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Onlinegatha
OnlineGatha is a self-publishing company based in the city of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The company is a step into the online literary world by connecting the hard copy creations to the online world. The company specializes in book publishing, book printing, print on demand, book designing, marketing, promotion and distribution. So far, the company has served more than 2000 authors building a strong and powerful network of authors across the globe.

History
The company was established in the month of January 2014 by Sumit Srivastava along with Raunak Srivastava. Online Gatha came into existence to solve the critical problem of finding the right publisher, considering the high rejection rates and gestation period in traditional publishing. It provides one stop solution for all publishing needs to authors, right from editing and proofreading, book designing to book marketing, promotion and distribution.

Services
Online Gatha offers variety of services, some of which are:

Self-Publishing
Online Gatha enables the author to get his book published the way he wants. In self-publishing, the author enjoys complete control over his book’s marketing and promotional plan. Of the several self-publishing companies, the key to picking the right one depends on the services provided and the publishing package of the company.

Editing and Proofreading
Editing and proofreading ensures that your manuscript is error-free and ready for publishing, creating the impression in the minds of the readers that the book is well researched out and has been written in a planned manner keeping in mind the intended audience. Online Gatha provides excellent editing and proofreading services to authors.

Book Printing
Online Gatha provides the availability of the book in both the formats- digital as well as hard copy. The print copy, in self-publishing, generally follows the Print on Demand (POD) technology involving little investment and storage space.

Print on Demand
It is a digital printing technology that prints books, manuals or magazines as and when the order arrives. It eliminates the need to place a certain minimum and costly book order, as is generally the case with offset printing. It make the books available at short notice with required quantity and quality.

Book Marketing
Marketing is all about rightly positioning your book and making your book appeal to the intended audience. Online Gatha is well adept in fostering crucial relationships and building marketing networks giving your book the right selling platform.

Book Designing
The book cover design plays a vital role in creating the right image of the book in the minds of the readers. It can increase a book’s visibility by 50 percent or more and make it stand out in the market. Online Gatha enable the author to enjoy the privilege of selecting and approving the cover design for his book.

Book Inauguration Events
Exclusive book launch events to give your book the much needed publicity and promotion. Book launch or inauguration events are organized with a view to create awareness about arrival of a new book in the market among the author community. Also, they are organized to give the first hand look of the much awaited book in the market.

Book Distribution
Online Gatha has extensive distribution and retail networks with strong links with the distributor community enabling wide circulation of your book making its available at every local book corner of the country and at each and every online platform.

Book Copyrights
Copyright ensures that the author enjoys the benefits of his creation. Without copyright protection, the book may be copied by retailers and sold as personal copies, thereby denying the author the fruits of his labor. Online Gatha enable the author easily register for the copyright and secure his rights to his book.

Book ISBN
ISBNs are unique 13 digit numbers which are created based on a mathematical formula and consist of a validation number. Obtaining an ISBN can be tricky for an author, requiring going through the complex registration process. Online Gatha provides your book with the ISBN number and thereby saves you form the complex registration process.

Author Community Events
Online Gatha regularly organizes author community events marking and celebrating the great works brought out by the authors and their experience working with the company. It is also the platform where authors interact to point out the difficulties faced by them while penning their story. [1] Books Online Gatha publishes books on different genres, whether it be fiction, non-fiction, academic poetry, anthropology, religion, novel or self-help books.

Achievements
Online Gatha is into book publishing from past 5 years and have published more than 2000+ titles of different genres like academic books, text books, poetry books, fiction and non fiction novels.

Online Gatha have successfully published more than 800+ first time authors and have helped them to achieve their dream of being an author. It has the returning authors percentage of 60% which is one of the best in the industry. As a publishing company, it has outperformed traditional publishing by offering huge royalties upto 85%, keeping all books copyright with the author.