Self and arvind spent over two hours convincing the EO of Little boy to sketch as well - he evaluates every sketch of him and put down Morning with hot idly - and refreshing to see how he was encouraging his I had a chance to spend some time with artist padmavasan. I am surely not going to read all these books fully.but I use them as reference - and refer them whenever need instantly ( some members would surely vouch for my reference capabilities).Įverybody has some madness in them.my madness is to collect all English works on Sangam literature and have a one of kind pen drive library! Most of these books in the list cost only 30-70 rs(except for the encyclopedia and the collections). So in pen drive of 2 gb I have unique collection of books on sangam literature.a collection which cannot be found in any other library in the world except in my pen drive!. By the time I leave india I would scan these books and leave. ethaye if i had bought just 2 books in US it would have costed me more than $100.it would have taken me another 3 years to apply all these books in interlibrary loan and get it.Īlready I have got 60 books through interlibrary loan and scanned them. Rendu varusham kalichu india vanthuruken.that too seeing all books in my list in uldnt resist.Ģ5 book didnt cost me even $100. Some research books - travel books - Interior - Biographies etc., are avl for throw away prices between Rs. Popular english fictions are also avl for Rs. Religeous preachings by Kanchi seer - Baba like wise for Rs.
#Udayar novel price series#
Picked Knowledge series well-bound 20 Volumes Rs. On the contrary - opposite side - Old Books shops - there is good crowd / sales. 100.Įven on a working day good amount of visitors. Bagavath Gita in Tamil (discounted rate) Rs. Picked Dalailama (Muruganandam) - Rajakesari (missed to ask for Paisasam) - Emden (to gift) some animation CDs on panchathandram - mulla etc for kids (soft view - THF) - Narasayya's Kadalodi - Aalavoy.Ĭould see good sales for CHOs books too. missed to see Thanjai Tamil University stall also. Of meet the friends, rather than find a new treasure (book)Īs usual Vikadan - Palaniappa Bros - Vanathi - Manimegalai like Popular Publishing crowded.Ĭould see various Editions of Ponniyinselvan, tamil agarathi, thiruvasagam etc.Īs usual in Madras University stall - The Colas - Tamil Lexicon avl.ĭid not notice Banarasidas or Asian. The visitors - over years, the visit has become more and more boring - more That every stall-owner wants to sell more, but it adds to the monotonity of
Shrink the size of the book fair by 10-20% so much repetition. Those like Kalki and Sandilyan among the various stalls, they alone would Publishers sell at 10% less than their cost?ĭuplicates - I guess if we remove the duplicate showpieces of books like The book at MRP and provide it at a 10% discount - I mean, shouldnt
Pricing - I also find it amusing that both publishers and book shops price Insisting that he would give 10% discount on subscriptions over and overĪgain (as if we didnt know he had to - to participate in the fair) It was appaling that the person in charge kept One book I was expecting, that didnt make it was Kanchi.Ĭhandamama publications collector edition was pathetic and didnt trigger anyįeelings to own one. Vikatan stands a notch down than before in my view. Thought it rather amusing (and sad) to see that he himself had to 'buy' aĬopy to give me one. Muruganantham presented me with a copy of 'dandi yathirai' for the help IĮxtended during the writing of the book - Thank you, Muruganantham. Thingy) - I still ended up buying a few childrens books apart from: We now have more books than we can ever read all our lives with the library
For us, this year was more of a ritual visit than to buy (not to boast, but
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