'Paperback Dreams': A take on publishing

Rahul Saini, whose latest novel is about a new breed of writers who want to be famous, says an author goes through a lot of harassment at many levels in order to get published.
His fourth book "Paperback Dreams", published by Penguin, is an "honest expression of my experiences from the past - some ugly truths that I discover in the industry".
The novel is about three young writers Jeet Roy, Rohit Sehdev and Karun Ahuja who are ready to do anything to earn instant fame and are exploited by their publisher.
"Some people may find it shocking but an author also goes through a lot of harassment, at many levels in order to get published," says Saini.

"And even after publishing three bestsellers, I found it particularly hard to get my fourth book, 'Paperback Dreams', published. No one was agreeing to publish it - no was willing to take the risk I would say till I went to Penguin which was my last hope (and honestly, at that time I was thinking that I was being a bit optimistic and most probably I would need to self publish my book)," the Jalandhar-born writer says.