Have you ever wondered who the top publishers in the world are, and how much money they actually make? Well here is a PDF which shows you just who is who in the book publishing world, and a few may surprise you. It is also good to see 2 Chinese publishers showing up in 6th […]
It is the last year the London Book Fair is held at Earls Court. From next year the London Book Fair will be at Olympia. Hope it will be a good location. It has been at Earls Court Picture 1: At the Earls Court, London. First day of the fair. Picture 2. Our first appointment […]
Trying to get a book published by conventional means is very difficult nowadays. Most publishers are not taking new authors, or if they do it is only around 1% of submissions. There are too many variables in the publishing industry with the advent of the Internet and the demise of the bookshop. So publishers are […]
Many people ask me the difference in self publishing, vanity Publishing and traditional publishing and the pros and cons of using them. We will start with True self publishing. True self publishing is where the author does everything themselves, they do the proofreading/ editing, layout of the book and design, organise the ISBN, barcode, listing […]
Things just keep getting better for some of our authors. Got an email from Eric Scott the author of “I could have been a Contender”, we finished this book around March. He just tells me not only has this book been picked up by an eBook publisher in the UK, but they have taken 7 […]
Our latest author to have success is Catherine Chapman and her series of Children’s books Posh Pear and the 8 others, all on health eating for kids. Catherine has sent her book Posh Pear to quite a few book fairs and always got great interest, but never found exactly what she wanted. Now at the […]
Again I am caught completely by surprise. We just received an email from a literary agent who took our book catalogue in 2012 at London book fair. She was asking us if the translation rights for “How to Get Anything You Want” book was still available. This book was sent by the author to the […]
“Now – the book looks absolutely TERRIFIC – people were purchasing it as I was unloading and all are very enthusiastic about its appeal. So we are on the right track. Please tell those involved how excited the book purchasers are! ” Stephen Burns, the author of “Once a Splendid Coin”
After receiving the book from Australian Self-Publishing Group: “OMG….OMG…OMG….OMG….. It’s absolutely brilliant!! Awesome….. I am so happy….. Thank you xxxx ” Di Fisher Author of the book: “A Woman’s Pocket Guide to Man’s Flu.” by Di Fisher Di Fisher published her “Man’s Flu” book with Australian Self-Publishing Group in early 2013. Description of her book: […]
“Dear Dr Irina Thank you and your husband William for a most interesting and informative lecture at Moruya FAW Group last Friday. I bought a copy of your book and read it from cover to cover over the weekend. It is a brilliant book. Thank you also for your communications since last Friday. I am […]