Hello again! Let me try to answer some of these questions.
Our staff won’t be listed on the Henery Press web (names or contact) as there’s no need for anyone to contact them directly.
I strongly recommend you list the names of at least some of your staff. It's important for a start-up press to demonstrate they have the relevant industry experience to know what they are doing, as oppose to being one of the kazillion small presses whose enthusiasm outweighed their ability. Note the past tense there.
As for my editing clients, most published authors don’t necessarily want the world to know they used an editor (even though most do) and I respect their privacy. And I certainly don’t want to create a conflict of interest and associate my previous editing in freelance to my current editing in publishing.
"Most"? Who are these "most"? Most of the books I read mention the editor in the acknowledgements, usually after the words "wonderful" and "my". The ones which don't lack acknowledgement sections. Any writer worth anything knows the importance of a professional edit. Can you ask them for a quote?
I'm also not sure how your previous freelance editing experience could be a conflict of interest with your new company - if you continued to offer editing services and offered them via your publishing house, or sent flyers along with your form rejections then maybe.
At the end of every book description, we’ll include links to the most popular retail sites for purchasing (both trade paperback and digital ebook versions) – each link will direct to the buying page for that book, not the retailer’s home page. As a small business, I want to keep our focus on acquiring, producing, and promoting strong, entertaining books, not fussing with a retail arm (order processing, fulfillment, customer service, etc.).
So, will you be selling books directly through your website or not? If you're not, you should.
Our marketing and promotion efforts will follow current social networking models: Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest. We’ll send out ARCs to review sites, assist with blog tours, and utilize other unique promotional opportunities such as programs and conventions (I’ll be at Malice Domestic this year, so let me know if you’ll be there, too!).
I’m a member of SinC and RWA – I’ve been involved in several chapters, writer’s groups, and local meetings. I’ve been active in these groups, met lots of folks and, not to toot my own horn (but clearly I’m going to), I’m well-respected. Some of my best submissions so far have been from referrals, and I’m quite happy about that!
All good stuff.
Bottom line: I’m good at what I do. I’m confident, excited, honest, fair, and determined. I plan to work hard and sell lots of books. If you’re not convinced, I respect that. Bookmark Henery Press and see what we’ve got going on over the next 6 to 8 months. And if you like what you see, then by all means, we’d love to see what you’ve got.
Thanks for the questions, and the interest!
Cheers,
Kendel