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message 1: by Ajay (new)

Ajay Agrawal | 2 comments I would like to discuss that if someone wanted to write a book in hinglish then that gonna be successful or not in Indian market.
Hinglish means Hindi language English script.


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Do a test for your perspective readers, market. Write a short story and give it away and hit the social media of your market. Test your feedback.

But, you're asking the question everyone asks, regardless of language/market. Am I going to be successful? Nobody knows until after you publish.


message 3: by Ajay (new)

Ajay Agrawal | 2 comments Morris wrote: "Do a test for your perspective readers, market. Write a short story and give it away and hit the social media of your market. Test your feedback.

But, you're asking the question everyone asks, reg..."


Thanks You, Morris..!
for reply, yes you are right until unless I do not publish I will not get right answer.
but as I have written one book in Hinglish, Half decade of love which gonna publish soon, but as far as I have given copies for reviews most of reader's said story is awesome but not cool in Hinglish so I though to get experts opinion


message 4: by Dwayne, Head of Lettuce (new)

Dwayne Fry | 4443 comments Mod
Along with what Morris said, you could also seek out books written in Hinglish and see if they are selling or not. But, yes, any book we put out is an experiment and a gamble. It might sell, it might not. The only way to know for sure is to get it out there.


message 5: by G.G. (new)

G.G. (ggatcheson) | 2491 comments Ajay, is there a special reason to use English script and not Indian one? It seems you got your answer with the betas. Maybe the people who are your target would prefer it was entirely Indian.

Is the Indian script being slowly replaced by the English so younger people don't know it? Or is it a choice do to publisher? Better chance that a non native Indian might be able to read it? It is hard for someone to give you advice without knowing your reasons behind your choice.

I have never studied a language that used different script (although it is something I would have liked), but if I did, I know I would like the original over the mix unless I'd be told it would be a waste because no one uses it anymore.


message 6: by Ken (new)

Ken (kendoyle) | 364 comments Ajay wrote: "I would like to discuss that if someone wanted to write a book in hinglish then that gonna be successful or not in Indian market.
Hinglish means Hindi language English script."


I can't stand it, but that's just one person's opinion. It may be okay on social media (I don't even like that), but for books, Hindi should be written in Devanagari script.


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