Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual

Pope Francis: Praying means being with God, experiencing God, loving God. Source: https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/991640949104099333 , 2nd May 2018. Ravi: I re-tweeted it with my comment, "Wonderful! Humbly and totally agree with His Holiness, Pope Francis", https://twitter.com/RaviSaiIyer/status/991646788724518912 ,

Over the past few days, I have faced three to four separate attempts by somebody or some people, to reset my Facebook password. I came to know of them as Facebook sent emails to me stating that they received a request to reset my Facebook password. The mail then provided the steps involved in resetting the password, and also a link to be clicked if I didn't request the change. For all these cases I clicked the link that I didn't request the change. Facebook then gave a message that it has noted that I did not request the change and gave me an option to prevent resetting the password and use some other mechanism to log in to Facebook if I forget my Facebook password. I have some security concerns about enabling some other mechanism to login to Facebook. Perhaps the guys who are attempting this are wanting me to get into that mechanism which they feel they can hack more easily and thereby hijack my Facebook account. Ideally, Facebook should provide me location details of the...

Quick Summary Suggested re-order quantity and printer for Spiral binding iami1 blogbook for bookshop(s): 3 copies from Delhi based online printer at Rs. 303.80 for total cost including shipping, and so effective per copy inclusive of shipping rate being Rs. 101.27 (around Rs. 102). Suggested re-order quantity and printer for Soft Cover binding iami1 blogbook for bookshop(s): 3 copies from Pothi.com at Rs. 562 for total cost including shipping, and so effective per copy inclusive of shipping rate being Rs. 187.33 (around Rs. 188). Details This post is a speculative one. If the real possibility of nobody wanting to buy printed copy of iami1 book from bookshop(s) is what actually happens then this post analysis will NOT come into play. I chose to do this analysis to be prepared with an answer to re-order questions both in my mind and from any bookshop owner/manager to whom I speak or have spoken already, about putting up the iami1 blogbook for sale. The re-order typically will co...

This post follows up on this previous post, Sample/trial print of iami1 blogbook shows issues related to stapled book, page margins, cover pic and font size, http://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-print-of-iami1-blogbook-shows.html , posted on 18th April 2018 and last updated on 21st April 2018. Yesterday (28th April 2018), I got delivery of two different copies of the iami1 book that I had ordered/requested from two local Puttaparthi shops. One copy - staple-bound book - delivered yesterday was from the local Puttaparthi printer (a regular DTP guy into printing books) where the operator/assistant printed the next version I had given him of the iami1 book. It had the following main changes from what I had given him earlier (the sample/trial version described in above mentioned post of 18th April 2018): *) Cover page pics with coloured border; Filler colour in spine part of pic (no text in spine part of pic) *) 12 point Font size for main text instead of 11 point *) Additio...

Given below are the contents of https://iami1.wordpress.com/printed-blogbook/ which is the page shown on 'Printed Blogbook' menu link being clicked on my iami1 wordpress blog. Printed Blogbook via Online Bookshop; Less Expensive Options Pothi.com Order Page for iami1 blog book printed under title of ‘The Ultimate Existential Reality Answer; Vedanta; God and Science’:  https://pothi.com/pothi/book/ravi-s-iyer-ultimate-existential-reality-answer-vedanta-god-and-science . The book costs (as of April 2018) Rs. 159 plus shipping, and the book ships within India only. Note that there is ***zero royalty*** to me, the author, as per my choice, which makes this price to customer, the lowest possible price (on pothi.com). I also have to buy the book from Pothi.com at the same price. The binding will be the Soft Cover binding used by regular paperback books which are sold in regular bookshops. Note that the above book sale page says, “Processed in 3-5 business days. Shipping T...

The iami1 blog book is available on some noted free e-book websites with the book title of: Who am I? I am I - Ultimate Existential Reality Answer; Vedanta; God and Science conversation OR The Ultimate Existential Reality Answer; Vedanta; God and Science conversation These noted free e-book websites and the links for the e-book are as follows: * archive.org:  https://archive.org/details/20180424EbookNotPrintColourCoverBWContentsA5WhoAmIIAmINGodNScience * Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26445400M/Who_am_I_I_am_I_-_Ultimate_Existential_Reality_Answer_Vedanta_God_and_Science_conversation * Free-Ebooks.net: https://www.free-ebooks.net/ebook/The-Ultimate-Existential-Reality-Answer-Vedanta-God-and-Science * Pothi.com: https://pothi.com/pothi/book/ebook-ravi-s-iyer-who-am-i-i-am-i-ultimate-existential-reality-answer-vedanta-god-and-science-c Note that the iami1 blog book is also available at the iami1 wordpress blog as a download here: https://iami1.files....

Pothi.com has 'self-published' my iami1 blog book and put up the print copy (yes, print copy as Print-On-Demand or POD copy) for sale at Rs.159 (zero royalty to me; cost price for author is also Rs. 159) here: https://pothi.com/pothi/book/ravi-s-iyer-ultimate-existential-reality-answer-vedanta-god-and-science . The book ships within India only. For a 123 pages black & white A5 size book with colour cover, offset printing of 500 copies would reduce cost per copy to around Rs. 40 to Rs. 50, based on the inquiries that I have made. Then such copies could be sold, after adding distributor and seller margins (zero royalty to author), at Rs 75 or so per copy. But that needs investment of Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 25,000, headache of storing and distributing the books etc. etc. And the ****big risk**** of financial loss if people are not interested in buying the book even if it is priced around Rs. 75! And that is a very real possibility for this iami1 blog book of mine :-). Given ...