

A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together

the pages of a book. Beyond the familiar distinction between

hard covers and paperbacks, there are further alternatives

and additions, such as dust jackets, ring-binding, and holder

forms such as the nineteenth-century "paper-boards" and the

traditional types of hand-binding.

PArTS oF THE BooKAUTHOR

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or

gave existence to anything" and whose authorship

determines responsibility for what was created. Narrowly

defined, an author is the originator of any written work and

can also be described as a writer.

ILLUSTRATOR

An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing

or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation

that corresponds to the content of the associated text or

idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated

concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually,

which is the reason illustrations are often found in children's

books.

PArTS oF THE BooK

TITLE

Title communicates the subject dealt in the book in a precise

way.

PREFACE & FORWARD

A preface is an introduction to a book written by the author.

An introductory essay written by a different person is a

foreword and precedes an author's preface.

The preface often closes with acknowledgments of those who

assisted in the book writing.

PArTS oF THE BooKPROLOGUE & EPILOGUE

A prologue or prolog (Greek prologos, from the word pro(before) and lógos, word) is an opening to a story that

establishes the setting and gives background details, often

some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other

miscellaneous information.

An epilogue or epilog is a piece of writing at the end of a work

of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. When

the author steps in and speaks indirectly to the reader, that is

more properly considered an afterword.

PArTS oF THE BooKTABLE OF CONTENT

It is a list of the parts of a book or document organized in the

order in which the parts appear.

The contents usually includes the titles or descriptions of the

first-level headers, such as chapter titles in longer works, and

often includes second-level or section titles (A-heads) within

the chapters as well, and occasionally even third-level titles

(subsections or B-heads).

INDEX

An index (plural: usually indices) is a list of words or phrases

('headings') and associated pointers ('locators') to where

useful material relating to that heading can be found in a

document.

PArTS oF THE BooK

GLOSSARY

A glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an

alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge

with the definitions for those terms.

Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and

includes terms within that book that are either newly

introduced, uncommon, or specialized.

While glossaries are most commonly associated with non-

fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels may come with a

glossary for unfamiliar terms.

SIzES oF THE BooK

MonoGrAPHMONOGRAPH

The term "monographia" is derived from the Greek mono(single) and grapho (to write), meaning "writing on a single

subject". Unlike a textbook, which surveys the state of

knowledge in a field, the main purpose of a monograph is to

present primary research and original scholarship. This

research is presented at length, distinguishing a monograph

from an article.

MonoGrAMMONOGRAM

A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two

or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol.

Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an

individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols.

DEDICATIonA dedication is the expression of friendly connection or to

acknowledge another person.

The dedication has its own place on the dedication page and

is part of the front matter.

In newer books, the dedication is located on a dedicationpage, usually on the recto page after the main title page

inside the front matter.

It can occupy one or multiple lines depending on its

importance.

rECTo & vErSoThe recto and verso are respectively the "front" and "back"

sides of a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a codex,

book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. In languages written from left

to right (such as English) the recto is the right-hand page and

the verso the left-hand page of an opening showing two pages

(excepting some first pages). These are terms of art in the

binding, printing, and publishing industries, and can be

applied more broadly to any field where physical documents

are exchanged.

ADDEnDuMAn addendum, in general, is an addition required to be made

to a document by its author subsequent to its printing or

publication.

It comes from the Latin verbal phrase addendum est,meaning "that which must be added".

BIBLIoGAPHyBibliography (from Greek βιβλιογραφία bibliographia, literally

"book writing"), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic

study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is

also known as bibliology.

Carter and Barker (2010) describe bibliography as a twofold

scholarly discipline—the organized listing of books

(enumerative bibliography) and the systematic description of

books as physical objects (descriptive bibliography).

BIBLIoGAPHy

BIBLIoGAPHy

Author (Surname, Initials)

Year Of Publication,

Title Of Book (Italics Or Underlined),

Edition (If Applicable),

Publisher,

Place Of Publication (Place And State, If Not A Capital City)

1. S....... ....... ..........

rEFErEnCESAs a student, it is important that you identify in your

assessment when you are using the words or ideas of another

author. The most accepted way of acknowledging the work of

another author is to use a referencing system. At the

Department of Lifelong Learning you are required to use the

Harvard referencing system.

