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Problems with Confusions 2

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Just to let any readers who have purchased the Kindle version that there is a problem with the text. As I noted earlier, Indica Books kindly agreed to let me publish this via Kindle in advance of the books. They also converted the text from a non-Unicode font to Times New Roman so that the transliterated Sanskrit would render correctly. Unfortunately, as I only discovered yesterday, the process resulted in quite a few words beingjoinedtogether and I failed to spot that before publishing.

I will shortly be receiving the final (correct) proof copy for indexing. As soon as I have done this, I will republish the Kindle version.

You will NOT have to re-purchase. I will update the version held by Amazon and they will flag the book as having an ‘Update Available’. You will be able to see this by logging in to your account and looking at ‘Your Account/Digital content and devices/Content and devices/Books’. You can then find ‘Confusions in Advaita Vedanta: Ignorance and Its Removal’ and click on the ‘Update Available’ link to update automatically to the corrected version.

This should hopefully happen within the next few weeks. The books themselves may not be available before the end of the year (since it is India!). I will post again when the Kindle update has been done.

For Automatic Updating: Go to your Amazon account and select: Digital Services and Device Support/Manage Content & Devices/Preferences and select ‘ON’ for ‘Automatic Book Updates’.

Confusions and Ignorance

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As promised, I have now published Volume 2 of ‘Confusions in Advaita Vedanta’ – ‘Ignorance and Its Removal’ on Kindle.

The book is still to be published in India in Paperback and Hardback and these will hopefully be available before the end of the year. Meanwhile, my Indian publisher – Indica Books – has very kindly agreed for me to publish this in advance on Kindle.

It may be purchased from Amazon US for $9.99 and Amazon UK  for £7.60. It is also available at other Amazon stores around the world –Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Australia and India. The prices are similar (converted at appropriate exchange rates)

Purchase from Amazon US……………………Purchase from Amazon UK.

Here is a brief description of the book:

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Confusions over Kindle

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(Potential) readers of my last book – Confusions in Advaita Vedanta: Knowledge, Experience and Enlightenment – will have been experiencing difficulty when trying to purchase the book from Amazon. The book was published in India and, although available from Amazon in India, it is currently only available in the US in hardback (at $42.48). In the UK, you can purchase the hardback for £55, providing you are prepared to wait for 2 -3 weeks for delivery. Clearly not very satisfactory! The main problem appears to be the 50% tariff imposed on India by Trump, making the process not economically feasible.

Now, my Indian publisher – Indica Books – has very kindly agreed for me to publish the series on Kindle. This is an unusual arrangement, for which I am very grateful. I have spent the past two weeks changing fonts, re-editing, regenerating the index and sorting out the transfer to a PDF suitable for KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). Fortunately, I recruited the help of ChatGPT here and, after probably a dozen VBA macros (ChatGPT is still learning, unfortunately, and tends to over-complicate things!) and a lot of manual work, this conversion is now complete – published by Advaita Vision.

Accordingly, you may now purchase Vol. 1, ‘Knowledge, Experience and Enlightenment’, on Kindle. In the US, this is $9.99 and in the UK £7.50. It is also available at other Amazon stores around the world – Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Australia and India. The prices are similar (converted at appropriate exchange rates).

Purchase from Amazon US……………………Purchase from Amazon UK.

Note that you can still puchase hardback and paperback versions direct from Indica Books. Just email  indicabooksindia@gmail.com or info@indicabooks.com and the book will be posted. Payment is via PayPal or direct bank transfer. The direct link to purchase is here.

The task of converting and issuing Vol. 2, ‘Ignorance and its Removal’, will be much easier as my publisher has supplied the Word document already in the font in which I am publishing the Kindle version. Since this book has not yet been printed in India (and may yet be some weeks away), the Advaita Vision Kindle version will be available in advance of that.