Flipkart : India ka Apna Amazon!

I just love this website. Since long time I was looking for a Indian website which will give me power to order the books which I keep looking at Amazon and do not order due to various reasons. Although Amazon rocks with its reviews and gives lot of confidence when buying a book.

Flipkart has changed the scene with lot of books available, both Indian and International Edition. When I first used their service I smelled Amazon :) ..Well later in a magazine I read that both the founders had a small stint @ Amazon :).

What I like :

• Intuitive website design
• Good collection of books, both Indian and International authors.
  
• Get to order a book which is recently released Internationally
• Super fast delivery - almost got all my orders till date within 3 days of order placed
• Good packing in bubble wrap
  
• Cash on Delivery option : This is something everybody will love as you not get bothered by Internet Payments.
• Good search mechanism
• Free delivery of books
  

What needs improvement:

• Make website design with less clutter
• Special attention to Book Reviews and Book view page should have less Ads!
• Please give Bookmarks with all books :)
• Need to have star rating on book reviews
• Give more discounts on International Editions!
  

Overall the idea rocks!. I am sure they will go long way with their innovation and offer more discounts on international editions to have more buyers! I have not used their other items which they sell too like Mobiles, gifts etc.

I wish they can also influence some International publishers to publish Indian Editions of books available outside India.

I wish them good luck!

Book Review:The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

I read this book recently. Excellent book on something which we know but fail to understand sometimes. Author Seth Godin also runs a blog @ http://sethgodin.typepad.com/. This is the first book I read from his shelf!

• Easy to read book
• Interesting topic to follow - focus on "The Dip"
• Small foot print - just 80 pages to read !
• Thought the advice given in the book is pretty obvious sometimes, it does make a lot of sense with Godin's writing !
• Great buy as a gift to friends & to pass on to friends who will love to read a small book
  

To understand the topic well - probably need to read it twice !. Though it tells you that you need to go through "The Dip" before you reap the rewards waiting for you at the end. He gives a nice example of CEO, who also needs to spend 20+ years listening/working for others before he/she can get to a level to be promoted as CEO !

Overall a great motivational book for everyone...

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Review : Simplify Your Life by Elaine St.James

I recently got to know about this book Simplify Your Life by Elaine St.James from http://zenhabits.net/ . I like this website, it has loads of information related to productivity & simplicity too !!.

Book Review

Rating : **.* (2.5 Stars !!)

This book is good for reading when you don't have anything else to do & want to read something light. Though the book claims to provide lot of ideas (100 !!) to Simplify Your Life, it is more of a common sense. This book is written in typical American style & also for Americans who are probably rich to have Boats & houses(like "keep your plants outdoor", Replace your lawn with ground water", "plan a garden" etc ) !!

Some of the ideas are just extreme .. "no phone", "not answering the door", "don't answer the phone" ..these do not seem to be practical ideas to implement.

There is a desperate attempt to make the list 100 !!.

I agree to few ideas like "Cancel your magazine subscriptions", "Drive a simple car", "Reduce clutter" , "stop junk mail" etc ...

Its not worth to buy this book. Its good to loan from a library or a friend :)