My second novel with them was accepted yesterday. It is very exciting to be with them from the bottom floor & see where things go. In case it wasn't said here - their Grand Opening is Oct 1st. Be sure to check it out!
My second novel with them was accepted yesterday. It is very exciting to be with them from the bottom floor & see where things go. In case it wasn't said here - their Grand Opening is Oct 1st. Be sure to check it out!
Signed my contract with Musa earlier tonight.
Am feeling rather jolly about it.
You can spend your royalties on head polish!Signed my contract with Musa earlier tonight.
Am feeling rather jolly about it.
Signed my contract with Musa earlier tonight.
Am feeling rather jolly about it.
Just a quick question: has anyone had a discussion with them about how they will be marketing (in general) and about also getting the print books into stores?
TeaseWe have some amazing projects on the board right now, one of which I'm so excited about and want so much to TALK about. But alas--I can't yet. Y'all will just have to wait.
For the time being, until the company is properly launched and financially stable, we are not going to print. Since we refuse to do POD and have 17 dollar paperbacks, we'll begin with very small print runs available through our website only. As we get bigger--and it looks like we will--we'll establish distribution at that time. We have no intention of bankrupting the company by going to full print before we can afford it.
As for marketing, we have a marketing director, Elspeth McClanahan, who's been working in online marketing for several years. Aside from social networking promotions, she has an extensive list of blogs, websites, podcasts and so forth that she utilizes. (Our launch week, for example, has us interacting on over 50 such sites) We also puchase advertising on websites and for print functions as well.
I have high hopes for us.
I'm not really a prayer kind of person, but that's kind of been thrown out the window for the next few days or so.
I am so very pleased and impressed, though, with the quality of the manuscripts we're getting, the outstanding work of our staff and the really incredible authors who've decided to take a risk and trust us enough to publish their work. It's humbling and exciting all at the same time.
I have high hopes for us.