by Jai Sen | Dec 15, 2011 | Musings
(Before I start my ramblings, allow me to recommend an excellent review of the Tintin film and a write-up of a press conference with Steven Spielberg for those who may be interested in seeing this movie.) When I was a kid growing up in India, there were three types of...
by Shoto Press | Dec 13, 2011 | News, Publishing
First off, thanks, everyone, for your patience as we wait for Apple to review and approve the Malay Mysteries books. We’ll spare you the details. The short version is that we’ve worked closely with Apple to get our books into their system and released for...
by Shoto Press | Dec 11, 2011 | Kindle Format 8, Musings, Publishing
Major update: books 1-3 (of 4) of our Malay Mysteries series are now live on the Apple iBookstore. Check them out. As for Kindle Format 8? We’d love to evaluate it, but…read on. We’ve posted here previously about our thoughts on digital publishing...
by Shoto Press | Sep 29, 2011 | Kindle Format 8, Publishing
Well now. Amazon has use issued three new Kindle models. We’re eager to have a look at the specifications of these new devices and how our graphic novels look on them. After extensive testing, we’d concluded that Kindle wasn’t the best platform for...
by Shoto Press | Aug 25, 2011 | Publishing
We’re made a big decision: we’re going digital. The little press known for its unusual formats and special inks is turning to pixels. Shoto Press gained tremendous attention around the careful attention to detail we put into our printed books. Reviewers,...
by Jai Sen | Jan 12, 2009 | Upcoming
So I’d promised a little more background on the two new Malay Mysteries books, Island of Glass and Ashes and Sita’s Shadow and Other Stories. Island is a weird book. I responded with a mixture of sheepishness and bafflement as the first two Malay Mysteries...
by Jai Sen | Nov 5, 2003 | Musings, Press, Reviews
Jen Contino’s interview of me for The PULSE is up. She very sweetly chose not to cut a single bit even though I held forth at tedious length. I got to talk about the secret origins of The Malay Mysteries, who my characters are based on, and how it felt to be...
by Jai Sen | Mar 30, 2003 | Musings
In his brilliant “science fictional autobiography” (Astounding Days, which I highly recommend), Arthur C. Clarke recalls a lecture he delivered at MIT. This was during the 80s, at the height of the Reagan Administration and its so-called “Strategic...
by Jai Sen | Mar 4, 2003 | Musings
For some reason I can’t quite put together, I woke up today chuckling over some dreadful pranks a niece of mine and I engineered in our younger days. One summer while I was visiting India (this was years and years ago), she told me of the tyranny of her school...
by Jai Sen | Sep 8, 2002 | Essays, Musings
It was around 9 or 10pm in Tokyo on September 11th when a friend sent me an instant message. She works in the West Village, within sight of what, one year ago, used to be the World Trade Center. “A small plane just crashed into one of the Trade Towers....
