Valley authors going digital with indie publishing

Southeast Valley authors find pluses and minsues in self-publishing through e-books.

“Drop Dead Healthy” by A.J. Jacobs

Some pity, please, for the family of journalist A.J. Jacobs, whose monomaniacal book stunts must create the kind of domestic unrest that used to exist only in Kaufman-and-Hart plays. “Mommy, why did Daddy snarl at me when I interrupted his reading?” “Because he’s trying to get through the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, and he’s only as far as Balzac.” “Mommy, why is Daddy wearing a long beard ...

Some people will always be disappointed whatever our bandwidth: Rakesh Kumar Tandon

Two years after the Indian Railways decided to take its core catering business away from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the public sector undertaking has refocused its business and made a life for itself away from the unit which is now the world’s fourth largest commercial or utility employer.

John Madden on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shooting in India, and Challenging The Avengers

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of retirees — Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, and Maggie Smith (the latter two on loan from Downton Abbey), among others — as they attempt to "outsource" their old age by moving to India. Adapted from Deborah Moggach's novel ... More »