For books, record:

The author’s or editor’s name (or names)

The year the book was published

The title of the book

If it is an edition other than the first

The city the book was published in

The name of the publisher

Footnote

Endnote

Vancouver system

The Vancouver system, also

known as Vancouver reference

style or the author-number

system, is a citation style. It is

popular in the physical sciences,

and is one of two referencing

systems normally used in

medicine, the other being the

author-date, or "Harvard", system

Parenthetical referencing, also known as

Harvard referencing, is a citation style in

which partial citations—for example,

"(Smith 2010, p. 1)"—are enclosed within

parentheses and embedded in the text,

either within or after a sentence. They are

accompanied by a full, alphabetized list of

citations in an end section, usually titled

"references", "reference list", "works

cited", or "end-text citations".

rEFErEnCESFor journal articles record:

The author’s name or names

The year in which the journal was published

The title of the article

The title of the journal

The page number/s of the article in the journal

As much other information as you can find about the journal, for

example the volume and issue numbers

For electronic resources record:

The date you accessed the source

The electronic address or email

The type of electronic resource (email, discussion forum, WWW

page, etc)

SuMMArySummary is a noun, and "summery" is an adjective, but they

sound alike and both describe something short. A summer feels

like a short piece of a long year, and a summary is a short

statement about a longer piece.

When a long speech or writing needs retelling in a short amount

of time, a summary sums up the meaning in much fewer words.

AnnEXurE & APPEnDIXWhen a document is prepared containing many points differing in content

and sequence, presenting them all, one after another will make it less

cogent and difficult to understand and retain for discussion follow up etc.

In such cases they will be presented separately at the end of the main

portion giving serial number for each individual item (mentioned, but not

detailed in the body) as appendix or annexure.

Annexure and appendix mean more or less the same.

MCq In A TEXTBooKUse either the best answer or the correct answer format. Best

answer format refers to a list of options that can all be correct in

the sense that each has an advantage, but one of them is the

best.

Correct answer format refers to one and only one right answer.

Format the questions vertically, not horizontally (i.e., list the

choices vertically).

MCq In A TEXTBooKUse good grammar, punctuation, and spelling consistently.

Minimize the time required to read each question.

Avoid tricky questions.

Use the active voice.

The ideal question will be answered correctly by 60-65% of the

tested population.

Have your questions peer-reviewed.

Avoid giving unintended cues – such as making the correct

answer longer in length than the distractors.

Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing andpublication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, orexpressions" and the representation of them as one's ownoriginal work.

Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry,it is a serious ethical offense, and cases of plagiarism canconstitute copyright infringement.

Verbatim cannot be produced

PLAGIArISM

FLow CHArTS & TABLES

Book has to provide flow charts and tables wherever

necessary for easy understanding.

Pictorial expression is also useful to explain the subject

Important points can be provide on the pages which draws

immediate attention in boxes.

HIGHLIGHTInG IMPorTAnT PoInTS

Proof reading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic

copy of a publication to detect and correct production errors

of text or art.

Proof readers are expected to be consistently accurate by

default because they occupy the last stage of typographic

production before publication.

ProoF rEADInG

A diacritic also diacritical mark, diacritical point, or diacritical

sign – is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph.

Diacritic is primarily an adjective, though sometimes used as a

noun, whereas diacritical is only ever an adjective.

Some diacritical marks, such as the acute( ´ ) and grave ( ` ), are

often called accents. Diacritical marks may appear above or

below a letter, or in some other position such as within the

letter or between two letters.

DIACrITICAL MArKS

The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around

1440 marks the entry of the book into the industrial age.

The Western book was no longer a single object, written or

reproduced by request. The publication of a book became an

enterprise, requiring capital for its realization and a market for its

distribution. The cost of each individual book (in a large edition)

was lowered enormously, which in turn increased the distribution

of books.

The book in codex form and printed on paper, as we know it today,

dates from the 15th century. Books printed before January 1, 1501,

are called INCUNABLES.

PrInTInG PrESS

Egyptian Papyrus

Bamboo book - binding

Bhurjapatra

Tamraptra

AnCIEnT PrInTInG MATErIAL

GooD MAn & GILMAnGoodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics is

an American textbook of pharmacology. First published in 1941, the

book is in its twelfth edition (as of 2011), and has the reputation of

being the "bible of pharmacology". The readership of this book

include physicians of all therapeutic and surgical specialties, clinical

pharmacologists, clinical research professionals and pharmacists.

The work is named after Louis S. Goodman and Alfred Gilman of Yale

University, School of Medicine.

Vd.Yadavaji Triakmaji Acharya

Vd. Vishwanath Dwivedi Acharya Priyavrat Sharma

Vd.Bapalal shah

TowErInG PErSonALITIES oF DrAvyAGunA

A book that inspired..

Prof. C. Dwarakanath

LETTEr oF InSPIrATIon

CrITICISMCriticism= 2% Moral+49% Jealosy+49% Envy.

“An unsuccessful author turns critic.”

“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects”

- Will Rogers.

“Authors in general are not good listeners”- William Hazliti

“The clarity of expression, the

analytical exposition of the most

abstract theories and The humorous

anecdotes with which he regarded

his students. He was dead against a

teacher with a wryly face”.

Be a writer…Learn To Labor And Wait, Success Will Not Escape, Success Cannot Escape ….