Popular Children’s Book now available in IsiXhosa and IsiZulu Popular kid’s book, The Magic that’s Ours, which has already won acclaim from educators across the country, is now available in IsiXhosa and IsiZulu, helping to spread its magic message to many more South African kids. Written by local author Gary Hirson, the fun and vividly-illustrated tale…
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It’s OK to beg to expose yourself!
When my initial publisher went out of business, leaving me with the final book manuscript, I decided that I was going to try and get signed by another publisher. I trawled websites and spoke to a number of them wanting to find out exactly what they required when it came to submitting a proposal why…
Sending out 1 Sheeter’s does work
When sending out 1 Sheeters and requesting, exposure, reviews and interviews, the chances that the reviewer would want to see a review copy or 2 of the book is very high. As these copies will come from the original print-run, the delivery including postage/couriering must be calculated into the costings. The print run for my…
Now that the book has been printed …what next?
So the book has been printed, the launch come and gone, and now there are piles of book taking up space all over the house. What happens next? The book has to be made available to the public. Book stores are obviously the first outlet to consider as that’s usually the first place that book buyers…
