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This morning I attended the official opening of the Cape Town book Fair which will run until Sunday afternoon – 17th June. I went to the book fair for 2 specific reasons. As I’m only the independent publisher of , The Magic that’s Ours and The Power that’s Ours, 2 interactive, motivational books for children, I didn’t…
An addition to writing
After giving talks for over 18 months, it’s still so satisfying when the positive reviews carry on rolling in.
“Load, aim and shoot, or Load, shoot and aim…?”
I recently heard somewhere that, according to a very prominent (big) business consultant, the philosophy of many companies is not “Load, aim, and shoot,” but rather to “Load, Shoot and then aim..!” Using either philosophy one should still get to the same result as either way, we still need to listen to the market and adjust accordingly…
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…
Find the right source and save lots of time.
Word of mouth and recommendations are an amazing promoter and advertiser, and when word of mouth comes from a an influential, unquestionable source more so the better. In April of 2009 I submitted- according to the requirements- copies of The Magic that’s Ours to the Western Cape Education department. The copies were submitted for…
A colourful , flat, newborn, held lovingly in my arms
If you have time and are writing a book that will be printed in full colour then India, China, Malaysia and certain Se Asian countries are an option for dong the printing. You need time because even though full colour printing is much cheaper than printing in South Africa, there is time needed for the…