Archive for the 'India' Category

Ironic unsolicited mail from Indian supplier

Got an unsolicited mail from this gentleman (you need to be a member of LinkedIn to see it), who expressed sympathy for the legal notice served upon me recently, then suggested a venture tie-up with my company. When I enquired why his affiliation is given as “Confidential at Confidential”, he said: More »

A legal notice against me from an Indian advocate

My exchanges with Indian suppliers is landing me in deep water! Some time ago I had some email exchanges with Mr P. Shivalkar, who runs Johannes Press. I noticed the testimonials looked a bit strange. They were rather generic in nature, not referring to publishing at all, and the names and affiliations did not appear on Google searches. More »

How (and why) I closed down a spammer’s web site

I was going to leave this to rest quietly, but the people involved (Mr Nataraj Sasid and Mr Vimal Raj) have accused me publicly (on LinkedIn) of hacking into their site. Not wanting to wash my dirty clothes in public, I decided to write a post here in case people are interested in the details. More »

Life is better when you are an optimist…

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I started my business in the UK, some 20 years back. By 1996 we had around 15 people (in Devon). This is when I started hearing the first murmurs about clients sending work to India. The word “oursourcing” had not come into usage. It was very early days. I took the decision (possibly the most important decision in my life) to get on a plane and see what is going on there, as it would certainly affect us. More »

Illiteracy amongst Indian professionals

A few years ago, I could pick up the phone, ask for the production manager of a publishing company, and tell them about the services we offer in India. I would have a cordial chat which might not come to anything. But now there is no chance of me getting through. More »


kaveh1000: Good luck Peter. "@p_binfield: This is my last day at PLoS ONE. Just made a farewell blog post at: http://t.co/DpYnPmY2"
9 hours ago
McDawg: #WordPress: an unlikely platform for publishers - Interesting stuff from @kaveh1000 http://t.co/iVbjSGah #STM
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kaveh1000: RT @hmajd: The only thing that would make the Olympics amusing :http://t.co/9bsJK6pa
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kaveh1000: RT @rkiddr: Not sure about their proofing skills - see jnl title vs scope vs acronym http://t.co/8WevTRTX
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