If you’re preparing a book proposal and hoping that it will catch the attention of commissioning editors, you’ve probably noticed that most of them ask for one specific section that often feels intimidating: marketing ideas. For many writers, this raises immediate questions. Isn’t marketing the publisher’s job? Why do I need a marketing plan when… Continue reading What Editors Look For: Why Marketing Ideas Matter in Book Proposals
You’ve poured all your effort into your book, and now it’s time to create the tool that sells it: the book proposal. This document acts as your project’s business plan. Whether you are pitching a novel, a memoir, or a poetry collection, the proposal needs to clearly convince an agent or editor that your book… Continue reading 5 Things You MUST INCLUDE in a Book Proposal
If you’re working on a book proposal or preparing to pitch to agents and publishers, sooner or later you’ll come across one essential requirement: comp titles. They’re one of those publishing terms that sound more intimidating than they actually are, and yet choosing the right ones can make a huge difference to how your book… Continue reading What Are Comp Titles, and How to Come Up with Them
Bound’s Top Non-Fiction Picks of 2025 Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in Discover the must-read non-fiction books of 2025, from memoirs and biographies to investigative journalism and cultural criticism. This year’s non-fiction books offered a wide expanse of insights, inspiration and a deeper look into the world we live in. Whether you’re interested in history, culture, memories or… Continue reading Bound’s Top Non-Fiction Picks of 2025
Bound’s Top Fiction Picks for 2025 Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in Looking for the best fiction books of 2025? Explore our curated list of must-read novels that defined the year. Some years give us good books while others give us books that stay with us for a long time. 2025 was definitely the latter. With bold voices,… Continue reading Bound’s Top Fiction Picks for 2025
The air in Room Number Seven of the City Marriage Registrar’s office was not just thick; it was actively suffocating. It smelled of three conflicting entities: stale government paper, the metallic tang of anxiety, and the competing perfumes of fifty people crammed into a space designed, generously, for six. The room itself was a low-ceilinged… Continue reading The Silence in Room Seven: A Fusion Court Wedding Story
THE BRIDE: Priya, 7:30 PM, Staring at Paneer Butter Masala I’m not eating. Well, I’m eating. Obviously, I’m eating. The aunties would drag me to a doctor if I didn’t touch the food at my own wedding. But I’m eating the way you eat when your stomach is a tight fist of anxiety and your… Continue reading Things I Ate at an Indian Wedding – Nandhitha B
The Lake Palace glittered like a gem on the Pichola, looking like something from a dream, or rather something from an expensive advertisement in a glossy magazine. Vikram’s taxi lurched through Udaipur’s narrow lanes before depositing him at the jetty where a private boat waited to ferry wedding guests across the lake. Three days, Vikram… Continue reading Plus None – Maryann Taylor
Ba was eighty-three years old, barely five feet tall even in her best slippers, and she was about to go to war. She sat on the corner of the sofa in her granddaughter’s flat in Ghatkopar and surveyed her troops. Thirty-two relatives crammed into a living room meant for maybe fifteen, all talking at once,… Continue reading Italian Marble and Pearls – Nirav Mehta
Tina. Tina. Tina. Do you know it all began with you? I was six, or seven when I saw you, but I found you in retrospection. Do people get crushes when they are six or seven? Maybe they do, maybe they don’t. I still don’t know, but looking back, maybe I did. Maybe it feels… Continue reading Letter to Tina Malhotra from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Gayatri Varma
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