Have not you ever paid a visit to Darya Gunj? This was the
response of one of my close acquaintances, when I described Mr Dinesh Verma(founder and CEO, Gullybaba Publishing House, world-renowned publishing coach) as my
personal favourite.
Here is the excerpt of the reasons that I gave to that person in support of my view
Yes, I often.. I have worked there full-fledged as a senior
proofreader, editorial assistant, editor and language(English) editor of all
subjects. I have rather learned the nuances of the making of a book in Darya
Gunj itself.
When I tell Dinesh Verma my favourite, I have got good
reasons to believe. He is the person who has developed himself to the extent
that you will feel charged the moment you get engaged in conversation with him.
First of all, the calm disposition that
he wears on his countenance will magnetise you for sure. As you proceed beyond
few minutes, you will get the warmth of his conversation—right from the sense
of hospitality to eye-contact, everything will enthrall you like anything.
Almost all the publishers with some fame and repute are of
second generation businessmen, whereas Dinesh Verma is arguably the only
publisher with more than 1200 titles to his credit, sans any family background.
Another big quality that I noticed in him is that he has an eye for detail.
Name any MD of publishing house, he or she is hardly able to tell about the
books of his company. But, Dinesh Verma has elevated to the level of publishing
coach, nay world-close publishing coach.
He is arguably the most scintillating star in Self-publishing
field as well. Name any publisher that talks about vale force and cost force,
has a dedicated guy for taking care about the intention of the book to be
published, gives royalty on the MRP of the book, gives more than what is
promised to the authors, provides insight about each and everything related to effective
book making—right from the number of pages a particular author’s book should
contain, to make a book come in the category of Amazon best seller—he has the
master key to unlock the abundance through book writing.
The staff of his publication house (Gullybaba Publishing
House)—Neha Madam, Ritu Madam, Arora Sir, Menka Madam, Monica Madam, Naseem
Sir, Jamal Sir, Krishna Madam, Sarita Madam, Sandhya Madam, Rajnish Sir, Farah
Madam, Abhijeet Sir, Anjan Sir, Mansi Madam, Mamta Madam, Faiz Sir, Megha Madam—
are also like an extension of his own thought and approach. You will find employees
working for a decade there.
-----Pratibha Singh