I spent most of my working career in NYC where I embraced a reputation for calling people out and for my lack of political acumen so I will be short. And, if you find a mistake on our web site (don't do much with it nowadays), be champ and point them out or just be a complainer. Up to you.
I spent most of my working career in London, NYC, and various other cities. I'm not sure why this is appropriate to this thread, but there you go.
I've just clicked on three different pages from your site and have found mistakes on every page I visited.
http://www.incorgnitobooks.com/rights-and-permissions/
For country or language specific rights acquisition please email us at:[redacted]
For permission to reprint part of one of our author’s works, please email us at: [redacted]
http://www.incorgnitobooks.com/our-story/
By the time our first book was out, we had set the schedule for the year. Our goal, from the beginning, was to represent author’s works that quite simply entertain us.
http://www.incorgnitobooks.com/distribution/
Incorgnito Publishing Press books are distributed through Ingram and direct on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing. Our books are also available direct from the publisher at our Website at: www.incorgnitobooks.com.
I am not going to error-check your entire website for you, because I only do that for friends, or for paying clients; and because it's your responsibility to ensure your website is clean and tidy, not mine.
Over twenty-five years of publishing experience not including three years of book publishing experience with Travis starting with his first published book. Learned a lot, still learning. Still making mistakes.
I don't doubt you're still learning. We all are.
Your LinkedIn page doesn't mention any time spent in trade publishing, apart from your time with Zharmae and Incorgnito. And trade publishing is a lot different to other forms of publishing (I've worked in computer games publishing, music publishing, and newspaper publishing in addition to trade publishing).
Look for our authors on Ovation Television mini-series, national book signing tour, presentations at Rotary clubs, Frankfurt Book Fair, BEA (2015, we skipped 2016), Business Wire and PR Wire releases, as calling cards for business leaders or wherever and however we can try and find each book their unique tipping point.
The Ovation mini-series deal
appears to have been made by the authors' agent, Jon Levin at CAA. It wasn't Incorgnito's efforts which made it happen, as far as I can see.
I don't think you have full bookshop distribution, so I'm not convinced that those book signing tours are going to do your authors much good, I'm afraid. And if those signing tours aren't combined with strong press and media coverage, again, they're not going to be effective.
My mother in law has made presentations at Rotary clubs. It's not difficult to get a spot. It's not the most effective way to sell a decent number of books.
The Frankfurt Book Fair is a rights fair, and not a place for authors to attend. But as your authors did attend, how many of them made any foreign and subsidiary rights deals as a result of their attendance there?
It's pretty run-of-the-mill to issue press releases, in various different ways.
What I see here is ordinary things which are within the reach of everyone. Not good strong stuff which a good publisher would do.
Three million books (more) on Amazon sell 200 copies or less. This is not a business for the weak of heart or the instant millionaire.
But books from good trade publishers routinely sell far more than that, and the low sales figures of those books is not a justification for any publishers' lack of performance.
Oh, and yes, we did take on a few Zharmae authors. Would have taken them all if I had the resources to fit them all in. Nowhere near big enough for that...yet!
Best of luck to all.
Google us if you care.
Ah. So when Travis told us this,
We are very lucky in that TZPP'social closure is orderly and will take several months. We are not filing bankruptcy nor are we in any such risk. All authors have, at this point received reversion letters which are effective 31 August 2016. A select few have asked us to broker a sale of their contracts to other publishers which we are supporting, at the author's request.
were you the publisher which he was selling rights on to?
Travis also wrote this:
Michael was released from contract in 2014. We are not affiliated with Michael or Incorgnito Publishing. Michael is not a member of either board.
If you're taking on some of his authors then Zharmae
is affiliated with you. I wonder why he didn't make that clear.